Rosemary Warmington AM is the new chair of the 2025 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize.
Rosemary, who’s a practising artist and former CEO in the community sector, brings a wealth of knowledge to the competition.
As polling day of 21 March draws near, a growing number of South Australians have a simple message for all candidates and parties: “Yes, we will vote to Protect the Adelaide Park Lands.”
Despite a promise of “extensive consultation” the State Government is still with-holding most of its plans for the North Adelaide golf course in the urban forested Possum Park /Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands).
You can urge the Premier to identify every one of the 585 mature trees that he admits he wants to destroy.
Dear Premier, why won’t you call me by my name? If you are going to chop down my trees, why won’t you look me in the forest and tell me straight? Yours sincerely, Pirltawardli ….
It’s holiday time - so time to explore your Park Lands, especially the remarkable urban forest on Adelaide’s doorstep - before it’s drastically cut back. “It’s Not Just a Golf Course” is the event title. Explore it with us, on one of a dozen dates over the next few weeks.
A City Council report on biodiversity has revealed the success of re-greening and habitat restoration in selected parts of your Park Lands.
The first survey of Park Lands biodiversity in 20 years identified new species of native bees, as well three species of microbats, an eel, and the re-emergence of rare grasses and wildflowers.
A major re-write of the over-arching Park Lands Management Strategy suggests no limitation on the number or size of new buildings that might keep taking away parts of your Open, Green, Public spaces.
Before consultation on this draft document closes on 9 August, you can endorse our submission or make your own.
Earlier this month, Adelaideans endured the city’s coldest July morning in more than a century
Despite the record-breaking chill, it certainly hasn’t caused your Park Lands to go into hibernation.
Annual winter event Illuminate Adelaide is celebrating “art, light, music and technology” until the 21st.
Labor MP for Adelaide, Lucy Hood, is attempting to deflect attention from the State Government's recent attacks on your Park Lands, by claiming State credit for actions taken before she was born.
Highlighting decades-old Park restorations, while failing to acknowledge any recent Park Lands attacks has been described by the Deputy Lord Mayor as “Olympic-level gymnastics”.