White House Garden Replica

Inspired by the First Family’s decision to plant a vegetable garden at The White House, W. Atlee Burpee & Co. (Burpee) recently decided to cultivate the company’s very own version of the White House Garden at Fordhook Farm in Doylestown, PA, where Burpee trials most of the vegetables and flowers it sells.

George Ball, chairman of Burpee and proprietor of Fordhook Farm says, “The White House Garden has done a great job of showcasing the advantages of growing your own vegetables. In creating our Fordhook version of the garden, we utilized the diagram they provided and created an exact replica. We chose to make some alterations in what we planted in view of soil conditions and typical weather conditions experienced over a long period of time.”

Heirloom varieties and hybrids were both included in the Burpee version of the White House Garden, because the company decided to plant what they felt would produce in greater quantities and superior quality.

Burpee’s White House Garden has an Autumn Garden Tour scheduled – open to the public on September 25 & 26. They’re also considering a special Presidential Luncheon, well, if as Ball says, “We can convince President Obama or The First Lady to attend.”

To learn more about the actual White House Garden watch this video below. It’s excellent and offers some great healthy eating tips too.

You can also watch a cute video on the history of the White House Garden.

[image via business wire]