The 2016 White House Spring Garden Tour (FREE) - Sunday Visit

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Please read the full event description carefully.

Michele and I are visiting the White House gardens on Saturday, April 16 only - that event is listed separately in the link below.

https://www.meetup.com/DCHistoryAndCulture/events/229655823/

However, the White House grounds are also open to the public on Sunday, April 17 from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm. Neither Michele not I will be there on Sunday. However, I have also posted that information as a separate Meetup event in case you want to attend on your own, or better yet, "meet up" and go as a group.

You can easily use the "Comments" section at the bottom of this event listing to figure out where, when and how to meet each other. What people with leadership skills can step forward and help lead the group by offering suggestions on meeting up with the others, answer any questions, etc?

Please note the tickets will be distributed starting at 9:00 am but I highly recommend arriving as early as you can (8:00 am as posted in the event listing?) to be sure to get a ticket.

Have fun!

White House Spring Garden Tour: April 16th and 17th

Visitors can tour the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, Rose Garden, White House Kitchen Garden and South Lawn of the White House. Guests are invited to stroll around the White House grounds and share photos on social media using the hashtag #WHGarden (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/whgarden/). Spring Garden Tour Times and Tickets

Saturday April 16: 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Sunday April 17: 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM

Free timed tickets will be distributed at the Ellipse Visitor Pavilion located (https://www.nps.gov/whho/planyourvisit/maps.htm) just west of the corner of 15th and E Streets, NW beginning at 9:00 AM on each tour day. Tickets are first-come first-served. Only one ticket per person, so everyone in your group needs to be present in line to receive a ticket.

https://whitehouse.gov1.info/visit/tour.html

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Video from last year's event:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NgN4JTT5qQ

White House Announces 2016 Spring Garden Tours

This Spring, the White House will be opening its gardens and grounds to visitors on Saturday, April 16 from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM EDT, and Sunday, April 17 from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM EDT. During this event, visitors can see the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, Rose Garden, and South Lawn of the White House.

Additionally, guests will be able to visit the White House Kitchen Garden – originally established by First Lady Michelle Obama in 2009 and the first vegetable garden at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s Victory Garden. Mrs. Obama planted the garden to initiate a national conversation around the health and wellbeing of our nation—a conversation that evolved into her Let’s Move! (http://www.letsmove.gov/)initiative. You can follow the White House Kitchen Garden on Instagram at @WHKitchenGarden (https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/04/06/instagram.com/whkitchengarden).

This event is free and open to the public; however, a ticket is required for all attendees (including small children). The National Park Service will distribute free, timed tickets at the Ellipse Visitor Pavilion located near 15th and E Streets Northwest on each tour day beginning at 9:00 AM. Tickets will be distributed -- one ticket per person -- on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Please note the following items are not allowed on the White House grounds:

Tablets, iPads , Tripods, Monopods, or Selfie Sticks

Video Recorders

All Bags, including Purses, Backpacks, or Suitcases

Animals other than Service/ Guide Dogs

Bicycles, Folding Chairs, Umbrellas with metal tips, Balloons, Coolers, Glass, Thermal or Metal Containers

Signs or Flags of Any Kind

Any Pointed Object(s), Including Pocket Knives

Diaper Bags

Food, Liquids, Aerosols, Tobacco Products, Lighters

Firearms, Ammunition, Fireworks, Laser Pointers, Stun Guns/Tasers, Mace/Pepper Spray, Toy Weapons or Knives of Any Kind

Any Other Items Determined to be Potential Safety Hazards

The U.S. Secret Service reserves the right to prohibit any other personal items. However, strollers, wheelchairs, umbrellas (no metal tips), and cameras are permitted. All items needed for medical purposes will be permitted on the tour (e.g. wheelchairs, electric scooters, glucose tablets, EpiPens, etc.). Please identify and explain all items needed for medical purposes to U.S. Secret Service upon arrival.

In the event of inclement weather, the event may be cancelled. Please call the 24-hour information line at (202) 456-7041 to check on the status of the event.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/04/06/white-house-announces-2016-spring-garden-tours

Thanks!

Robert Kelleman

rkelleman@yahoo.com

202-821-6325