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Come visit Heartwood and experience cohousing firsthand.  We welcome anyone who would like to learn more about Heartwood Cohousing.  There are many different activities for you to participate in:  community dinners, social events, community meetings, impromptu ping pong, pool, or foosball games in the rec room, hikes on our 361 acres of land, work parties, horseback riding, and spontaneous social gatherings of all kinds.


Spending a few days at Heartwood is an excellent preview into community life.  We have two fully furnished guest bedrooms with a full bathroom in our common house which we would be happy to reserve for you (recommended donation is $20 per guest bedroom per night).  Please be aware that these rooms can sometimes be noisy depending on the activities going on in the common house during your stay.  Please limit your visit to 4 nights as these rooms are primarily for members’ family and friends.


There’s a good article at the cohousing.org website called “Making the Most of Your Cohousing Visits” that you might want to check out.


To make a guest room reservation or for more information about Heartwood, contact our membership team.  You can view an online calendar showing guest room availability and the regularly scheduled community events.  Please do not reserve a guest room yourself.  Let one of us do that for you.


To get the most from your visit to Heartwood, you may want to schedule your visit to coincide with one of our regularly scheduled community activities:

  1. •Common Meals - every Tuesday and Wednesday at 6:30 (reservations required)

  2. •Friday Potlucks - every Friday at 6:30 (bring a dish to share)

  3. •Community Meetings (where we work on community topics using the consensus process) - every other Monday evening from 6:50 until 9:00

  4. •Meeting of the Hearts (where we get together for personal sharing) - every fourth Monday evening from 7:00 until about 8:30

  5. •Work Party - every third Saturday of the month from 9:00 am until about 1:00 pm


Sometimes these events get canceled and there are often other events happening so make sure and check in with someone here.


Upon scheduling a visit with our membership team, you will be assigned a Heartwood
Host and given their contact information.  We encourage you to contact your host well before your visit so they can sign you up for common meals if you plan to attend and help you make connections with other members with whom you may share common interests.  Once you arrive, your host will be available to greet you, get you settled into your guest room if you are staying overnight, give you a tour of Heartwood, and answer your questions about Heartwood.  Being clear about your intentions for your visit to Heartwood will help your host tailor your visit to meet your needs.


Because each of our Heartwood Hosts volunteers time in the midst of their otherwise busy lives to help you get the most out of your visit, advance notice of at least a week is optimal.  In any case, please contact your host as soon as you are able in order to arrange the details of your visit in a way that will work for both you and your host.  On the day of your arrival, be respectful of the scheduling needs of your host by being on time.  If you will be late or decide to cancel your visit, please contact your host as soon as possible.


Please provide your own transportation to and from Heartwood and plan for your own eating needs other than the scheduled community dinners.  You are welcome to use the Common House kitchen and store labeled food in the refrigerator.


Before your visit, we encourage you to subscribe to Heartwood chat and post a bio of your household to the Heartwood chat.  The bio really helps us get to know you just a bit before you arrive and gives those of us who may share common interests with you a better chance to make a connection with you.


If you have questions prior to your visit and/or need directions for how to get here, please contact your host.