Kellyanne Conway gushed over President Donald Trump’s Rose Garden antics after he was seen readying the Rose Garden for “the greatest event in the history of the White House.” In his quest to turn the White House into a Mar-a-Lago-style venue,

Love it or hate it, Donald Trump's Rose Garden renovation is turning heads. But does his wife Melania have an opinion on his design choices?

Trump announced in March that he would be paving over the Rose Garden to make it safer for those attending events.

The Rose Garden is one of the most instantly recognizable features of the White House, perhaps second only to the Oval Office. It has been used for announcements, events, and receptions of international leaders since the 1900s, and many of the defining moments in presidential history have taken place there.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered reporters an update on the Rose Garden following its concrete renovation

President Donald Trump’s long-promised overhaul of the White House Rose Garden became reality in photos taken this week. The green lawn at the center of the garden, used for decades for White House events, has been replaced with what appeared to be white stone. Some foliage remained, with rose bushes and hedges bordering the new patio area.

Newly released images of the White House Rose Garden—now paved over with pale stone by President Trump—have left nostalgists and gardeners alike wondering: Why trade greenery for granite?

Stone has replaced the grass lawn at the iconic White House Rose Garden, one of many changes at President Donald Trump's White House.

The yellow striped umbrellas, in particular, seem to be a nod to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club, his Palm Beach resort and home. CBS News senior White House reporter Jennifer Jacobs shared on X side by side photographs of the furniture at Mar-a-Lago and the Rose Garden:

Nestled amongst the rapid-fire real-time jostle of central London is a perfectly formed, delightfully pretty and seemingly unruffled rose garden. It was designed by Jo Thompson for her client, who, having recently returned to London after living in California, was keen to include plants she'd not been able to grow in the Californian climate.

President Trump's revamped, paved-over Rose Garden is starting to look a whole lot like Mar-a-Lago, the president's resort home in Florida.