We’re helping you to learn about the plants in your Open, Green, Public Adelaide Park Lands, one species at a time.
Today: the majestic river red gum!
Hope doesn’t glimmer - it burns!
“Our actions are working, and they are not enough. Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters.”
“Hope is a discipline. Hold fast to having a vision.” These quotes from a US educator and activist drive APA President Shane Sody and can help you too, to convert Park Lands HOPE from just a wish, into real-world actions.
Behind the fence in Rymill Park
Birdlife abounds
Hope for joey possum
No New Development - Council Plan
Croquet in Carriageway Park
Outdoor adventurer
We love interviewing people who enjoy frequenting your Park Lands.
This time in the hot-seat is Sue O’Brien who has an interesting background. She’s an outdoor educator and guide, a maker and repairer of outdoor gear, and a keen cyclist and hiker. We pinned her down long enough to find out what motivates her.
Five reasons to walk
A year at the zoo
Wild weather hits big trees
Forest first to go
Bushcare - a "comforting natural rhythm"
Hiring a sports field or three
Farewell to South-West City Community Association
Know Your Park Lands Art: John Dowie sculptures
Purple pain?
Do jacaranda trees suck?
According to Adelaide pollination ecologist and educator Bianca Amato, they do. She believes the well-loved trees, though pretty, are “ecological dead zones”.
Meanwhile, plane trees have also come under attack interstate, with Sydney’s city council phasing out their use across its streets and parks. Environmentalist Tim Flannery has labelled the species “about as much use to our wildlife as concrete posts”. Could the same happen here?
