The State Government’s hasty swoop to take over a large swathe of your Park Lands has cleared the way for a loss of biodiversity and large intrusive new buildings, infrastructure and more car parks on your Open Green Public spaces.
The move defies many of the State Government’s own rules and laws; so that an upgraded golf course can downgrade your Park Lands.
The State Government’s hasty swoop to take over a large swathe of your Park Lands is designed to clear the way for a loss of biodiversity and large intrusive new buildings, infrastructure and more car parks on your Open Green Public spaces.
The move defies many of the State Government’s own rules and laws; so an upgraded golf course can downgrade your Park Lands.
Our “Possum Park Protection Platoon” is planning the next stage in our fight to protect Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands from State Government chainsaws that are threatening hundreds of trees in this unique urban forest.
It's time to PROTECT one Park and its 104 species.
At 11am on June 5, World Environment Day, come to the steps of Parliament House, North Terrace, to help PROTECT Possum Park.
Expose the Government’s LIV Golf excuse for yet another Park Lands commercialisation attack.
The City Council is in the process of installing new shared-use cycling and pedestrian paths along the edge of South Terrace, in Carriageway Park / Tuthangga (Park 17) and in Peppermint Park / Wita Wirra (Park 18).
However not everyone believes this is an optimum solution for either cyclists or pedestrians. APA's Peter Lumb puts the case for better, separated bike lanes, including in these two locations.
The State Government is prepared to invest $80 million to build a new regional Aquatic Centre for Adelaide's central and inner-northern suburbs.
The Government is pretending to ask the community about locations for the new centre. However its sham "consultation" does not envisage any site other than on your Open Green Public Park Lands.
A city residents group is applying for funding to plant more trees in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16) .
The plantings would provide much-needed shade around the Park's playing fields and beside the "green corridor" that connects Halifax Street in the city to Fullarton Road and Grant Avenue in Rose Park.
Adelaide Himeji Garden is one of the most photographed spots in Your Park Lands. In April, the traditional Japanese garden - in Peppermint Park / Wita Wirra (Park 18) - turned the big 4-0.
To celebrate, we chatted to Nicole Lionnet, APA’s Park Ambassador for Parks 18 and 19, about how best to capture the photogenic spot.
The start of winter has provided lovely weather for ducks in Adelaide. And the city’s parks haven’t missed out on a soaking.
Parts of the southern Park Lands were underwater on Monday after the CBD copped 43mm of rain – around 60 per cent of the average June rainfall. Elsewhere, the new $13 million, 3.2ha wetlands in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16) were also put to the test.
The biennial Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize capitalises on this city's two world-renowned strengths: your unique Open Green Public Park Lands, and the vibrancy of Adelaide's arts.
You can help to make this iconic event a success, and raise the profile of your Adelaide Park Lands with a tax-deductible donation through the Australian Cultural Fund.
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.
