About Sylvan Glades Retirement Village

Sylvan Glades began as MONBULK ELDERLY PEOPLE'S HOMES through the initiative of local residents, the Rotary Club of Monbulk and Greg Keogh, the Monbulk G.P.

Our Robin Boyd Connection: A sense experimentation was developing in the 60s and Boyd was commissioned by Lend Lease to design their Appletree Hill Estate in Glen Waverley, Isador Majid's visionary Fountain Gate Estate on the fringes at Narre Warren and an Elderly persons Village in Monbulk.

So, our early homes were constructed and were designed by the premier Australian Architect, Robin Boyd. Recognizing the need to provide affordable accommodation for elderly people within their community, a group of local residents established a Committee to develop and later manage this community owned facility. Robin Boyd was commissioned to master plan the chosen site, providing for 32 units and a Community Centre. As funds were sourced, by 1973, eighteen units were progressively completed to Boyd's original designs. The complex was finally completed by another architect after Boyd's death. Today there are 29 individual homes, about half being two bedrooms and the others one bedroom.

The Committee has a balanced membership of community members. There are happy relationships at Sylvan Glades, with harmonious connections between Residents and a sense of community with the Committee and wider Monbulk and district Community.

Sylvan Glades has provided a home for many local people and the commitment is to ensure that the success of the past 40+ years is maintained.