Green Room: Music at The Lab, celebrating writers, tiny revolutions

SA arts and culture news in brief: a new classical music series launches at The Lab, nominations open for prestigious literary awards, after-dark events in the Botanic Garden, the return of Cabaret Fringe, a chance to air your grievances and more.

New boardwalk, visitor centre proposed for Botanic Garden

A raised boardwalk down an avenue of Moreton Bay figs, new glasshouses and visitor centres and a bridge across the Main Lake are part of a proposed new Adelaide Botanic Garden masterplan released for public feedback.

Adelaide City Council horticulturalist, Mark Scharnberg, next to his favourite tree - a Moreton Bay Fig east of Adelaide Oval. Photo: Tony Lewis / InDaily

A subjective guide to Adelaide’s most iconic trees

From the stately Plane Trees that border Botanic Park to the buttress roots of the park lands’ Moreton Bay Figs, Adelaide’s exotic and native tree registry is brimming with stories of historical, botanical and sentimental significance.

Artist finds voices in the trees

Through a synthesiser and a sapling river redgum, artist Heidi Kenyon has found voices in the trees of the Adelaide Botanic Garden and brought life into the Museum of Economic Botany.

South Australia to host major botanic gardens congress

Climate change, saving threatened plant species and keeping gardens relevant in a modern world will be among issues tackled when plant scientists, botanists, administrators and educators from around the world meet in Adelaide next week.

Botanic Gardens strategic plan launch

Nearly 100 people attended the launch of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia 2017-2022 strategic plan at Botanic Gardens Restaurant.

Adelaide Botanic Garden unveils second wine vintage

The second vintage of wines made from grapes grown in the middle of the city at the Adelaide Botanic Garden has been released.