The Pinelands Preservation Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the natural and historic resources of the New Jersey Pinelands, made its first appearance at the world-renowned Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Philadelphia Flower Show. This was the first year the annual Flower Show was held outdoors, with the theme of “Habitat: Nature’s Masterpiece.”

Since the Pinelands Reserve of some 800,000 acres of forest has a healthy aquifer, unusual geography and rare plants and animals, it is truly one of nature’s masterpieces in the…