{"id":4797,"date":"2009-08-11T15:53:23","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T21:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=4797"},"modified":"2009-08-11T15:53:23","modified_gmt":"2009-08-11T21:53:23","slug":"has-michelle-obamas-garden-started-a-first-family-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/has-michelle-obamas-garden-started-a-first-family-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Michelle Obama&#8217;s Garden Started a First Family Trend?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2009\/08\/cranberry-bog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4798\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2009\/08\/cranberry-bog.jpg\" alt=\"cranberry bog pennsylvania governor's residence\" width=\"460\" height=\"439\" \/><\/a>When <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/2009\/03\/18\/white-house-to-plant-organic-vegetable-garden\/\">Michelle Obama<\/a> announced plans for a White House kitchen garden, local foodies, gardeners, and health advocates rejoiced: what better way to promote the value of home-grown food than get the first family involved. It turns out that the Obamas aren&#8217;t the only executive family growing vegetables on the grounds of the official residence: a number of governors and their spouses have taken up the cause of not just planting vegetables, but also implementing more sustainable landscaping practices at governors&#8217; mansions and even state capitols.<\/p>\n<p>[social_buttons]<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenthegrounds.org\/\">Green the Grounds<\/a> is a website (and educational campaign) investigating the use of greener landscaping practices and food gardening at the state level. While most governors haven&#8217;t put this high on their priority list, a few stand out as models:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><strong>The grounds      surrounding the governor of Pennsylvania&#8217;s      residence<\/strong> may set the bar for green landscaping: the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/inquirer\/magazine\/20090807_Governor_s_home_ahead_of_the_sustainable_curve.html\"><em>Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em><\/a> recently profiled the efforts started there by Tom and Michele Ridge,      and continued by the Rendells. Features include Penn&#8217;s Woods, &#8220;a shady      enclave of native plants from woodlands and meadows put in by [the      Ridges],&#8221; and a new organic herb and vegetable garden installed by the      Rendells.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Read the rest of this post on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundancechannel.com\/sunfiltered\/2009\/08\/michelle-obama-first-gardener\/\">executive organic gardens<\/a> at SUNfiltered.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Image:<\/strong> Cranberry Bog on the Ohio Governor&#8217;s Residence grounds. <strong>Credit:<\/strong> <!--[if gte mso 9]&amp;gt; Normal   0         false   false   false                             MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 &amp;lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&amp;gt; &amp;lt;![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]&amp;gt;--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.governorsresidence.ohio.gov\/garden\/images\/bog2_lg.jpg\">Ohio Governor&#8217;s Residence and Heritage Gardens<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Michelle Obama announced plans for a White House kitchen garden, local foodies, gardeners, and health advocates rejoiced: what better way to promote the value of home-grown food than get&nbsp;[ &hellip; ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":4798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,24],"tags":[23,3411,3179,11,20,1949],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Has Michelle Obama&#039;s Garden Started a First Family Trend? 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