WASHINGTON -- Have you ever wanted to stroll the Obamas' gardens?
The White House gardens and grounds will be open this Saturday and Sunday for the twice-annual White House Garden Tours.
Visitors will have the chance to visit the Rose Garden, the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, South Lawn of the White House and the White House Kitchen Garden, the first vegetable garden at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt's Victory Garden.
Check out the slideshow below to see photographs of Presidents, First Ladys and visitors in the White House Gardens from 1863 to 2012:
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
President John F. Kennedy addresses Peace Corps Volunteers during a ceremony for the first group of departing volunteers, leaving for Tanganyika and Ghana, in the White House Rose Garden, 1961.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
Rep. Edith N. Rogers and Carl Brunner at a White House garden party, 1926.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
Michelle Obama works in her White House vegetable garden in the 90-degree temperatures June 4, 2010, with students from Hollin Meadows Elementary School of Alexandria, Va.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
Indian delegation in the White House Conservatory during the Civil War, with J.G. Nicolay, President Abraham Lincoln's secretary, standing in center back row, 1863.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
White House staff check the podium prior to a news conference with President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 22, 2009.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
President Barack Obama throws a ball for Bo, the family dog, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sept. 9, 2010.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
First sign of spring at the White House, 1937.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
President Jimmy Carter and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat have refreshments in the garden of the White House, 1980.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
The White House garden in a photo taken some time between 1889 and 1906.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
White House Rose Garden, 1914.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
President Theodore Roosevelt's lawn party on the White House Grounds, 1905.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
President Barack Obama makes a statement to the press on the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Rose Garden of the White House, July 16, 2010.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
President Barack Obama walks in the White House Rose Garden, May 15, 2009.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
President Barack Obama during an interview with journalists in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 29, 2009.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
White House grounds, circa 1901.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
Tent in the White House Rose Garden, 1914.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
White House South Garden, 1921.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
President Barack Obama walks through the Rose Garden of the White House for an outdoor meeting with senior staff, May 9, 2011. Walking with the president, from left, are: senior adviser David Plouffe, senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, counselor to the president Pete Rouse, and counsel to the president Bob Bauer.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
White House gardens, 1921.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
White House grounds, some time between 1900 and 1906.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
First lady Michelle Obama joins students for the spring White House Kitchen Garden planting on the South Grounds. March 26, 2012.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
President and Mrs. Coolidge with their military aides, greeting two veterans in wheelchairs in the White House garden, 1924.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
Garden of the White House, with the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the background, 1921.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
White House Rose Garden, date unknown.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, date unknown.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
Quentin Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt's youngest son, amid potted palms in White House garden, 1901.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
A White House valet carries a tray of beers in the Rose Garden to President Barack Obama, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Cambridge, Mass., police Sgt. James Crowley on July 30, 2009.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
Snow covers the East Garden at the White House, Dec. 21, 2009.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
Bo, the Obama family dog, stands in the Rose Garden of the White House, March 31, 2010.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
First lady Michelle Obama speaks to children at the White House's garden on March 26, 2012.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
Members of Congress gather in the Rose Garden of the White House April 30, 2001. President George W. Bush marked his first 100 days in office with a luncheon for lawmakers.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
First lady Michelle Obama and White House chef Sam Kass tell the story of the first garden on White House grounds since Eleanor Roosevelt's Victory Garden during World War II.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
President George H. W. Bush walks onto the White House lawn with his Springer Spaniel, Millie, and Millie's new puppies. One of the puppies is Spot, who would later live at the White House as President George W. Bush's dog.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
White House Pastry Chef Bill Yosses, center, leads students from River Terrace Elementary School in Washington, D.C., on a tour of the South Grounds of the White House, Oct. 7, 2010.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
Tourists take pictures from the South Lawn during the White House Gardens and Grounds Tour which is open to the public, April 17, 2010.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
Bo, the Obama family dog, runs on the South Lawn of the White House, June, 28 2010.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
People attending the annual Easter Egg Roll walk along the South Lawn of the White House, April 5, 2010.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
White House garden, 2007.
2012 Spring White House Garden Tours
Visitors on the White House Summer Garden Tours, 2007.
The event is open to the public but a ticket is required for all attendees. The National Park Service will distribute the free tickets at the Ellipse Visitor Pavilion on 15th and E Streets NW on Saturday and Sunday beginning at 8 a.m. The tours are on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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