More than 120 prominent South Australians, including a former Premier, have signed an open letterdemanding an immediate halt to the proposed 38-storey Walker Corporation tower on your Festival Plaza, behind South Australia’s Parliament House.

If you Love Your Park Lands, like we do, you might occasionally hear criticism from people who have latched onto a Park Lands myth.

In this article, we’re MYTH-BUSTING the claim that mature trees, chopped down for development, are replaceable with new plantings.

An academic report has forecast the likely loss of 600 trees within your Possum Park / Pirltawardli (Park 1) from multi-million dollar State Government golf course re-development plans.

The final approval for what’s been dubbed a Festival Plaza “monster” will be considered in a city meeting room on 11 June.

So far, reservations from planning, heritage, Park Lands and community activists have been unable to persuade the Government to re-think its push for a 38-storey takeover of your community land.

One of the earliest formal gardens that was designed and laid out in your Adelaide Park Lands, has been overshadowed in recent years by its showy and more popular next-door neighbour.

APA’s Emma Moss dives into the history and features of Osmond Gardens in Park 18.

There’s limited time left to secure one of the stunning art works, exhibited at the 2025 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize.

Our virtual exhibition gallery, and the instant tax write-off for a business purchase, are both set to end on 30 June.

For Mij Tanith, walking through your Park Lands, with a blind chihuahua rescue dog is one of her cherished memories.

The City of Adelaide has released imagery to showcase plans for the renewal of Botanic Creek through your eastern Park Lands.

There are many ways that your Adelaide Park Lands can INSPIRE. Here’s the first of what we hope will be a series of inspirational Park poems: “Secret Garden” by Barbara Preston.

Australia’s smallest owl is also the one you’re most likely to hear at night. Meet the bird that makes a haunting, repetitive call.

City Council contractors are building two new boat ramps on the edge of the Torrens Lake, and also upgrading a short section on Botanic Creek in your eastern Park Lands.

The Adelaide City Council has belatedly joined the battle to save your Festival Plaza from being dominated by a 38-storey private office building.

However your intervention is also needed to save your Festival Plaza and Adelaide’s National Heritage sites.

APA has queried what appears to be a proposed two-thirds cut in funding for maintenance of your Adelaide Park Lands.

Please, before Tuesday 27 May, send a short email to the City Council, to support your Park Lands with feedback on the Council’s Draft 2025-26 Budget and Annual Business Plan.

The 2025 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize is over. Or is it?

The virtual reality exhibition continues with four prize-winning artworks among dozens of stunning artworks still available to view or buy.

Premier Peter Malinauskas can capture the economic benefits of the LIV Golf tourism drawcard, while also protecting trees and public access to your Adelaide Park Lands.

How? By choosing an alternative site to build a new championship golf course. Here’s our second suggested alternative option, for the Premier to consider.

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.

How would New Yorkers feel if areas of their Central Park were devoted to acres of car parking?

In Adelaide, the City Council has been formally advised to continue allowing thousands of cars to continue parking on your Park Lands during the annual Royal Show.

Adelaide University researcher Tara McKenzie is part of a team investigating a disease that’s disfiguring and killing possums in Whitmore Square / Iparrityi in your Adelaide Park Lands