Sustainability
The Handpicked Festival is quite literally our family backyard so we’re 110% committed and invested in efforts to employ good sustainable practices - ensuring our festival not only contributes to the betterment of the Langhorne Creek Wine Region…but also ensure we leave Grandpa’s trees and lawns is tip top condition!
Each year we therefore focus on launching or adopting new initiatives to help minimise our impact on the environment.
Reusable Wine Glasses
In 2018 we brought in a reusable plastic wine glass system where your cups can be returned, washed and reused, helping to reduce the amount of single use plastic we use on the day. You guys got behind us and the system worked a treat!
DIY Hydration Station & BYO Reusable Drink Bottles
Bring along your favourite reusable drinking vessel to refill from our homemade hydration stations dotted around the festival site supplying fresh, rainwater collected right here on our farm!
*Note - your reusable bottles must be empty upon entry to the festival.
Wine Bottle Recycling Stations
We’re all for enjoying a wine on the lawn… just not on leaving the empty bottles strewn across the grounds!
Keep a look out for our big potato bin ‘Wine Bottle Recycling Stations’ on the day and help us keep on top of the amount of empty wine bottles on the ground.
Homemade Decor
We take great pride in reusing items we find on the farm, everything from timber, doors, iron, hay bales…you name it, we’ve reused it! This came about not only due to budget restrictions…but to give the fam more jobs to do! For instance:
Nanny’s made over 200m of bunting
Uncle Tim has built countless metres of recycled timber bars
Mum has crafted a heap of handmade and hand-painted signs
Uncle Greg builds our impressive wine barrel bar wall each year
Smart Camping
C’mon campers…smarten up. Please help us keep the grounds pristine by only bringing what you need and leave no trace. Tents, Blankets, Chairs etc are not a one use item - alternatively, leave your unwanted goods at our donation stations where we’ll proudly pass them on to our local charity store on your behalf.
