Events at Old Pine Farm
Rose Albert and her two sons, Mark and Billie, helped plant trees on May 8, 2004 at the Old Pine Farm land trust in Blackwood Terrace. The trees were donated by the New Jersey Tree Foundation and land trust member, Ed Cleary, (far right) assisted in distributing the trees. The next tree planting project will be held on Saturday, October 23, 2004 at 10 a.m. at the land trust.
EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT
For his Eagle Scout project, Boy Scout Brett Ciccotelli of Troop 177 installed a picnic table and a welcome sign at the Old Pine Farm Natural Lands Trust in Blackwood Terrace. As part of his project, Brett received donations from Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse of Deptford for the table and from ER Holding Sign & Design in Blackwood for the sign. Members of Troop 177 assisted him in installing the table and sign. Old Pine Farm is a Green Acres project and visitors are welcome from dawn to dusk. Bring a picnic lunch on your next visit.
May 10, 2003 Clean Up
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On Saturday, May 10, 2003, eleven volunteers removed trash from Leidy’s Creek in Blackwood Terrace, Deptford. This creek feeds into Big Timber Creek which runs alongside of Old Pine Farm Natural Lands Trust. The first large item to be pulled from the creek was a rain gutter. Amy Diffenauer and Kevin Dempsey carry it to the dump truck provided by Deptford Township Public Works.
Amy Diffenauer and Roger Sedmont are in the creek pulling out trash
Matt Pagan (left) and Kevin Dempsey remove trash from the creek.
Nine of the eleven volunteers who spent three hours removing trash from the creek. They are from left: Kevin Dempsey, Scott Bossert, Sam Zappala, Amy Diffenauer, Matt Pagan, Michael Lindeborn, Grant Gibson, Fatmata Kabia, and Matthew Polenger.
June 2nd Trail Tour 2002
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Trail Tour 2001
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Old Pine Farm Natural Land Trust nature walk.
On Saturday, April 28, approximately 60 visitors came to the Old Pine Farm Natural Lands Trust. At 2 pm Michael Hogan took the large group on a tour. Millie Cleary made a sign to place at the corner of Good Intent and Rankin Ave. to help visitors find the land trust. It was very gratifying and encouraging to see so many people interested in the trust.
Road Clean-Up
On Sunday, April 22,2001, 15 members of Old Pine Farm picked up litter on Good Intent Road between Rt.41 and Cooper Street for the Clean Communities project. Between 1 and 4 p.m. we collected approximately 150 lbs of trash and 20 lbs of recyclables.
Geraldine Johnson Memorial
About 30 friends and family members gathered at Old Pine Farm in Blackwood Terrace on Sunday, September 24, 2000 to dedicate a crabapple tree and a plaque to Geraldine N. Johnson, a former trustee of the Old Pine Farm Lands Trust. Mrs. Johnson, who died on May 10th, was also Deptford's historian, a former trustee of the Johnson Memorial Library, and Shady Lane elementary school librarian. Among those at the dedication were, from left, George Willoughby, chairperson of the Old Pine Farm Land Trust; Mrs. Johnson's daughter, Geraldine D'Alonzo, and Mrs. Johnson's husband, Dominick LaMarra.