Recycling has become a mantra at Hidden Valley Wines. It is important to us to ensure that we reduce waste by recycling everything possible on the farm.

• Our paper, plastic and glass waste is recycled
• Our water is recycled after use, which includes a bio-plant and a special reed bed recycling system through which all effluent water is treated prior to going back in the valley.
• We chip all alien vegetation cleared from the valley, as well as vine and olive cuttings.
• The used grape skins and stems are integral to making compost, which is recycled into the olive orchards, gardens and vineyards.
• All green vegetable offcuts from Overture Restaurant are fed daily to the willing earthworms which in turn convert the waste to liquid which is added to the garden irrigation water to promote healthy plants. The black excretion produced by our worms adds a further nutrient to our compost for use in the endemic gardens.

Invasive and Alien Plants

In a conservation initiative undertaken by Hidden Valley Wines, with Nomzame Ngame and her team, who originally worked for the NGO Working for Water, we continuously remove all exotic and alien plants.

The fauna and flora of the environment are treated with respect  – the birdlife is now abundant and small animals roam freely in the valley once more.

All the plants are indigenous and most are endemic to the area.

Dam Conservation