This is the second time the Rose Garden has undergone big changes with Trump in office. In 2020, First Lady Melania Trump oversaw her own Rose Garden makeover, which involved adding pathways, planting new rose bushes and tearing out some of the garden’s previous vegetation, including its beloved crab apple trees.

The White House Rose Garden has long served as a peaceful gathering place for the first family and their guests. But after a century of updates big and small, including the Trumps' recent concrete redesign,

White House visitors can now see the newly repaved Rose Garden. A series of UPI photos shows how the gardens have bloomed in the past and how they look today.