For the first time since Eleanor Roosevelt was in the White House, the First Family will have a vegetable garden in the back for meals and formal dinners.

Michelle Obama will reportedly begin digging up a 1,100-square foot patch of the White House lawn with the help of 23 fifth graders from the Bancroft Elementary School in Washington.

"My hope is that through children, they will begin to educate their families and that will, in turn, begin to educate our communities," Obama told the New York Times.

The garden will reportedly have 55 varieties of vegetables that includes cilantro, red romaine lettuce, spinach and a patch of berries.

Obama told the news provider the inspiration for the garden came from her children’s pediatrician, who warned the first lady about improving her daughter’s diet.

California chef Alice Waters, a national advocate for locally grown organic food, told the Associated Press she was thrilled about the White House having a "victory" garden, a term describing the gardens the US government urged people to start during the world wars.

"To have this sort of ‘victory’ garden, this message goes out that everyone can grow a garden and have free food," Waters said.