Lyndon B. Johnson – Willow Oak

Lyndon Johnson smiles and sticks a shovel in a pile of dirt at the White House while Lady Bird Johnson and Irvin Williams look on.

Courtesy Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum / NARA

Quercus phellos 

October 16, 1964

President Lyndon B. Johnson planted a willow oak outside the Oval Office on the South Grounds on October 16, 1964. First Lady Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson and Irvin Williams, National Park Service Superintendent of the White House Grounds, accompanied the President during this planting.

 
A tall oak tree reaches above the Oval Office.
Willow oak (2023)

NPS / Kelsey Graczyk

Bronze plaque indicates Willow oak planted by Lyndon Johnson.
Willow oak commemorative plaque

NPS / Kelsey Graczyk

 

 

Last updated: May 29, 2025

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