In my not so humble opinion this is a feature that is missing from a lot of eco-village, co-housing & intentional community design. Indigenous cultures in countries as diverse as Ireland, India, Kenya & Borneo have very evolved relationships with a sacred grove, typically outside the perimeter of the settlement itself.
HyperWildernessHyperCulture is an essay I wrote a number of years ago. It is reprinted from Avant Gardening courtesy of Autonomedia Press.
