News & Events

Witchcliffe Ecovillage wins top gong at the UDIA National Awards in Melbourne

By Clara Evelyn Fischer Witchcliffe Ecovillage is thrilled to announce its recent triumph at the prestigious UDIA National Awards, where it secured not one, but two esteemed accolades. The Ecovillage, nestled in the picturesque landscape of the Margaret River region in Western Australia, was honoured with the prestigious UDIA National ...

Autumn Sales in the Ecovillage

By Michelle Sheridan In the wake of our successful round of State and National awards and as we head towards Sustainable House Day, now is a great time to come down, make the most of the beautiful Autumn sunshine, and see everything we have to offer in the Witchcliffe Ecovillage. ...

Deeper water

By Ecovillage Cluster 1B resident, Alex Jolly With increasing housing occupation, spring rains finishing early, and hot spells well underway, it’s a great opportunity to provide fellow Ecovillagers with a high-level overview of how our water system balancing is working against budgets. Precipitation We have a weather station located in ...

Summer garden goodness

By Mark Tupman, Productive Ecology* As another year of gardening draws to a close at the Ecovillage, residents are still busy planting out rounds of warm season vegetables and herbs – tomatoes, beans, pumpkins, zucchini’s, cucumbers, corn, capsicum, eggplant, chillies, potatoes, basil, etc. The weather has been beautiful over spring, ...

Sales Update – November 2023

“Kambarang was abundant this year with a good harvest of native fruits and vegetables, this is largely due to the early heavy rains in June beginning of Makuru season. As we transition into Birak season of reptiles. Also, the longest days of the year, flowering Moodjar tree celebrating the spirit ...

From the Editor’s desk

“Excellence in Sustainability & Affordable Housing was awarded to Witchcliffe Ecovillage – a first in carbon negative community living with a holistic approach to reducing ongoing living costs in our South West. If we had a “Hard Won Victory” category, Sustainable Settlements & Perron Developments would have won that too ...

Village Homes Realty expands choice

Village Homes Realty is a real estate agency working in and from the Witchcliffe Ecovillage Sales Office representing Ecovillage owners who are selling their sustainable homes and vacant lots. If you’re driving around the Ecovillage, keep an eye out for Village Homes Realty FOR SALE signs dotted around the established ...

What’s going on at Kyloring Housing Co-op?

By Eugenie Stockmann – Development Manager, Co-operation Housing Centrally located within the Witchcliffe Ecovillage, Kyloring Housing Co-operative will be a pocket neighbourhood of shared facilities and 25 private homes, designed to promote a healthy lifestyle, accessibility, and social connections, for successful ageing in place. UPDATE: Members and explorers gathered in ...

160+ street trees planted in Stages 4-5

Landscape Update – Nov 2023 LD Total successfully tendered to continue on the Stage 4 and 5 landscape and irrigation works, and has already completed street tree planting including 85 WA Peppermint Trees, 17 Pecan, 17 Crepe Myrtle and 43 Macadamia trees. Irrigation pump stations in each cluster are currently ...