APA’s new President, Sarah Russo, brings a deep love of land, nature and public place to her leadership.
Find out what led her to this role, and her ambition to achieve positive outcomes — for people, for biodiversity, and for your Park Lands.
Senior Adelaide University academics say the SA Government used legislation to bypass normal planning assessment and public scrutiny of the North Adelaide golf course redevelopment.
Read what they found — and why the Adelaide Park Lands Association is calling for cast-iron protection against the future sale, privatisation or permanent alienation of our public Park Lands.
Wild olives can be environmental weeds. But that doesn’t make Adelaide’s historic, managed olive groves disposable.
The 1872 grove in King Rodney Park / Ityamai-itpina (Park 15) is threatened by the proposed MotoGP circuit.
But, we can control invasive olives and protect our living heritage.
Meet Dorothy Dunne — APA’s Membership Officer, lifelong nature lover and passionate Park Lands advocate.
From growing up beside Crown land to guerrilla planting, Trees for Life and years of activism, Dorothy has never been afraid to speak her mind. Now approaching 80, she remains as passionate as ever about protecting the Park Lands as free, peaceful public spaces for everyone.
Meet one of our essential Park Lands warriors.
The State Government is consulting on its proposed MotoGP circuit in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi — including permanent construction and the removal of more than 400 trees.
Submissions close 11.59 pm, Sunday 20 September.
We’ve put together a simple guide on how to make a submission, what you might raise, and a template to help you get started.
Find out how to have your say.
The Adelaide Park Lands aren’t just green space – they’re a vital part of how students, workers and recreational cyclists get around our city.
Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority says the Park Lands provide around 59 kilometres of continuous walking and cycling paths, connecting major precincts through routes including the Adelaide Park Lands Trail and River Torrens Linear Park.
And there’s an economic benefit too. Walking and cycling in the Park Lands generates an estimated $196 million in annual economic value, through direct health, transport and environmental benefits.
As Bike Adelaide Chair David Elliott writes, safe, connected Park Lands paths are critical to cycling in Adelaide – and to keeping our city moving.
The City of Adelaide has taken up our idea of a mapped resource identifying and given you information about most of the tens of thousands of trees that it looks after in your Park Lands.
Zoom in, or search the trees in your Park Lands, find out what's growing, report any tree damage or ill-health, and even write a love letter to any tree!
Celebrated artist Margaret Ambridge has carried off the $20,000 first prize in the 2025 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize, for her charcoal and ink drawing: “Bush for Life” .
Invited sponsors and donors mingled with the artists and their guests, at the Festival Centre on 1 April, as 11 prizes were awarded at the opening of the biennial Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize.