Pope John Paul II rose - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 24 Aug 2020 04:09:39 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Pope John Paul II rose - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 JPII rose added to White House Rose Garden https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/08/24/jpii-rose-white-house/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 07:55:31 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=129955 A rose named for the late Pope St. John Paul II has been included in a renovation of the White House Rose Garden. The Pope John Paul II rose, a white tea rose cultivar, is included in a redesign of the Rose Garden overseen by First Lady Melania Trump, which was unveiled Aug. 22. Other Read more

JPII rose added to White House Rose Garden... Read more]]> A rose named for the late Pope St. John Paul II has been included in a renovation of the White House Rose Garden.

The Pope John Paul II rose, a white tea rose cultivar, is included in a redesign of the Rose Garden overseen by First Lady Melania Trump, which was unveiled Aug. 22. Other roses included in the garden redesign are the JFK rose cultivar and the Peace rose.

The Rose Garden, a space of about 1,700 square feet, sits outside the Oval Office. It was first designed and planted in 1913 under the direction of First Lady Ellen Wilson, and a 1961 redesign was overseen by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Read more

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