Central Ward
Council is turning coffee grounds and eggshells into community compost as part of a new food organics collection system trial at the popular New Farm Community Composting Hub. Residents will be invited to dispose of household food scraps at the Community Composting Hub in New Farm Park, which will then be turned into [...]
HAVE YOUR SAY ON SPRING HILL PARK UPGRADES I’d like your thoughts about an issue raised by your neighbours at my recent Spring Hill Mobile Offices. With cost-of-living pressures front of mind for us all, I want to ensure our parks remain attractive active recreation spaces with free and low-cost events for you in the [...]
HAVE YOUR SAY ON SPRING HILL PARK UPGRADES I’d like your thoughts about two issues raised by your neighbours at my recent Spring Hill Mobile Offices. With cost-of-living pressures front of mind for us all, I want to ensure our parks remain attractive active recreation spaces with free and low-cost events for you in the inner [...]
Brisbane kids will be hopping into action with more than 270 free or affordable activities bolstering Council’s Easter school holiday program. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said from 1 to 16 April, there will be boredom busting activities for kids of all ages as families explore Brisbane’s backyard. “School holidays are the perfect [...]
Community groups will get a financial boost to help them achieve their environmental goals with the Lord Mayor’s grants program funding everything from weed removal to solar panel installation. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner today announced 28 grants totalling more than $200,000 have been awarded under the second round of the Lord Mayor’s 2022/23 [...]
The Lord Mayor’s Charitable Trust’s first grant round of 2023 has awarded more than $159,000 to 21 charities through the March General Grant Round. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said this year’s applications highlighted the serious impacts of the housing and cost-of-living crisis, with more than half of grants awarded to charities supporting victims [...]
As the sun goes down, Brisbane’s City Botanic Gardens will once again become illuminated with the return of Botanica: Contemporary Art Outside in May. For ten evenings from 12-21 May Brisbane’s City Botanic Gardens will serve as a backdrop to a rich program of art installations and artist performances. Residents can plan their perfect evening [...]
400 bushland pockets protected by Council. Four hundred parcels of precious bushland have now been secured by Council to protect Brisbane’s natural habitat for future generations - Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the latest purchase under the Bushland Acquisition Program meant Council had preserved more than 4400 hectares of land since the program began in [...]
The search has begun for a new floral emblem that perfectly represents Brisbane almost 100 years after the city council was first formed. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the current emblem, the red poinsettia, was first chosen in 1930, but it was now time to look for a native species that embodies our [...]
Brisbane’s parks and gardens help make Brisbane the city we know and love. Brisbane’s parks and gardens help make Brisbane the city we know and love. From New Farm Park’s stately roses and the city’s biggest new public parkland at Victoria Park / Barrambin, to our riverside Sir Manuel Hornibrook and Catalina parks, [...]
