News & Events

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
Interactive plans on Ecovillage website

Have you discovered the interactive plans of the Ecovillage on our new website yet? Like four plans in one, this nifty feature begins with a plan of the overall Ecovillage site with pop-up tool tips explaining the key features and public buildings of the Ecovillage. Click on the highlighted clusters ...

18
Dec
Local builders are keen to get involved

Now that the project has a green light, we are turning our attention to the buildings that will make up the Witchcliffe Ecovillage. Last week, we invited approximately 20 of the region’s best small builders to attend a briefing at the Ecovillage offices to learn about the project. The invitation ...

18
Dec