News & Events

Release of Stage 1 Lot Pricing

So much more than a block of land… The Witchcliffe Ecovillage is far from a standard residential subdivision. If you’re considering buying a residential lot in the Ecovillage, we want to ensure you understand you’re buying a lot more than simply a piece of dirt on which to build a ...

27
Feb
Civil construction begins at Witchcliffe Ecovillage

The Ecovillage team is thrilled to announce that civil construction of Stage 1 will start on Monday (17 Feb) after we recently signed Perth-based Wormall Civil as head contractor for civil works of Stages 1-3. “Starting construction is a huge milestone that’s been more than a decade in the making,” ...

14
Feb
Civil construction: a mammoth coordination effort

The design of a new village requires a huge amount of design information. The Ecovillage design team includes engineers and designers across a range of disciplines including electrical, road, irrigation, stormwater, sewerage systems, communications and geotechnical, as well as wastewater treatment chemists, landscape architects and planners. This team of staff ...

18
Dec
A family photo from 2018: L-R Jo, Henry, Hugo and Jeff.
Profile: Ecovillage is changing lives already

To say the Witchcliffe Ecovillage has been dramatically life-changing for me, my husband Jeff, and our two sons Henry (10) and Hugo (9), is in no way an exaggeration. How we came to be captivated by its vision, give up both of our businesses to work for its developer, Sustainable ...

18
Dec
Building healthy soil and establishing avocados

As always, it’s been very busy in the horticulture department this season at the Ecovillage. With the vineyard planted out, we turned our attention to the avocado orchard. First up, we sowed a protective summer cover crop of sunflowers, sorghum and cowpeas on the side of the mounds just in ...

18
Dec
Beautiful illustrations give life to the Ecovillage

If you follow the Ecovillage on Instagram or Facebook, you will have already seen two of the three hand-drawn conceptual illustrations we recently commissioned from talented architect, Niall Browne of @coveneybrowndesign. Artist’s impression of the future Village Square The first concept is a street-level perspective of the Village Square looking ...

18
Dec
Ecovillage launch format to change

Open Day to make way for a series of smaller events As the Witchcliffe Ecovillage gathers momentum, more and more people are registering their interest and enquiries are increasing. We are thrilled to have such an active group of prospective buyers but it has prompted a rethink of how best ...

18
Dec
Lot pricing in late January 2020

We understand that lot pricing is a critical piece in the decision-making process for prospective buyers. However, we are unable to confirm lot pricing until we have finalised our civil construction tender process. Invitations to tender for civil construction of stages 1, 2 and 3 were sent out in early ...

18
Dec
Happy holidays from the Ecovillage team!

From all of us here at the Witchcliffe Ecovillage, we want to thank you for supporting us through another amazing year of achievements. We couldn’t have done it without you. ...

18
Dec