photo & video gallery
Araaa and Helen
Becky always hard at work.
Beth, Julie, and Sandy having fun at a sledding party.
Speed demon Beth.
Annual campout at Canyonlands National Park.
Brianna ready to head overseas as a Rotary exchange student.
Motley crew in front of the common house.
Dick and Gay at Canyonlands. Good luck trying to keep up with them.
Gail hiking in the high country.
Han and Sarah out enjoying the snow.
Helen and Amanda have been clowning around together for over 20 years.
Isa practicing breath work in canyon country.
Julie working on her front porch, but open to friendly distraction.
Julie and Scott sharing a laugh on the common house terrace.
Heartwood kids celebrating high school graduation.
Laurie on top of a peak in the San Juan Mountains.
Lorelei on the pathway.
Mac, Sandy, Helen, Al, and Joe getting goofy on a white water river trip.
Mark, Katie, Isa, and Tom
Michael, Beth, Shannon, and Jesse
Mimi – always elegant, always gracious.
Three generations celebrating Mimi's 79th birthday.
Nisargo and KJ
The gang's all here, at our annual retreat.
Sandy and Beth
Lyn and Carin at a Day of the Dead celebration.
Sandy, Julie, Sarah, and Julie
Zita and Sandy
Sarah and Gail having a little too much fun in the common house.
Sarah, pretty darn happy with fresh harvest from the high tunnel.
Sarah, Monica, Gail, and Janet
Surf's up in Canyonlands.
Sondra cutting loose on the sledding hill.
All hands on deck to celebrate the rebuilding of the SS Ponderosa, our fabulous kids play structure.
Tom preparing for a fire circle.
Jack working the pasture.
Carolers bringing the holiday spirit.
Bexley and Lily
Picnic on the village green.
Gail's birthday at the common house.
Kids in a cart.
Sandy and Marry Ellen gardening in the high tunnel.
Dylan turning the compost.
Home #20 is one of our beautiful strawbale timber frame homes.
Homes on the north wing under a Colorado blue sky.
Upper deck at home #17 overlooking north wing pedestrian pathway.
Being passive solar, all of our homes are bright and sunny.
An autumn tradition, making apple cider in the village green.
Golden aspen leaves under a cobalt blue sky.
Back porches are for privacy. Heartwood offers the opportunity for community while preserving privacy.
Killing time at the basketball court.
Bevan with sunflowers.
Many gardens and greenhouses means an abundance of home grown organic veggies.
Ronda and Jack's wedding at the common house.
Boys hiking in Canyonlands.
Home #6 is a built-by-owner, strawbale timber frame home.
Teenagers getting crazy on a hike in Canyonlands.
Holiday carolers gathered around the baby grand piano and cello in Nisargo and KJ's living room.
Carrots harvested from the land.
Our common house, the crown jewel of Heartwood.
May Peace Prevail on Earth.
A fire in the hearth room brightens the holidays.
Circling up before a community dinner in the common house.
Needles District of Canyonlands National Park.
Mesa Verde National Park is one hour away. Thousands of smaller ruins can be found throughout the canyons south and west of us.
Heartwood housing cluster. We also have approximately 330 acres of additional open space outside of this satellite photo.
We are blessed with forests, irrigated pasturelands, and 7 miles of trails on our 360 acres. By clustering our homes, we've preserved 350 acres of open space. Our new Phase 2 homes are being built in the foreground of this photo.
Happy calf, proud mama.
Durango is a delightful mountain town less than a half hour from Heartwood.
A herd of elk in the pasture.
Heartwood group hiking at Vallecito Creek.
Heartwood's front entry gate.
Sitting with the fire under a brilliant starry sky.
Front porches are for socializing and connection.
The cluster in autumn with the dome greenhouse and tennis and pickleball court in the foreground. Our new Phase 2 homes are being built between the court and the greenhouse on the left.
Gail on a hike in canyon country.
Fourteen of our homes are built with light and spacious basements.
We've got three nearby ski resorts: Purgatory (<1 hour drive), Wolf Creek (>1 hour), and Telluride (2.5 hours).
Many canyon rivers in the area make for great rafting, kayaking, and paddle boarding.
Cozy hearth room in the common house.
Master bedroom in home #10.
Dinner time in the pasture.
Happy farmers harvesting in the high tunnel.
Dining room and kitchen in home #21.
Honeybee hive down in the pasture.
We have excellent water rights for our 65 acres of irrigated pastureland where we raise livestock and organic produce.
The neighborhood on a winter's evening.
Jack and Michael grilling chicken on the common house terrace.
House concert in the common house.
Katie cross country skiing past the common house.
A gaggle of teenagers jumping into John's Hole during one of our San Juan River rafting trips.
Kids of all ages play together in the Village Green sandbox.
A game of freeze tag at the SS Ponderosa, our fabulous kids play structure.
Camping at one of the many nearby mountain lakes.
Cross country skiing on one of our trails.
Mark at Chaco Canyon. We are blessed with over a dozen National Parks, National Forests, and major ancestral pueblo ruins within a few hours of Heartwood.
Out for a hike during our annual Canyonlands campout.
The San Juan Mountains in autumn.
Dancing at the New Year's Eve party in the common house.
Our pedestrian pathways foster peace and connection.
Strolling on the pedestrian pathway.
Ping pong in the common house.
Our spring-fed pond down in the pasture.
Growing produce in the high tunnel greenhouse.
One of our favorite traditions – our Christmas Eve Las Posadas party. We dawdle from home to home, eating and drinking and sometimes singing as we go.
Ronda attending to the birth of a new baby calf down in the pasture.
Alpenglow on the Uncompahgre Mountains.
Hosting a Rotary exchange student party at the common house.
Sandy tending new starts in the seedling house.
Sandy at the common house with freshly harvested produce.
A bit of fun and mayhem on the sledding hill.
The San Juan National Forest is only a ten minute drive from Heartwood.
Potluck dinner on a summer's evening on the common house terrace.
Greenhouse tomatoes.
Our annual Turkey Trot hike on one of the trails in the north portion of our property, with the housing cluster visible in the background.
Cross country skiing at Vallecito Reservoir.
Extremely well built, energy efficient, and passive solar homes.
The SS Ponderosa with fresh snow.
Wild turkeys in the village green.
Women's circle in the yurt.
Yoga class in the common house rec room.
Making apple cider and maybe having a bit too much fun.
Beekeeping down by the farm.
Veggies harvested from the farm.
Drying apricots in the solar dehydrator.
Pruning bushes to prepare for the SS Ponderosa rebuild.
Sitting around the campfire at our annual Canyonlands campout.
Serving up another amazing spread for Sunday brunch.
Morning hello from Sunday brunch.
Canning pickles in the common house kitchen.
Hiking through jaw-dropping scenery in southeast Utah.
Jumping for joy while exploring Anasazi ruins.
Celebrating a birthday with a casino party in the common house.
Playing chess on a backyard patio.
Harvesting Christmas trees at Beaver Meadows.
Chillin' out at Canyonlands.
Circling up for a meal in the common house.
Fruits and veggies harvested from the greenhouse.
Dancing up a storm.
Singing our hearts out.
Enjoying a Friday evening of wine and music at Fox Fire Farms, a local winery.
Snowshoeing on Heartwood's Wapiti Trail.
Harvesting huge heads of garlic down at the farm.
Leading a horse with a thrilled little girl astride.
Goofing around on a canyon hike.
Strumming the guitar at our annual Canyonlands campout.
Savoring an aspen grove from the comfort of a hammock.
Hugging.
Conversing in the hearth room.
Building some of our 7 miles of trails.
Communing with a llama down in the pasture.
New Years Eve party at the common house.
Hiking in Canyonlands.
Caring for the common house roses.
Celebrating a birthday with friends dropping over.
Rafting the nearby San Juan River.
Bringing in the hay.
Cross country skiing on Heartwood trails.
Decorating gingerbread houses for the holidays.
Showing off their fiber arts creations.
Putting down fresh gravel on the pedestrian pathways.
Dining on the common house terrace.
Doing homework while camping.
Growing veggies in the high tunnel.
Enjoying a Colorado cocktail hour.
Hiking in the nearby mountains.
Posing at Las Posadas party.
Yucking it up at our annual Gong Show.
Getting hitched at the common house.
Drinking hot chocolate at a sledding party.
Toasting the bride and groom in the common house dining room.
Rebuilding the SS Ponderosa, our magnificent kids play structure.
Burning slash during a monthly work party.
Blowing giant bubbles.
Cross country skiing at Beaver Meadows, just up the highway from Heartwood.
Gathering around the fire under a dark, starry sky.
Bringing a dish to the Friday potluck.
Bursting with flavor and color, fresh tomatoes and basil grown at Heartwood.
Cutting up at a women's circle in the yurt.
Raring to go on the annual Turkey Trot.
Delivering packages. Many of us work from home, whch is made possible by high speed internet, a great little regional airport, and UPS and FedEx deliveries.
Getting silly at the Gong Show.
Loving those fresh grown veggies.
Breaking ground in 1999.
Timber frame home going up.
Strawbale timber frame home under construction.
Pride and joy after a successful rock climb.
Old fashioned fun on an old fashioned tire swing.
Hiking in the San Juan Mountains.
Boys making stick boats at the middle pond.
Kids biking the White Rim trail in nearby Canyonlands National Park.
Mimi helping Joe learn to ride a bike. An extended family environment means loving, caring adults in every home.
Boys being boys on the White Rim trail.
Commotion and connection on the pedestrian pathway.
Learning to rock climb during our annual Canyonlands campout.
A father son hike up Engineer Mountain.
Playing in the hot tub.
Autumn means apple harvest time.
A father-son trip down the San Juan River.
Harvesting apples to make cider.
Girls backpack trip in the La Plata Mountains.
Hopefully the chickens are having as much fun as the girls.
Baking party in the common house.
Heartwood girls growing up to be strong Colorado women by biking the 110 mile White Rim trail in Canyonlands National Park.
Helen helping Gracie with her not-so-well-balanced pack on a girls backpack trip.
Halloween party and trick-or-treating.
Best friends forever.
Twirling is so much fun when you're a four year old.
Homeschool road trip to Mexico.
Many of the same kids celebrating high school graduation 12 years later.
Homeschool cooperative in the yurt.
Taking the plunge into the Colorado River.
Farm interns hosting a farmers market at the common house
Joe taking flight over the Colorado River.
A wreath is always better when you make it yourself.
Wanna apple?
Here comes trouble.
Growing up close to horses and all of nature.
Buccaneers on the San Juan River.
Kids music recital in the common house.
More snow means more fun.
Kids played endlessly on the SS Ponderosa. She was completely rebuilt in 2018, ready for our next generation of kids.
Grab your light saber and save the starship!
Tennis lessons.
Father-daughter rock climbing.
Celebrating May Day.
May Day celebration around the May Pole in the Village Green.
Miss Piggy cooking up the bacon at the Canyonlands campout.
As soon as kids can walk they can safely roam the neighborhood.
Playing soccer down in the pasture.
Piano lessons with Kathy.
Baking up a storm in the common house kitchen.
Boys getting crazy with mud on the San Juan River.
Mother-daughter love at the sledding hill.
Sing along at the common house.
Pedestrian pathway becomes an equestrian pathway.
Heartwood teenagers in Canyonlands.