Today we talk with two plant geeks that met in a garden. Both are now Directors of two prominent public gardens in North Carolina. Adrienne Roethling is the Director for Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden in Kernersville, NC. Jon Roethling is the Director Reynolda Gardens of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. They tell their story and the stories of the amazing gardens they oversee.

Free for Members and Garden Club Members; $8 General Admission

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The Roethlings marvel at orchids, photo from VisitWinstonSalem.com

Jon & Adrienne Roethling

Two of Winston-Salem’s best green-thumbers know a thing or two about budding plants and flowers. They also know a thing a two or about budding romance; after all, the couple has been married for almost 20 years.

Executive Director of the garden Adrienne Roethling spends as much time as possible on the grounds of the Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden. Which fascinates visitors with its Moravian quilt-style raised kitchen garden beds, more than 20,000 tulip bulbs, and more than 15 different themed gardens.. Nearby on the historic Reynolda Mile, her husband, Jon Roethling, leads the Reynolda Gardens as its director, the namesake formal gardens left behind by Katharine Reynolds, wife of tobacco baron R.J. Reynolds. Here, Jon nurtures the colorful and lush plant life that includes more than 300 rose bushes, Japanese weeping cherry trees, and all that grows inside the 1913 formal greenhouse. As spring blooms, join us as we dig into their love story.