Horticulture

The Barossa’s purple patch

IN a region that is world renowned for its wines and culinary delights, there is a little hidden gem tucked into the gentle foothills of the Barossa Valley. The Lyndoch Lavender Farm and Café is a multi-award-winning tourist attraction that has...

Bevan Jones

August 2025

Horticulture

Brewery success in a Heaven of vineyards

IN a location where vineyards dominate the landscape, a unique brewery is making its mark and putting beer on the map in the Barossa Valley. That brewery is the iconic Ministry of Beer, the heart of craft brewing in Lyndoch, offering a refreshing...

Bevan Jones

August 2025

Horticulture

Squeezing to perfection at Venus Citrus

IT is little secret that the Riverland is known for its citrus production, and it’s something deeply rooted in the lives of growers across the region. The region’s climate is one of the key reasons helping produce some of the freshest citrus in...

Lachlan Dand

August 2025

Horticulture

From the family fields to your fork

NORTH of the Adelaide CBD is a fourth-generation bunch-line vegetable grower and supplier who has continued to thrive since his family started growing quality products in the 1940s. The business is Thorndon Park Produce, and it was founded in 1945...

Bevan Jones

August 2025

Horticulture

Winter gardening in the Riverland: The best fruits and veggies to grow

Best winter vegetables to grow Broccoli Broccoli thrives in the Riverland’s cool winters. It prefers well-drained soil and regular watering to develop full, tender heads. Sow seeds in late autumn or early winter for a steady harvest through the...

SA Farmer

May 2025

Horticulture

Coco & Honey the pick of the bunch

THE boutique flower farm and studio Coco & Honey has almost finished its fourth harvest this autumn, with the local floral delight providing the Riverland a unique and blooming primary industry. Tended to and owned by Monash couple Natalie and...

Madison Eastmond

May 2025

Horticulture

Program to unlock grower solutions for biggest horticulture challenges

RIVERLAND horticultural producers have been encouraged to participate in a new initiative aimed at generating innovative progress in the sector. Mentoring to transform ideas into real solutions is one of the key offerings of a new program recently...

SA Farmer

May 2025

Horticulture

Harvesting produce is a travel delight

GERMAN backpacker Nina Brueckner has been enjoying experiencing Murray River life in the Riverland by taking part in a volunteer workers’ exchange program. As part of the Workaway program she spent a week during January at Bruce and Susan...

Christine Webster

February 2025

Horticulture

The holiday drawcard of horticulture

RIVERLAND West certified organic horticulturists Bruce and Susan Armstrong are providing backpackers from Australia and overseas the chance to experience life on a block on the Murray River. For more than 24 years, the couple have hosted dozens of...

Christine Webster

February 2025

Horticulture

Transforming Riverland turmeric into a sought-after delicacy

NESTLED on Barmera’s south side, the 70-acre property looks unassuming, but once you realise what a husband-and-wife team are farming and how they are doing it, everything you see starts to dazzle the eyes. Barmera’s Peter and Anne Brooke are...

Sebastian Calderon

August 2024

Horticulture

Mother and daughter duo a buzzing success

A MOTHER and daughter duo has been converting people across South Australia into honey lovers with their unique and sweet infusion creations. Since its beginnings mid last year, Sweet Honey Fusions has been experimenting with a huge variety of...

Imogen Evans

May 2024

Winter Update

The lentil way

MORE lentils are being sown into the ground this year, with many local dryland farmers seeing the benefit of the crop in their rotations. After finding success with lentils last year, Taldra grain producer Travis Flight said he has doubled the...

Stephanie Thompson

May 2024

Horticulture

Breeding quality Angus cattle on the Barossa’s doorstep

SITUATED at Mount Crawford is a small but thriving Black Angus producer with a focus on breeding high-quality cattle that will go the distance. Barossa Angus began more than 20 years ago, when Julian and Jane Maul made the move to South Australi...

Jem Nash

March 2024

Horticulture

Dear oh deer: pest problems continue costing primary producers

FERAL deer are continuing to cause headaches in primary production as efforts to control their numbers in the landscape ramp up under a state-wide strategic plan. In late 2023, the Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA) released its...

Aidan Curtis

February 2024

Horticulture

No gherkin around: Zimmy’s do things the right way

THE STORY of Zimmy’s Barossa Valley Produce dates back to the late 1800s when German couple Ferdinand and Bertha Zimmermann immigrated to South Australia. After searching for a location that reminded them of home, the Zimmermann family eventually...

Liam Phillips

February 2024

Horticulture

Telling the story of the Riverland

ONE-hundred-and-three years ago, Sue Heward’s grandfather returned from WWI to Monash as a soldier-settler, planting shiraz grapes on the block. Fast forward to 2024, the vines are now gone but in return flourishing fig and quince orchards have...

Alexandra Bull

February 2024

Horticulture

Providing quality vegetables to the Riverland

THE Riverland is well-known for its thriving citrus and almond industries, but located at Renmark North is a small-but-bustling asparagus farm. Going on 27 years, Renee Horvath and her family took over Renmark Asparagus from her brother-in-law last...

Alexandra Bull

November 2023

Horticulture

Tomatoes and cucumbers, grown to perfection at Two Wells

WITH the title of Australia’s biggest glasshouse, Perfection Fresh at Two Wells has the large-scale production and yield to match. More than 730,000 plants, including more than 10 commercial varieties of tomatoes, are grown across glasshouses...

Ellouise Crawford

November 2023

Horticulture

Sowing sustainability: The Food Forest’s eco-friendly farming revolution

ON a 15-hectare property in the heart of Gawler, The Food Forest grows an abundance of fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts, wine and produce, totalling almost 150 varieties of goodness. And it is a sight to behold. For the past 40 years, Graham and...

Staff Contributors

November 2023

Horticulture

Kelley family on mission to turn Barossa Valley into truffle town

SABINA and Ben Kelley of Barossa Valley Truffle Co had a clear plan in mind when moving from New South Wales to the Barossa Valley in 2019 – to grow world-class truffles in a famous food region. Truffles are considered the second-most expensive...

Liam Phillips

September 2023

Horticulture

Farm that adds the mix to your plate

THE Giangregorio family know a thing or two about patience, perseverance and commitment. Together Joe and Antonietta, along with daughters Juliet and Maria, are Rainbow Fresh – a salad growing business out on the Adelaide Plains. Their 300 acre...

Ellouise Crawford

June 2023

Horticulture

Mushrooms grow in former lion’s den

THE lion’s roar was heard for the last time in October of 2017 when the iconic Elizabeth Holden plant shut its doors. The Holden plant was operated on the business precinct site, now known as Lionsgate, since 1960 and was part of the development...

Imogen Evans

June 2023