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The earliest presidents who lived in the White House did not want the large outdoor areas that the monarchs of Europe might enjoy. 

最早住在白宫的总统并不想要欧洲君主可能享受的大型户外区域。 

Marta McDowell is writer of All the Presidents’ Gardens. She said, “You can understand that, given our democratic form of government.” But she said she thinks that a visit to the home of the British royal family, Buckingham Palace, caused President John Kennedy to expand the White House gardens. 

玛塔·麦克道尔是《总统花园》的作者。 她说：“考虑到我们的民主政府形式，你可以理解这一点。” 但她表示，她认为约翰·肯尼迪总统在参观英国王室所在地白金汉宫后扩建了白宫花园。 

From the start, presidents and their families influenced the 7.2 hectares of open space in the front and back of the White House differently. Their choices often showed their values and traditions of their day. 

从一开始，总统及其家人就对白宫前后 7.2 公顷的开放空间产生了不同的影响。 他们的选择往往体现了他们所处时代的价值观和传统。 

McDowell said that the White House is “really their home” while they are in office. She added that as long as they work with the historic plan of the gardens the National Park Service tries to meet the desires of the administration. The National Park Service oversees the gardens. 

麦克道尔表示，在他们任职期间，白宫“确实是他们的家”。 她补充说，只要他们与花园的历史规划合作，国家公园管理局就会尽力满足政府的愿望。 国家公园管理局负责监管花园。

John Quincy Adams, America’s sixth president, worked in the garden. Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president, took down glass structures called greenhouses that were first built by James Buchanan, the 15th president, in the 1850s. 

美国第六任总统约翰·昆西·亚当斯曾在花园里工作。 第 26 任总统西奥多·罗斯福拆除了第 15 任总统詹姆斯·布坎南于 1850 年代首次建造的被称为温室的玻璃结构。 

John Kennedy, the 35th president, redesigned one garden called the Rose Garden in the 1960s. First lady Michelle Obama, wife of the 44th president, built a food garden using plants and seeds from the home of Thomas Jefferson, the third president. Today, the garden has more than 50 kinds of vegetables. 

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