President Trump renovated the Rose Garden by removing the central lawn and installing a stone patio. The project replaced grass with paving stones laid on the diagonal and cost $1.9 million. New perimeter drainage systems were added and covered with white grates featuring a Stars-and-Stripes motif. Trump said the white stone matches the White House color and will reflect heat. Trump cited soggy grass and heels sinking as a reason for the change. The Oval Office has been gilded and plans include a proposed $200 million ballroom. The Rose Garden's layout with a central lawn dates to the Kennedy administration and involved Rachel "Bunny" Mellon.
The $1.9 million project replaced the lawn with paving stones, laid on the diagonal. New drainage systems installed around the perimeter are covered with white grates with a Stars and Stripes motif. "It's a stone that's the same color as the White House itself. And because it's very white it's going to reflect the heat. It's not going to be very hot, like if you had a dark stone," Trump explained recently.
Since returning to the White House in January, President Trump has been on a mission to renovate including an overhaul of the iconic Rose Garden, where work is nearly complete. Trump has swapped out the grass in the Rose Garden with stone, turning what had been a lawn into a patio. And it's a patio that bears a striking resemblance to a popular feature at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
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