Celebrating the Pine Barrens at ‘Lines on the Pines’
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 • The Hammonton Gazette • Page 3
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display their artwork or other
types of crafts. it was a day for
visitors and the people of the Pine
Barrens to share in their appreciation of one of the state’s most notable regions.
[For photos from the event,
please see page 37.]
the theme of this year’s “Lines
on the Pines, aBC’s of the Pine
Barrens” celebration was “adventures in Bog Construction” with
“Bogman” Bill Smith. Smith was
at the event exhibiting his carnivorous plant collections. the bog is
located at Warren Grove, and the
business venture started by Smith
and Jason austin is called Jaws,
Ltd. He considers it “the largest
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above-ground bog in North america.”
“these bog plants are mostly
native to the Pine Barrens. this is
the fifth year i have been to this
event. after i retired i almost did
it as an educational thing, so i get
a lot of these garden groups come
to my garden. i give tours from
New York Botanical Garden or
Bartram’s Garden in Philadelphia, academy of Science, so it is
sort of educational. i enjoy showing people all these native plants,
where they are growing in kind of
a contained area and they can see
them,” Smith said.
Smith, who used to work in
Hammonton at adams, rehmann
and Heggan (arH), said these
types of events are a good median
to promoting the preservation of
the Pinelands region.
“i think now after [Superstorm]
Sandy, people have started to realize the value of wetlands and
bogs are part of that. there is a lot
of interest in that, plus preserving
the Pinelands, which is a unique
part of New Jersey’s heritage.
this [event] adds to that and it
gets kids interested. they are fascinated by carnivorous plants and
catching insects. i enjoy doing it
and i know half the people here
from over the years, which are
botanists or are involved in the
Pine Barrens,” Smith said.
artist and illustrator Nancy
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Klein was featuring her artwork at
the “Lines on the Pines.” the
Long Beach island native was at
her second Pine Barrens-themed
event, and she enjoys painting pictures