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UPCOMING SAPS EVENTS-September & October 2024
September 19
“Fall” in Love with Your Garden in the South”
Adrienne Roethling, Horticulturist
Thursday, September 19 at 7 pm at the Kingsport Higher Education Center
The fall season is a great time for planting. While the cool nights are quickly settling in, fill your garden with one more round of color, texture and form. Reinvigorate the garden with hardy mums and other fall blooming perennials, look for shrubs with fruit or fall color or simply add a flat of pansies and Johnny-jump ups. This talk will provide you with a list of plants to keep your garden looking fresh until winter sets in.
Adrienne Roethling began her horticulture career in high school working in her aunt and uncle’s garden center in Rochester, New York where her plant knowledge blossomed. After high school, she trained in the Longwood Gardens Professional Horticulture Program. Graduating in 2000, she became the Garden Curator for Juniper Level Botanic Gardens at Plant Delights Nursery in Raleigh, NC. Working eight years for horticulturist Tony Avent, Adrienne maintained the seven-acre garden with over 17,000 plant species, supervised volunteers, students and staff while serving the customer service department by answering many plant questions. Hired in 2008 as Garden Curator for Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden, a young, seven-acre public garden located in Historic Downtown Kernersville, NC, Adrienne focused on taking the master plan and turning it into a world class public garden. While there, she received a two-year scholarship from Chanticleer Gardens in Professional Development concentrating on public speaking, editorial and creative writing. In May of 2024, she became the Head Gardener for a 3.5-acre Private Estate in Winston Salem, NC. She has contributed to gardening columns in several gardening magazines. She recently spoke at the Perennial Plant Association National Symposium.
Adrienne is an active volunteer, serving as Vice Chair of the Kernersville Tree Commission, as Vice President and President for the Guilford Horticultural Society in Greensboro, NC as well as Co-Chair of the Annual Symposium. She is a graduate of Leadership Kernersville and served as Chair on the Downtown Committee. She currently serves as Chair of the Small Garden’s Community for the American Public Garden Association. She is married to horticulturist Jon Roethling, Director of Reynolda Gardens, and together they volunteer with Blue Ridge Boxer Rescue, and The Liberty Train and Rescue.
Hope to see you there!!
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Mark your calendar today for the SAPS Plant Swap and Potluck Brunch
Saturday, October 5.
Appalachian Fair Ground – Building #1
100 Lakeview St, Gray, TN 37615
Doors open at 9:30 am. Potluck Brunch begins at 10:45 am.
The Annual SAPS Plant and Seed Swap and Potluck Brunch, one of our favorite events every year, is coming up fast. Anything garden related is welcome to the swap – shrubs, trees, perennials, houseplants, seeds, bulbs, garden items, tools, books and magazines,
garden art and containers. Special items are welcome in the Silent Auction.
One rule: No item is to be left behind. If your contributions don’t find a new owner, they are yours to take home. Please do not leave anything including food and utensils.
Brunch begins at 10:45 am. The Swap begins just after Brunch. Plain water and coffee will be provided as well as plates, eating utensils, napkins and cups.
Before the Swap, please fill out a Plant ID Form to label each plant you bring. This helps others determine if the plants will be suitable for their new home.
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Other non-SAPS gardening events in the area may be found on the events tab in the menu above or click here.
SAPS NEWS
The September Wheelbarrow is published!! Check it out here.
We have an updated vendor list! New vendors have been added where we can get a 10% discount. Click here to see the updated list.
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