There's A Dragon Living In The Woods Of Wall Township

WALL, NJ – People taking a stroll on the self-guided nature trail in Wall will see that the trail has a new resident, a dragon named Annabelle.

Annabelle is the creation of local artist Robin Ruggiero, who uses twigs, tree limbs, and twine to create intricate pieces of art as a way to reflect on life.

The Wall Township Environmental Advisory Committee (WTEAC) first noticed Ruggiero’s work when she would build dinosaurs in Allaire State Park using the woods around her to create dinosaurs like a tyrannosaurus rex to a stegosaurus.

The WTEAC noticed her work and invited her to a meeting and, after meeting with Ruggiero, asked her to do a project for them, offering her space at either Wreck Pond or the self-guided nature trail at Community Park. Choosing the nature trail and just a little over a week and a half later, Ruggiero created Annabelle, who is already enthralling people coming to the nature trail.

“I wanted to promote the committee’s environmental efforts, and I wanted to do it for the Wall Township community,” Ruggiero said in a press release.

“I have had the good fortune and opportunity of creating the dinosaurs in Wall Township and now a dragon for the WTEAC and the Wall municipality.”

The dragon resides between stops 10 and 11 on the nature trail, and there will be a future dedication ceremony for Annabelle, according to Wilma Morrissey, the chairwoman of the WTEAC.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for residents to visit Allaire State Park to view the dinosaurs and then visit the Wall Township’s Community Park Self-Guided Nature Trail both to enjoy taking pictures of the dragon and also to walk the trail to learn about the history of Wall’s
earlier settlers as well as learning about the environment,” Morrissey said.