UC Ventura County Cooperative Extension youth, family and community development advisor Rose Hayden-Smith toured the White House garden on October 19 as part of the White House Social Fall Garden Tour.  There she was able to explore Michelle Obama's kitchen garden and get a sighting of the President who waved to them as he strolled through the area with the family dog.

Rose leads a statewide initiative for sustainable food systems and has a passionate interest in promoting community and victory gardens.  It is no surprise that she won a Twitter contest prize invitation to the tour by expressing within the website's 140 character limit format why she wanted to visit the White House garden. 

This was Rose's second visit to the White House gardens.  After the tour, the group spent several hours with White House staff learning more about the administration's food and health initiatives.  The stay included touring urban garden projects in Washington D.C. with UC ANR advisor Rachel Surls from the UC Los Angeles extension office.

The social is a part of the Fall Garden Tours in October where invitees and members of the public can view the kitchen garden, Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, Rose Garden and South Lawn of the White House. 

For more information, please follow the links to view the brochure or check out the White House Blog.