SPRING BOTANICALS GIVEAWAY

Terms & Conditions

No purchase is necessary to enter or win.


A purchase does not improve your chances of winning.

This competition, “SPRING BOTANICALS GIVEAWAY” (the “Competition”), is governed exclusively by the laws of Australia. Void where prohibited by law.

 

  1. Dates of Competition: The Competition begins at 7:30 am Melbourne, Australia (AEST) on Thursday, October 3rd, 2024, and ends at 23:00 pm AEST on Thursday, October 24th, 2024 (the “Competition Period”).

 

  1. Sponsor: WITH LOVE TEA PTY LTD, doing business as “Love Tea,” an Australian company proprietary limited company registered under the ABN ABN 46 659 800 021, located at 15 Birkett Place, South Geelong, which sells organic, fair-trade tea (hereinafter “Love Tea”). 

 

  1. Eligibility: The Competition is open to Australian residents who have reached the age of majority, have access to an internet connection, and have a valid email address. Officers, directors, and employees of Love Tea, or its affiliates, and related companies, and the immediate family members (parents, children, siblings, spouse) or members of the same household (whether related or not) of such officers, directors, and employees are not eligible to participate in the Competition (the “Participants”).

At the time the Winners are declared, Love Tea reserves the right to ask any Participant to justify these conditions. Any person who does not meet these conditions or refuses to justify them will be excluded from the Competition and will not be able, in the event of a win, to benefit from the Prize. Similarly, any false declaration, indication of identity, or address will immediately eliminate the Participant.

 

  1. Agreement to Rules: By participating in the Competition, you, the Participant, fully and unconditionally agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of WITH LOVE TEA PTY LTD, which will be final and binding in all matters relating to the Competition.

 

  1. How to Enter: To participate in the Competition and win a “Prize” (as defined below), participants must enter their first name, surname, email address, and the valid email address of a friend or family member at the landing page: https://love-tea.typeform.com/springgiveaway. An additional entry will be added by commenting and tagging one friend in the comments section of dedicated posts on Love Tea's official Instagram page. Participation in the Competition will entail registration to the Love Tea newsletter mailing list as well as that of the Partners (as listed below). By participating, the Participant gives its consent by opt-in, as well as that of their friend or family member. Participants may nevertheless unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of the email or by logging into their customer account on the Love Tea and partners websites.

Entries before or after the Competition Period will not be taken into account. Any registration by telephone, fax, or postal mail cannot be taken into account.

 

  1. Prize: The Prize described below will be awarded to one (1) Winner, who must be a Participant who fulfils the terms and conditions of the Competition. The Prize consists of 

(1) A two-night stay at The Royal Mail Hotel ‘Gariwerd Luxury Escape’ including: 5 Course degustation dinner in Wickens for two, 3 Course dinner in Parker Street Project for two, a Kitchen garden tour, cellar tutorial and native wildlife conservation tour for two. Complimentary transfers when dining and a light in-room complimentary continental breakfast are replenished daily. Participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from the prize location. Love Tea and its partners will not be responsible for any travel or associated costs accrued by the prize winners, the prize will be valid for a period of (1) year from the date of issue. Certain block-out dates apply.

 

(2) Love Tea voucher to the unit value of four hundred (400) Australian dollars, all taxes included valid on the website lovetea.com.au, for a period of two (2) years from its issue. 

(3) A 12-month 'Weekend Bunch Subscription' valued at $1056 from Daily Blooms

 

The Prize is personal and cannot be exchanged or refunded in cash. If the vouchers included in the Prize are not used during its validity period, the Winners will lose the voucher, and it will remain acquired by Love Tea and its partners. The prizes are awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied. The right to receive the Prize is not transferable, and no substitutions or cash equivalents are permitted except at Love Tea’s sole discretion or as otherwise provided herein. Love Tea and Partners will not replace the Prize if it is lost or stolen. Any and all prize-related expenses, including without limitation any and all federal, state, and local taxes, shall be the sole responsibility of Winners.

 

  1. Winners’ selection and notification: 

On or about Friday, October 24th, 2024, after the Competition Period, one (1) winner will be selected in a draw using the “random” function on Excel based on the list of Participants meeting the conditions mentioned hereof (hereinafter the " Winner"). 

The Winner will be notified by email on or about Friday, October 24th, 2024. In order to receive the Prize, the Winner must reply by email address to communicate with Love Tea’s team to set the delivery conditions of the Prize. If a potential Winner fails to timely respond to its email address or is found to be, in Love Tea’s sole discretion, ineligible or in violation of these Official Rules, such potential Winner and his/her entry will be disqualified, and an alternate Winner will be selected from all remaining eligible entries. The Prize will be sent to the Winner within four (4) weeks of receipt by Love Tea of the completed personal contact details. The receipt of the Prize offered in this Competition by the Winner is conditional upon compliance with any and all federal and state laws and regulations.

As a result of the acceptance of the Prizes, the Winner authorises Love Tea to use their first and last names, city of residence, and state, on all media known or unknown to date, in particular the internet and social networks, without this use being able to give rise to any consideration other than the Prizes won, for the purposes of promoting the results of the Competition. 

LOVE TEA CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR DELAYS, LOSSES, DAMAGE OR MALFUNCTIONS OF THE POSTAL SERVICES, THE INTERNET OR THE MESSAGING SYSTEM, WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE DELIVERY OF THE PRIZES.

  1. Processing of personal data: All personal data collected by Love Tea remains confidential and subject to the Privacy Policy/processing of personal data available at www.lovetea.com.au

Participation in the Competition may entail registration to the Love Tea newsletter, if the Participant gives its consent by opt-in. Participants may nevertheless unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of the email or by logging into their customer account on the Love Tea website.

 

  1. General Terms: Decisions made by WITH LOVE TEA PTY LTD, are final in all matters, including interpretation of these Official Rules and awarding of the Prizes. Participants assume all risk of loss, damage, destruction, delay, or misdirection of Competition materials submitted to WITH LOVE TEA PTY LTD. WITH LOVE TEA PTY LTD, reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Competition, or any part of it, if any virus, bugs, other technical failures, non-authorized human intervention, fraud, or any other causes beyond WITH LOVE TEA PTY LTD, control impair the administration, security, integrity, or proper functioning of the Competition, as determined by WITH LOVE TEA PTY LTD, in its sole discretion. WITH LOVE TEA PTY LTD in its sole discretion reserves the right to disqualify any Participant it finds to be tampering with or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Competition or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules.

Any attempt by Participants to deliberately damage or undermine the legitimate operation of the Competition may be a violation of criminal and civil laws, and, should such an attempt be made, Love Tea reserves the right to seek damages from any Participant to the fullest extent permitted by law.  Love Tea’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that term.

 

  1. Release: By participating in the Competition, you agree to release and hold harmless Love Tea, affiliates, and related companies, and each of their respective officers, directors, and employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Competition or the receipt or use or misuse of any Prize.

 

  1. Limitation of Liability: Love Tea is not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Participants, printing errors, or any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Competition; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to, malfunctions, delays, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Competition or the processing of entries; (4) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged, stolen, misdirected, or postage due entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by Participant’s participation in the Competition or receipt or use or misuse of any Prize.

 

  1. Disputes: This Competition is governed by the laws of Australia without respect to conflict of law doctrines. As a condition of participating in this Competition, Participants agrees that any and all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Competition shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in Australia. Further, under no circumstances will Participants be permitted to obtain awards for, and Participants hereby waive all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorneys' fees, other than Participants’ actual out-of-pocket expenses, and Participants further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

 

  1. Privacy Policy: Information submitted with an online entry is subject to the Privacy Policy stated on Love Tea’s Site.

 

  1. Winners' Names and Rules: To obtain a copy of the Winners’ names or a copy of these Official Rules, mail your request along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Love Tea, 15 Birkett Place, South Geelong, Victoria.  Requests must be received no later than October 31st, 2024.

 

  1. Partner brands, Spring Botanicals giveaway: The following brands constitute the partners in this giveaway by contributing the Prize: Royal Mail Hotel Dunkeld, Daily Blooms. 

Every order placed* = One Tree Planted

While understanding, both as a business and as individuals, we have a way to go in reducing our impact on the environment, we wanted to continue to make progress towards this important goal. Since July 2023, with your kind support, we have been proudly partnering with One Tree Planted to contribute to reforestation projects across India and Indonesia.


It is our hope that through this shared commitment of planting one tree for every order placed, we can improve biodiversity, reduce carbon, and ultimately reduce the environmental impact on our home planet.

*Orders placed in Love Tea store or via lovetea.com.au.

How does reforestation help the environment?

By planting trees in areas that have suffered deforestation, this process of reforestation helps the environment by accelerating the re-establishment of a healthy forest structure by regrowing the forest canopy and preserving biodiversity within the ecosystem.

Reforestation Benefits

Some of the many benefits of undertaking reforestation projects are:

  • Helps carbon sequestration by fixing atmospheric carbon dioxide in plant leaves, trunks, and roots.
  • Removes air pollutants by absorbing into plants leaves and bark.
  • Prevents soil erosion by growing roots that hold the soil together.
  • Provides habitat for over 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity.
  • Acts as natural air conditioners by reducing ambient air temperatures by up to 8° Celsius.
  • Helps to protect endangered species.
  • Filters drinking water through the plants roots.
  • Helps prevent floods and landslides by absorbing water and slowly releasing it via transpiration

2023 Contributions

With sincere thanks for your ongoing support, our most recent contribution will be split between two locations that are currently in acute need

Peat-swamp restoration in Borneo

What?
Over 4500 trees planted.

Where?
The Sabangau National Park in Southern Borneo, which is one of the largest terrestrial carbon stores in the world and suffered catastrophic fires in 2015.

Why?
The peat-swamp forests of Sabangau National Park are globally significiant, as one of the largest terrestrial carbon stores in the world. The area suffered catastrophic fires in 2015, impacting approximately 83,000 hA. This restoration project uses a grassroots approach to tackle the root causes of forest loss and protect reforested areas for the long-term.

Our on-ground partners support local communities to collect seeds from the forest and grow them in nurseries on their land until they are ready to plant; then provide training, resources and additional income when seedlings are purchased for restoring burnt peatland.

A diverse eco-system

This season, 250,000 trees will be grown and planted – a mix of 7 native species to Sabangau, including Shorea balangeran and Dyera lowii (both listed as vulnerable with IUCN).  Sabangau National Park is a hotspot for biodiversity. This includes the world’s largest protected population of Critically Endangered Bornean Orangutans, the region’s flagship species and the discovery of which led to the creation of the National
Park in 2004.

As well as orangutans, this forest is important for other primates including the white-bearded gibbon, red leaf monkey, slow loris and pig-tailed macaque. Other threatened species which are abundant in Sebangau include the rhinoceros hornbill, sun-bear, ramin tree and Sunda clouded leopard. Restoring riverine locations is particularly important for species like the proboscis monkey, Storm’s stork and false gharial. The peat-swamp habitat is particularly important for freshwater fish, many of which spawn in small pools inside the seasonally-flooded forest.

Supporting coffee farming communities in Karnataka, India

What?
Over 4500 trees planted.

Where?
In Karnataka, Southwest India, your support will enable us to provide trees and the infrastructure for planting for a projects focused on improving water security and livelihoods in the Kaveri River Basin.

Why?
Karnataka faces a severe water crisis. The Kaveri, India’s third-largest river, is a critical source of water for southern Indian states, including Karnataka, and extends over an area of 87,900 square kilometers across India. The Kaveri River is not only the primary source of drinking water for growing urban populations, but it is also important for India’s economy as the key water source for agriculture and food production as well as for the manufacturing industry. However, Karnataka has been heavily impacted by climate change and the Kaveri is drying up; since 1950, the river’s flow has shrunk by 40%.

Restoring balance

Poor soil health and water management, and increasing deforestation are key drivers of water cycles. Together they are leading to more frequent and severe floods and droughts, longer periods between rainfalls and then more intense rains that the soil cannot retain. This has resulted in a severe water crisis, leading to lost homes and livelihoods, high poverty rates, and greater food insecurity for the affected communities.  

Tree planting in the Kaveri River Basin is vital for preserving the natural environment’s functions and can restore balance to a region’s ecology and economy. This reforestation project is planting 100,000 trees to regenerate the landscape and strengthen the livelihoods of those who depend on it. The project focuses on the Chikmagalur district, working with Rainforest Alliance coffee farmers to plant native species that are fast-growing, provide significant canopy that is important for providing shade to coffee plants, and have a leaf structure that is beneficial for the degraded soil. Training and technical guidance will be provided to farmers to support the success of the project.

"We are not perfect - we have an impact on the environment by the fact of our very existence -
but we are constantly seeking to learn, improve and progress towards a better way of not only
doing business but living on this planet. We believe we can be part of positive change by
improving the way we conduct ourselves and our business while we’re here"

- Emma and Damien, founders of Love Tea