Landscaping comes to the fore

We’re now at an exciting point in the landscape process and have awarded a significant contract to reputable local firm, LD Total South West. LDs will start work in two weeks, planting throughout the Ecovillage public open spaces, community gardens and street trees. We have ordered approximately 100 fruit trees ...

Flourishing polycultures at work

Garden Update – February 2021 It’s been a couple of years since we first started on the Kikuyu patch that is now our demonstration garden. Over a steady procession of stages through the seasons it has been transformed into a whole new productive ecosystem showing that you can quite rapidly ...

From the Editor’s Desk – February 2021

Sales & Marketing Update – February 2021 As the world continues to fight battles on many fronts, there is so much to feel grateful for here in our protected little pocket in WA’s South West. The state’s recent five-day lockdown felt like a walk in the park compared to the ...

Civil construction nears completion

As we get closer to the completion of civil construction for clusters 1A, 1B, 1C and 2B, action on site has been intense. With a lot of kerbing and paths now being laid, we are seeing the fruits of many years of planning and design work rapidly taking shape. Margaret ...

The Ecovillage Community Centre takes shape

We are very excited to have commenced the design process on the Ecovillage Community Centre. This will be the first building within the Village Centre and the social focal point for the Ecovillage, hosting community meetings, workshops, classes, and events that are relevant to the growing community. Leading the design ...

House design reviews are rolling in

Our Design Review process is in full swing, with many residents chomping at the bit to get their house designs approved so they can start building. So far, we’ve issued concept design approval for 30 houses and formal approval for seven of those. Once the approval process is completed, we ...

New Ecovillage street addresses

Apart from the relief of finally receiving long-awaited lot titles and the settlement process commencing, I’m sure you all were excited to see your new street addresses whose Wardandi / Pibulmen names pay respect to the local indigenous fauna and traditional custodians of this land. You will note the new ...

Construction Information for Builders & Buyers

Site Classification During the sales process, we have advised purchasers that they should expect sites that can be Classified as “S” (for building foundation design). This advice is based on two reports: Geotechnical Study of Entire Ecovillage Site, Galt Geotechnics, Dec. 2015 46 Test pits across the property Preliminary classification ...

Building Design Review: Important Information

Formal Assessment Checklist Once all of the detailed documentation for the building is completed, this needs to be submitted to the WEV Design Team for review and final approval. Please see the Formal Assessment Checklist, which provides a concise list of the submission requirements. In filling out the ‘Specifications Summary’ ...