White House Vegetable Garden heirloom seeds and 10 different herbs such as anise hyssop and Thai basil. Former presidents' favorite produce were also sown, such as President Thomas Jefferson’s preferred vegetables, “Brown Dutch and Tennis Ball lettuce, Prickly Seed spinach and Savoy cabbage” but beets were not grown because President Obama did not like them. Along with the vegetable garden, a beehive was added near the chef’s kitchen that is overseen by Charlie Brandts, a beekeeper and White House carpenter. Honey collected from the beehives has been used to brew White House Honey Ale. The contributing gardeners responsible for the early stages of the
Rhie Won-bok Most of his other works are untranslated and available in Korean only. He received the Noonsol Award in 1993 for contributions to the development of the South Korean cartoon industry. From 1998 to 2000 he was president of the Korean Society of Cartoon and Animation Studies. He is professor of graphic design at Duksung Women's University in Seoul, South Korea. Rhie Won-bok Rhie Won-bok (born 4 October 1946) is a South Korean cartoonist and professor. Rhie was born in Daejeon, South Korea. He studied architecture in Seoul National University, after which he studied graphic design in Münster, Germany. His comics