Author: Suzanne B

Council lead project

This Healesville site had originally been scheduled for vineyard removal, with trellis wires laid down in preparation. When the removal didn’t proceed, the block was quickly overtaken by dense blackberry thickets and long grass. The result: Traditional machinery based methods were not suitable due to the risk of damaging buried or concealed vineyard infrastructure .…

Centare Vineyard in Healesville has some tricky areas near the old farmhouse that have been overrun by weeds and blackberry.

Claire and Joe had several areas overrun with blackberry that they needed cleared.