The hashtag #ProtectParksPete will soon be trending on social media. If you Love Your Park Lands, help us spread this hashtag, to bring it to the notice of the Premier, Peter Malinauskas as he prepares plans to slash more trees.
The Premier, Peter Malinauskas, has a vision: that your Park Lands must be profit centres, and that therefore Open, Green, Public land (as well as trees and biodiversity) must be subservient, or sacrificed to money-making imperatives, such as LIV golf.
There's uncertainty about the future of the three North Adelaide Golf Courses, on Possum Park / Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands) and the 85 species identified so far amongst the biodiversity of that Park.
Take our short survey to tell us about you and your Park Lands. What’s important to you? How could we improve our role?
It’ll take about nine minutes to choose your responses; and there are ten prizes of Park Lands merchandise to be won, for completed surveys.
The Premier, Peter Malinauskas is remaining tight-lipped about how your Adelaide Park Lands would be affected by proposals to "re-develop" the golf courses in Possum Park /Pirltawardli (Park 1).
Our UnPaving Paradise re-greening benefit show is edging closer. The June 4 event will raise funds for part of a neglected bitumen expanse in your Park Lands.
In the lead-up, we chat to one of the show’s stars - Adelaide singer-songwriter Abbey Mae, who has 40,000 followers on TikTok, plus organiser Laurence Nobes.
The State Labor Government is being urged to consider a wide range of near-city sites for a new Aquatic Centre.
By thinking outside the box (i.e. outside your Park Lands) there's potential for a win-win with a new Aquatic Centre in the inner north, and full restoration of the current Park Lands site.
The art of breathing new life into old fabrics can be slow and painstaking. It’s why Mary Jose, who’s worked as a textile conservator for 38 years, relishes her time out in your Adelaide Park Lands.
When she’s not tending to fragile museum pieces or family heirlooms, she’s out enjoying the greenery with her Maltese poodle cross, Cooper.
A new veggie patch in your Adelaide Park Lands is helping recently-arrived migrants lay roots in the community.
The ‘Global Garden’ is a therapeutic horticultural program within the Adelaide Botanic Garden.
Participants engage in “a powerful process of place-making, connection and belonging” by growing culturally significant food plants within the Kitchen Garden.
As one of the three richest art prizes in South Australia, the Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize has grown in stature since its first iteration in 2014.
As part of our preparations for the 2023 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize, we are honoured to have reached agreement with five highly talented and qualified judges, who will form our judging panel.
The new $13 million, 3.2 hectare wetlands in the southern part of Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16) has been officially opened.
The largest earth-moving project within your Adelaide Park Lands for 60 years is now a haven for waterbirds and a must-visit attraction for Adelaide residents and visitors alike.
Kate Cocks, MBE, was the first female police officer, not just in Adelaide, but in the entire British Commonwealth.
But the Park that is named in her honour is being treated like garbage.
Neither the City of Adelaide nor the State Government are showing any respect to the Park that honours a pioneering South Australian.
Many fascinating people frequent your Adelaide Park Lands. Among them is a Goodwood eco activist behind the craft blog, Local and Bespoke.
When Mary Heath is not cycling or running through the Park Lands, she’s collecting eucalyptus leaves for eco-printing and getting involved in fashion activism events.
Entries for our UnPaving Paradise poster design competition will be closing on Friday 13 May.
We have been encouraged by some innovative and imaginative ideas that have turned up so far and could be used for several potential re-greening sites. What can you envisage to improve what’s now just a batch of bitumen?
The Adelaide Park Lands Association has backed calls by medical staff for the State Government to review the proposed new Women's and Children's Hospital site on Park Lands.
The proposed new WCH would obliterate a triangular, beautifully landscaped part of the Park Lands off Port Road, but there are better options available as other cities have already demonstrated.
