Visitors tour White House grounds and kitchen garden
April 28, 2014 | 05:00 PM
Thousands of people including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., visited the White House grounds this weekend, including First Lady Michelle Obama’s kitchen garden. The grounds are annually open one spring weekend a year.
The peas are not yet climbing the fence, but the pollinator garden at right is already thriving. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
At left: A quote from Thomas Jefferson: “… the failure of one thing repaired by the success of another, and instead of one harvest, a continued one throughout the year.” At right: Mustard is thriving in the White House garden. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
Garlic (in front) is taller than oats 20 days after planting, but was planted as seedlings. First Lady Michelle Obama planted the oat seeds. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
At left: Wisteria blooms on the White House steps. At right: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her family tour the White House grounds during the garden tour. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
The peas are not yet climbing the fence, but the pollinator garden at right is already thriving. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
At left: A quote from Thomas Jefferson: “… the failure of one thing repaired by the success of another, and instead of one harvest, a continued one throughout the year.” At right: Mustard is thriving in the White House garden. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
Garlic (in front) is taller than oats 20 days after planting, but was planted as seedlings. First Lady Michelle Obama planted the oat seeds. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
At left: Wisteria blooms on the White House steps. At right: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her family tour the White House grounds during the garden tour. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
