Last spring,Michelle Obama and a group of students planted a vegetable garden on the South Lawn of the White House.

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President Franklin Roosevelt's wife Eleanor planted what was called a "Victory Garden" as part of the war effort in nineteen forty-three.

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Orchid plants are blooming out of pots, climbing on trees or overflowing from baskets among the garden's permanent collection.

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Michelle Obama said the main goal of the garden is to educate children and influence communities to choose and prepare healthful food.

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The White House garden marks a victory for people like Professor Michael Pollan of the University of California,Berkeley.

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We met up with them at the United States Botanic Garden on the grounds of the Capitol building.

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Other controls include turning over the soil, pulling the weeds or covering them with mulch made of wood, garden waste or other material.

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Ivan Jimenez of the Missouri Botanical Garden says he likes the chance to talk about his work with people outside the scientific community.

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Composting can reduce the amount of garden and cooking waste that would otherwise go into public landfills.

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If the ground does freeze in your part of the world, simply cover your carrot garden with a thick layer of leaves or straw.

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A nice little garden in front of the house was full of blue and yellow flowers.

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Outside the visitors center are the Elizabethan Gardens, created by the Garden Club of North Carolina.

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Earlier this month, Michelle Obama and twenty-three schoolchildren helped prepare the ground for an organic vegetable garden on the South Lawn of the White House.

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We end our visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the museum's Roof Garden.

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