Major pre-European plant community lists associated with the Barossa wine region.NatureMaps is an online program that can be used to source information for individual properties located in South Australia. This is a ‘quick guide’ to help get you started on your property planning project and it provides details of the major preEuropean plant communities found in the Barossa Wine Region.DOWNLOAD …
By Dr Mary Retallack, Retallack Viticulture Pty Ltd About this fact sheet A guide to the natural enemies of grapevine pests in South Australia.DOWNLOAD FACT SHEET
By Dr Mary Retallack, Retallack Viticulture Pty LtdAbout this fact sheet What is a weed? Weedy species are often referred to as plants located in an undesirable location. But what if that plant provides an indicator of soil health and is performing a vital role in healing the land?DOWNLOAD FACT SHEET
By Phil Barron, Barron EnvironmentalAbout this fact sheet Farm dams are important sources of water and a typical sight in our dry Australian landscape. However, open, bare-edged dams can also attract bird species such as corellas and sulphur-crested cockatoos, which may become destructive when they are over-abundant in some regions. These bird species often approach in flocks to drink and feel …
By Dr Mary Retallack, Retallack Viticulture Pty LtdAbout this fact sheet Recent PhD research found that native insectary plants can increase the presence of predatory arthropods (natural enemies and good bugs). Insectary plants provide food, shelter and alternative prey/hosts, which nourish and support the presence of predatory arthropods. In turn, predators provide ‘regulating’ ecosystem services, which involve biological suppression of vineyard …
By Dr Mary Retallack, Retallack Viticulture Pty LtdAbout this fact sheet There is growing interest in the types of plants that may offer resistance to fire and/or have low flammability characteristics. Download the fact sheet to find out more.DOWNLOAD FACT SHEET
Date: July 2021 EcoGrowers: Nick Baverstock Region: Coonawarra, SAAbout this project “I have enjoyed being part of the EcoVineyards experience. It was an opportunity to get familiar with plant species that grow well in my region and the benefit these species can have on the environment.”READ THE FULL CASE STUDY
Date: November 2021 EcoGrowers: Geoff Weaver Region: Adelaide Hills, SAAbout this project “A worthy initiative to slow the decline of native species in the Adelaide Hills. My aim is to have an oasis of biodiversity and to help reverse the environmental declines created by land clearing and monoculture agricultural and horticultural production.”READ THE FULL CASE STUDY
Date: September 2022 EcoGrowers: Janet and Erinn Klein Region: Adelaide Hills, SAAbout this project “EcoVineyards offered us the impetus to establish native grass insectary within our vineyard and to challenge our understanding of the possibility of doing so organically. The success of the EcoVineyards project will significantly change our mid-row, undervine and pasture management and will contribute to the wider …
Date: November 2021 EcoGrowers: Dan and Ian Falkenberg Region: Barossa, SAAbout this project “EcoVineyards is a fantastic program that aims to inform the importance of habitat and native vegetation that can be woven into a vineyard production system. To work with mother nature not against it.”READ THE FULL CASE STUDY