Two trees in your Adelaide Park Lands have been designated as among the 24 most famous large trees in South Australia.
Vote now, for your favourite as SA’s ‘Tree of the Year’.
Wild olives can be environmental weeds. But that doesn’t make Adelaide’s historic, managed olive groves disposable.
The 1872 grove in King Rodney Park / Ityamai-itpina (Park 15) is threatened by the proposed MotoGP circuit.
But, we can control invasive olives and protect our living heritage.
Meet Dorothy Dunne — APA’s Membership Officer, lifelong nature lover and passionate Park Lands advocate.
From growing up beside Crown land to guerrilla planting, Trees for Life and years of activism, Dorothy has never been afraid to speak her mind. Now approaching 80, she remains as passionate as ever about protecting the Park Lands as free, peaceful public spaces for everyone.
Meet one of our essential Park Lands warriors.
The State Government is consulting on its proposed MotoGP circuit in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi — including permanent construction and the removal of more than 400 trees.
Submissions close 11.59 pm, Sunday 20 September.
We’ve put together a simple guide on how to make a submission, what you might raise, and a template to help you get started.
Find out how to have your say.
The Adelaide Park Lands aren’t just green space – they’re a vital part of how students, workers and recreational cyclists get around our city.
Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority says the Park Lands provide around 59 kilometres of continuous walking and cycling paths, connecting major precincts through routes including the Adelaide Park Lands Trail and River Torrens Linear Park.
And there’s an economic benefit too. Walking and cycling in the Park Lands generates an estimated $196 million in annual economic value, through direct health, transport and environmental benefits.
As Bike Adelaide Chair David Elliott writes, safe, connected Park Lands paths are critical to cycling in Adelaide – and to keeping our city moving.
It took a Federal Court case to find out what the State Government is actually planning for John E. Brown Park.
A two-storey driving range, 108 car parks, up to 400 metres of netting, an 18-hole mini-golf course, retail facilities, new roads, water tanks and other infrastructure — all on public Park Lands.
These are significant changes, yet despite repeated questions, the community has had no meaningful opportunity to see or comment on the plans.
Why did it take a court case for South Australians to find out what is being proposed for their Park Lands?
The City Council is inviting expressions of interest for sporting fields and sports sheds in two Parks.
In each case, existing arrangements have expired. Rather than offer an automatic extension to the existing licensees, the Council is looking to see whether other groups might like to take over the use of existing playing fields and sheds.
More trees and enhanced equestrian facilities are on the wishlist for owners who keep horses in Park 6 of your Adelaide Park Lands. The City Council is reviewing its Community Land Management Plan for the Park, and will get feedback from horse owners keen to ensure that the Park can be enjoyed for generations to come – and improved where necessary.
After getting 3,998 signatures on a petition to “Save Helen Mayo Park” we are celebrating a victory.
Premier Steven Marshall failed to listen. He's now lost his job. His lack of vision in trying to destroy Helen Mayo Park with a stadium has disappeared as well. However, the new Labor State Government also has a number of threats to your Park Lands on its agenda.
The rejuvenating benefits of time spent in nature can’t be ignored. And “ecotherapy” is increasingly being used as a preventative and restorative health strategy. We spoke to two people working in this space in the Park Lands – the Botanic Gardens’ resident horticultural therapist, and a nature-supported counsellor.
Students at schools and universities in and near the Adelaide CBD are being invited to send in entries to our 'UnPaving Paradise' Poster design competition.
APA is looking for bright ideas to kick start reclaiming disused bitumen areas in your Park Lands and turning them into inviting Open Green Public spaces.
Opposition leader Peter Malinauskas has been spruiking his ‘hump day’ park runs while on the State election campaign trail.
But he’s just one of many avid Park Lands runners. There are plenty of events and groups to get involved with - including a Park Stampede relay with the SA Road Runners this Sunday, March 6.
The Adelaide Park Lands Association has joined a large group of SA businesses, organisations and leaders to call on the next South Australian government to take strong action on climate change.
The South Australians for Climate Action 2022 Statement highlights just how much SA has to gain by responding positively and forcefully to the changing climate.
Promises made during an election campaign need to be taken with a pinch of salt, but it's been heartening to see messages of support emerging for what could be the greatest-ever promotion of your Adelaide Park Lands.
For the first time, the proposed Adelaide Recreation Circuit has emerged as an election issue, with encouragement from SA Labor, and full-throated support from the Greens, the SA Party, and the Animal Justice Party.
New students at Adelaide University have been introduced to part of your Adelaide Park Lands, in a Guided “River Walk”.
As part of this year's Orientation Week, a crowd of 65 new students, plus volunteers and staff, toured the historic Grundy Gardens in Park 12, and the restored riverine bushland in Park 11, on a two-hour walk with an APA Guide.