In Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings stories, trees are protected by shepherds of the forest, the Ents.
Sadly the trees of Adelaide have no Ents to protect them, but they do have something just as powerfully protective: YOU!
These are just some of the trees in Helen Mayo Park that need your protection. You can do it, simply, with your vote in the State election on Saturday 19 March.
There are 257 trees in Helen Mayo Park. Presumably, not all of them would be destroyed by the State Government’s proposed $662 million ‘Riverbank Arena’. However, Premier Steven Marshall has given no guarantee to any tree.
His Government has re-zoned Helen Mayo Park as an Entertainment Zone, and you know what an Entertainment Zone looks like:
Adelaide’s other Entertainment Zone, in Hindley Street. Is this a model for Helen Mayo Park? Photo: Tony Lewis / InDaily
The Premier is refusing to back away from his tree-destroying plans (even making the ridiculous claim that a stadium would “re-green” the Park) despite recent research which shows how Adelaide’s tree canopy has been reduced in recent years.
You have a chance to vote to show how much you value Adelaide’s trees and especially these trees, below, which are directly at risk in Helen Mayo Park.
The Adelaide Park Lands Association has produced a guide to voting for your Open Green Public Park Lands.
The full guide is here: https://www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/state-election-2022
And this, our Guide to voting in the marginal seat of Adelaide, where the Liberal candidate, Rachel Sanderson is supporting the Government’s attack on these trees in Helen Mayo Park.
If you haven’t yet signed our petition, join the almost four thousand others here:
https://www.change.org/p/steven-marshall-mp-save-helen-mayo-park/u/30317096
It’s not just Helen Mayo Park where trees are at risk. These trees in Frome Park / Nellie Raminyemmerin Park are also destined for destruction, whether the Liberal Party or Labor Party wins the State election on 19 March. Both major parties have vowed to destroy these trees to build an 8-storey high school building.
