Helping a Garden Age Gracefully

Dee and Carol discuss roses in the updated White House rose garden and why the garden needed to be updated, plus a little bit about Bunny Mellon, and for vegetable gardeners, a shoutout to kalettes and Ron Finley. How's that for covering a lot of ground?

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Newly planted Roses in the White House gardens include:
'John F. Kennedy'
‘Pope John Paul II’
'Peace'
A cool video about Peace on YouTube.

Carol's post on zinnias, the best she's ever grown.

In the veggie garden, seeds for kalettes at John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds.
More info about Ron Finley on his website

On the Bookshelf:
The Gardens of Bunny Mellon, by Linda Jane Holden (Author), Roger Foley (Photographer.). 
Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend, by Meryl GordonGarden Secrets of Bunny Mellon, by by Linda Jane Holden  (Author), Thomas Lloyd (Author), Bryan Huffman (Author.)
All the Presidents’ Gardens: Madisons Cabbages to Kennedy’s Roses--How the White House Grounds Have Grown with America, by Marta McDowell.

Article in the Washington Post that explains more about the White House rose garden renovations and why they needed to be done.

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