President Donald Trump held plenty of meetings at the White House this summer: with foreign delegations striking trade deals, Cabinet members plotting a government overhaul and industry executives seeking tariff relief.

Trump’s paved makeover of the White House’s Rose Garden is part of his bigger plan to add his own flourishes to the Executive Mansion and its grounds.

President Donald Trump is determined to put his unique style stamp on every space he occupies—even if it means (literally) bulldozing more than 100 years of history. In addition to a $200 million ballroom in the East Wing of the White House and his revamped—and very gold—Oval Office,