News & Events

Calm before the storm

Garden Update – July 2023 The driving rain is a good indication that we are now well into Makuru, the coldest and wettest time of the year. In harsh weather conditions, one of the most important things you can have in place are living plants to protect and feed the ...

Permaculture Paradise For Sale – SOLD

Once-in-a-lifetime buyer’s opportunity 34 MARDO DRIVE, WITCHCLIFFE – CLUSTER 2A, WITCHCLIFFE ECOVILLAGE SOLD This new (completed in 2023), multi-generational 5 bed 3 bath family home set on a 1,100sqm strata lot of permaculture paradise is the very model of sustainable living. Top to bottom complete, there is absolutely nothing left ...

Something special is growing in the Ecovillage

By Mike Hulme and Michelle Sheridan, Co-founders It brings great joy to our hearts to see the level of community participation that is growing in the Ecovillage. While I was walking through the cluster gardens last week, completing the final inspection of the community sheds in Stages 1-3, I could ...

Introducing Village Homes Realty

We are excited to introduce Village Homes Realty (VHR): a brand-new real estate agency that is now operating from the Witchcliffe Ecovillage sales office in the Community Centre. VHR is a separate company from Sustainable Settlements (the co-developer of the Ecovillage) and holds the triennial certificate real estate license that ...

Lot sales update – July 2023

Sizzlin’ Stage 5 sells super fast While we knew we had a backlog of interested buyers for Stage 5, we’re still amazed at how quickly lots have been snapped up, with 20 reserved across the two clusters within weeks. It goes hand in hand with an explosion in media coverage ...

Witchcliffe’s first lantern walk celebrating winter solstice

By Ecovillage resident, Anu Grace On Friday 23rd June, in celebration of the Winter solstice, a parade of lanterns we had made, weaving through our villages, singing and drumming, stopping at cluster sheds to pick revellers up – Harry leading the way with his bird calls. About 50 of the ...

Ecovillage attracts Edible Gardens Festival crowds

The weather gods smiled on the Edible Gardens Festival organisers this year as more than 500 punters came out in force to visit a diverse array of gardens across the Margaret River region. Read the organisers’ wrap-up here: https://ediblegardensfestival.au/edible-gardens-festival-2023-a-huge-success/ There is so much edible garden goodness going on at the ...

Community gardens come into their own

Landscape Update – July 2023 After handover of Clusters 2A and 2B to their strata companies in March, residents have been busy planting their EUA vegie gardens and taking on landscaping maintenance responsibilities in the communal areas.   Clusters 3A and 3B community gardens achieved Practical Completion on 11 May and ...

Ecovillage wins two AILA Landscape Architecture Awards

The Witchcliffe Ecovillage was recognised with two Landscape Architecture awards at the Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture (AILA) WA Awards in Perth last week, winning the ‘Gardens’ category for our beautiful cluster community gardens and ‘Infrastructure’ for guidance on civil works and the creation of living streams. Senior Landscape Architect, ...