The Evergreen Concept

Sea and Green Change in Queensland is about Lifestyle Choice.

Lifestyle has become the buzz word in so many industries today.  That is probably because we are all working harder and faster, with the advent of mobile phones, internet… and the immediate gratification world we now live in. People are more and more on the look out for places to go, and experiences to find some relief from the hectic pace of modern life.  

Since 1997, Evergreen Lifestyle Centre on the Gold Coast, has been an icon lifestyle and retail destination, complementing our busy lifestyles. In the words of the well known Sea and Green Change author, Bernard Salt of KPMG, our current generation and those of the future, will look more to those elements of lifestyle that will enrich our experiences, both in destination and product. The Evergreen Lifestyle Centre is such a destination.

Based upon this success, two more such centers are being built this year in both Noosa Heads and North Lakes, a satellite ‘suburb” of Brisbane. North Lakes, an awarded master planned community, is located in one of the fastest growing population and growth corridors in this country.

North Lakes will have an added dimension in that the extension of the Lifestyle component will incorporate a Day Spa/Wellness/Complementary Therapy aspect.  This is seen as a natural progression of the destination “feel good” concept that the Evergreen Lifestyle Centres embody.  

Fresh, healthy lifestyle experiences will be combined with outdoor alfresco dining, fine espresso and patisserie, aromatherapy to garden art, homewares, lifestyle books, exotic furniture and artifacts.  Around every corner will be something special – so in order to provide some alternatives, the Evergreen Concept gives people a destination, a place to go with open retail spaces, beautiful gardens, thatched roofs, water fountains, great food, great retail and now the added bonus of being able to get a treatment, to see a herbalist, to see a nutritionist, and deal with the other important aspects of a hectic lifestyle, being wellness and health.  

This is a unique opportunity for people who are considering a life change, and the removal of their personal and business lives to one of these areas. This is not ‘just another’ retail centre but a unique opportunity to be part of a concept which reflects peoples need for a sense of withdrawal, as they search for more intimate experiences, in the words of Liz Dangar, a social researcher.