What is an EcoNest?
EcoNest is the name that Robert Laporte and Paula Baker-Laporte have given to their holistically designed and hand-crafted natural homes.
An EcoNest incorporates timber-frame, straw-clay walls, earth plasters and natural and non-toxic finishes. This combination of time-honored building traditions with modern innovations results in a home of unsurpassed health and comfort.
Our Story
We created The Riverbend Sanctuaries to help bring our guests and community back into balance with nature.
Society and daily life have become alarmingly disconnected from the natural world, and we care deeply about helping people heal from this disconnection and grow even more resilient.
We must go inward in order to reconnect with our true nature and higher consciousness, and EcoNest homes can support us in this inward journey.
The natural and living materials of the EcoNest create a “consciousness” that will surround you with warmth, stillness, and beauty.
We welcome you to deeply reset mind, body and spirit.