A former SA Water depot made way for an urban forest back in 2012.
Now a passionate local resident is calling for your help to adopt the site, #LoveYourParkLands and help clean it up this Sunday.
Butterfly conservation advocates say a rare Chequered Copper Butterfly colony “will not survive” in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16) if the State Government goes ahead with plans for a Grand Prix motorcycle circuit alongside its habitat.
No tree in your Adelaide Park Lands is significant enough to be safe from State Government plans to bulldoze Parks for temporary, elite FIFO sports events.
A rally on Saturday 28 February might be your last opportunity to prevent irreversible losses within a massive 90 hectares of your Adelaide Park Lands.
The Adelaide City Council has joined APA’s call to Premier, Peter Malinauskas to release the hit list of 585 trees that he says he wants to destroy in Possum Park / Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands).
The long-awaited skate park in Gladys Elphick Park / Narnungga (Park 25) has been hit by construction delays and its completion has been pushed back until early next year.
With new funding offered by the Federal Government, the City Council has revised the skate park design and added a new feature, a mini-bowl, with work on the site expected to re-start soon.
The Government's "Venue Management Corporation" has been dragged into a political fight over your Open Green Public Park Lands, apparently exceeding its powers.
The Venue Management Corporation is embroiled in political debate by spruiking what amounts to a Liberal election policy to confiscate two and a half hectares (six acres) of Park Lands.
A steering committee is preparing to engage communities in Thebarton, Mile End and North Adelaide to spark ideas for re-greening a neglected part of Bonython Park / Tulya Wardli (Park 27) off Port Road.
It's hoped that the southern part of this temporary car park can be re-purposed as a green meeting place for commuters and locals.
A former Adelaide Council election candidate, whose flagship policy was making the River Torrens swimmable again, has tentatively supported a pitch for a natural swimming pool in the river.
Business SA has put forward a proposal to build a swimming area in the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri, using treated river water.
A Melbourne-based property developer has laid out his vision for taking away part of your Open Green Public Park Lands, for his dream $40 million sports stadium.
Multi-millionaire Ross Pelligra wants your land and a taxpayer subsidy to build a baseball stadium for his franchised team, the Adelaide Giants.
The City Council is undertaking a long-overdue revision of its “Community Land Management Plan” for your Open Green Public Adelaide Park Lands. It’s released, for community consultation, a draft of the "General Provisions" (the over-arching framework).
APA’s Kate Treloar has examined the document and has some suggestions for how you might wish to respond to the Council.
The London-based National Park City Foundation has been urged not to fall for State Government hypocrisy in seeking "Park City" status for Adelaide, while the Government continues to attack the Open Green Public Adelaide Park Lands.
APA has advised the National Park City Foundation that the Adelaide bid cannot be taken seriously, because the State Government keeps on attacking Park Lands.