This is the first time the Woody Meadows method is being trialled in South Australia. It will provide information on how well the dense planting style performs in local soils and conditions.
As the trial progresses, the Rural City of Murray Bridge council will learn about plants that grow well, or struggle to survive. The landscape board is working with the council to monitor plant growth rates and the amount of water used to establish them.
These plantings are designed to be low water use and low maintenance when established, and form part of a national network of trials being delivered collaboratively by the University of Melbourne. Trials have been running since 2013 and the Woody Meadow Guidelines can support anyone to plant a woody meadow of their own.
This is the first Woody Meadows trial in South Australia—a 5-year partnership between The Rural City of Murray Bridge, the Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board, the University of Melbourne, and TREENET.
