EcoVillage of Loundoun County, VA

PICTURES

Updated September 22, 2006

This section gives you a chance to see the latest developments at the EcoVillage site.

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Like to learn more about the plants at EcoVillage?  Click here to review photos from a tour given by Doug Boucher, Ph.D., an Ecology Professor at Hood College in Frederick.

Like to see some of the action as 30 volunteers helped construct play equipment at the EcoVillage?  Click here to review photos of the fun!

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Lot 10, Mar. 3 '02 -- Kids living in the two homes visible here play while their moms converse.
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Lot 9, Aug. 28 '01 -- This owner has chosen to add an easy-access ramp, an approved customization to the basic Scheme C design.
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Lot 7, Aug. 28 '01 -- This new house receives its lightning protection, standard equipment on all houses to be built on this open rural land.
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Common Area near Lot 25, Aug. 25 '01 -- Natural succession slowly transforms our surroundings from open fields to forest edges as we build our homes nearby.
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Lot 10, Mar. 3 '02 -- Meeting on landscaping has moved outside, where our consulting landscape architect adds sketches to plans spread out on a boulder.
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Common Area near Lot 10, Aug. 28 '01 -- Jewelweed blooms along this stream and others on our land.
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Lot 10, Feb. 24 '02 -- Newly settled in, this family welcomes friends to their light-filled home.
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Lot 10, Feb. 24 '02 -- South window in this upstairs hallway contributes to passive solar heating in winter, and will be shaded in summer by roof overhang.
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Lot 10, Feb. 24 '02 -- Under a super-insulated roof, lit by skylights, living and storage space is everywhere.
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Common Area, Dec. 2 '01 -- Planted at a previous work party, these growing trees begin contributing to the health of the land.
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Common Area, Dec. 2 '01 -- Work party focuses on uprooting invasive non-native plants to help our land grow more beautiful.
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Lot 7, Mar. 3 '02 -- Present and future residents gather to learn about landscaping choices for their lots and the Common Area.

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