The EcoCentre is located in the St Kilda Botanic Gardens' old Park-Keeper's house. The concept of a local 'environmental hub' was initiated by the City of Port Phillip in 1998 and has now grown to be the independent, community-managed, environment organization; the Port Phillip EcoCentre Inc. Local environment groups initiated the 'EcoHose project' to transform the house and demonstrate sustainable building and garden design and practices.
The EcoCentre was formally launched in St Kilda Botanical Gardens in December 1999. In 2003, it was retrofitted to a 5 star level - which was state of the art at the time. Since then, public awareness and design efficiency has moved along by leaps and bounds and the EcoHouse continues to be retrofitted to a 6 star standard with improved window insulation options installed across different windows, display of new lighting technologies in various rooms (LED and T5) and new stovetop.
If you're lucky you might find some free surplus vegetables from the community garden,