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).
As the Federal election draws near, the Adelaide Park Lands Association has joined a new body: the Australian Heritage Advocacy Alliance.
The Alliance is pointing out to election candidates the dozens of heritage assets either lost or at risk and your Adelaide Park Lands are being included in the advocacy campaign.
With months-long preparations for a four-day carbon emission festival set to return to Victoria Park, local residents hope that the City Council doesn’t renege on its promises to investigate increasing tree cover.
The Adelaide 500 motorsport anachronism will start taking over the Park, later this year, replacing the COVID-19 test station, but Park lovers haven’t given up Reimagining Victoria Park.
The bells of St Peters cathedral - and a brand new Garden Market - greeted participants on our Guided Walk, last Sunday 27 March through Tarntanya Wama (Park 26).
A crowd of 40 joined APA's Park Ambassador Helen Hutton, on an informative two-and-a-half hour walk in glorious sunshine through Creswell Gardens, Pennington Gardens, Stella Bowen Park, Light's Vision, Pinky Flat and Elder Park.
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.
