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Join us at a FREE EcoVineyards field session
​near you!

Join viticulturist Dr Mary Retallack and a range of special guests to learn about the EcoVineyards project and how native insectary plants are being used by grape growers to benefit their vineyards.

At the field session, grape growers will discover how the project works with practical EcoVineyards demonstrations and local EcoGrowers available to answer questions about their EcoVineyards projects.

​This free event includes morning tea and lunch for all attendees.

EcoVineyards Field Sessions
Wednesday 28 April - Riverland
Friday 21 May - Coonawarra



Field session program hosted by Dr Mary Retallack with special guests in each region:
An introduction to the EcoVineyards project, functional biodiversity enhancement (good bugs, biocontrol, microbats, native insectary plants) by Mary Retallack, Retallack Viticulture.

  • EcoVineyards fact sheets
  • An introduction to native insectary plants
  • Fire resistant insectary plants
  • How to develop a biodiversity action plan (BAP)
  • Pre-European plant community lists for the Riverland
Meet the EcoGrower 
  • Discuss native plant establishment
  • Planting techniques (power planter, Pottiputki, Hamilton planter etc.)
  • Tree guards (and Arborgreen discount offer)
  • Microbial activity - calico strips
  • Arthropod sampling (native plants and grapevines)

A focus on predatory birds (insectivorous/raptor birds)

  • ways to attract them to the vineyard
  • predatory bird perch update.
 A focus on soil health 
  • Soil carbon (PIRSA project results) and Condy’s crystals test
  • Predatory arthropods (in field assessment)
  • Water infiltration (infiltrometer ring test)
  • Soil resistance (penetrometer)
  • Soil temperature (in field and handheld thermometers)


If you would like to attend a EcoVineyards Field session, please register via the Wine Grape Council of South Australia Eventbrite page.

For more information, contact Lisa Bennier, WGCSA Business Manager at lisa@wgcsa.com.au or 0419 039 508.

We look forward to seeing you there!

This project is supported by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, through funding from Australian Government's National Landcare Program.

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  • Home
  • About
    • Our People >
      • Adrian Hoffman
      • Jared Stringer
      • Troy van Dulken
      • Beck Burgess
      • Nick Price
      • Sheridan Alm
    • Strategic Direction
    • SA Wine Industry Plan
    • Industry Organisations
  • Grower Resources
    • Employment & WHS >
      • Pay Rates
      • Employment FAQs
      • Workplace Health & Safety
      • Farm Safety Videos
      • Templates & Links
    • Personal Property Security Register
    • Grape Purchase Agreements >
      • Guide to selling wine grapes
      • Wine Industry Code of Conduct
      • Tips to recover payments
    • Transport Legislation
    • Delivery despatch dockets
    • AWRI Fact Sheets
    • Video Library >
      • FIT4WORK
      • Grower Interviews
      • 2017 Wine Grape Grower Summit
      • WGCSA Councillor Interviews
  • Reports & Analysis
    • SA Crush & Pricing Report
    • Grape profitability by region
    • Global Market Analysis
  • REGIONS
  • News & Events
    • EcoVineyards Field Sessions
    • 2018 Roadshow Presentations
  • EcoVineyards
    • EcoVineyards Field Sessions
    • EcoVineyards Factsheets
    • Meet the EcoGrowers
    • Pledge your plants
    • EcoVineyards Survey
  • Contact