What would you do if you could redesign the White House Rose Garden?

The White House announced that First Lady Melania Trump will “renew” the White House Rose Garden, “First Lady Melania Trump Announces Plans to Restore and Enhance the White House Rose Garden.” Talk about a boring headline for their press release. This is a real snoozer. 

How exactly is she going to “restore and enhance” the Rose Garden? Why is this needed right now in the middle of a pandemic when 150,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 in 2020. I'm a big fan of if it ain't broke don't fix it. Why would the government spend money on this now, when people are out of work, broke, and hungry? Now is not the time to redesign a garden that isn't broke. 

“The very act of planting a garden involves hard work and hope in the possibility of a bright future,” said First Lady Melania Trump. Is Melania plagiarizing again? Audrey Hepburn said, “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” 

You can view the design plans at https://www.ovsla.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/White-House-Rose-Garden-Landscape-Report.pdf. 

Barack Obama walks through the Rose Garden in 2009, view to the northeast (White House - Pete Souza)

Photo from http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/grounds/rose-garden.htm