Heartwood Homestead
FOR SALE
Heartwood Homestead
15221 Vantine Rd SE
Tenino, WA 98589
$765,000
3 cabins | 400sqft tiny house | 37 acres of mixed forest, meadow, and pasture
This off-grid homestead offers established solar power, multiple tiny homes and cabins, and a new well — all set within a verdant mix of meadow, prairie, and forest. Both a sanctuary and a springboard, it’s ready for the next steward to live, create, and restore in harmony with the land.
Where privacy, beauty and readiness meet
With thoughtful infrastructure already in place, from solar arrays to creative living spaces, Hearthwood Homestead is poised for your vision to take root and grow.
Notable Features:
37 acres of mixed forest, meadow, and pasture
Three 6kW solar arrays
21 gpm well drilled in 2024
30-foot yurt, three cabins, and a 400 sq ft tiny house
Grid-tied “Shed-Quarters” with laundry & bathhouse
Spring and seasonal creek
Fenced gardens and multiple electric-fenced pastures
Zoned RR1/5, allowing for up to seven homes with ADUs
Haven in the South Sound
Just outside Tenino, a creative hub where artisans, makers, and innovators quietly shape their craft, lies 37 acres of restoration in motion.
Here, open meadows transition into shaded forest, where alder, maple, and cedar mingle with native shrubs and wildflowers. A seasonal creek winds through the land, bringing both movement and habitat to this dynamic ecosystem.
The living spaces are as diverse as the landscape. A 30-foot yurt provides a central gathering space. Three cabins and a 400 sq ft tiny house offer flexibility for guests, creative work, or community living. The grid-tied Shed-Quarters delivers modern conveniences — office, bathhouse, and laundry — while three solar arrays power most structures. A newly drilled 21 gpm well ensures abundant clean water, and fenced gardens and pastures await cultivation or grazing animals.
Only after walking the trails and feeling the land’s rhythm does its deeper story emerge. More than a decade ago, this property was logged. Since then, it has been intentionally replanted, tended, and protected. What has grown here is not simply recovery, but a flourishing landscape — a living testament to care, vision, and respect for the natural world.
Whether your dream is an intentional community, private retreat, regenerative farm, or simply a home immersed in nature, Heartwood is designed for versatility and ready for its next chapter.
Life List
Trees & Shrubs:
Bigleaf Maple, Vine Maple, Douglas Fir, Cottonwood, Cascara, Garry Oak, Cedar, Beaked Hazelnut
Nootka Rose, Osoberry, Oregon Grape, Mock Orange, Red Flowering Currant, Pacific Ninebark
Fruits & Berries:
Blackcap Raspberry, Thimbleberry, Red Huckleberry, Elderberry, Saskatoon, Salal, Trailing Blackberry
Groundcover & Wildflowers:
Fireweed, Foxglove, Goldenrod, Honeysuckle, False Solomon’s Seal, Trillium, Iris, Pearly Everlasting
An Invitation to Stewardship
Heartwood is more than a property — it’s a living partnership. The current stewards have built lightly and with intention, creating a foundation for someone who values connection to the land as deeply as they do.
Here, possibility is written into the very framework of the land. With RRR 1/5 zoning (Rural Residential/Resource – One Dwelling Unit per Five Acres), future stewards have the flexibility to create in ways that honor the rural character — whether that means building additional homes, expanding the existing spaces, or weaving in resource-based projects that enrich the land. The guidelines are designed to protect the landscape’s integrity while allowing your vision to take root and grow. Learn more about RRR 1/5 zoning here.
“Here, you can grow food, host community, create art, or simply live in a place that restores you. The land is ready to meet you.”
- Listing Agent, Aly Tibbetts
The five roots of regeneration
Health & Wellness
Clean water from your own well, fresh air scented with cedar and wildflowers, and quiet space to reset both mind and body in the country.
Sustainability
Solar power, rain, and soil — systems already in place for self-sufficient living from day one.
Community
The mix of tiny homes, yurt, and cabins provides an ideal foundation for shared living, retreats, or multi-family homesteading.
Ecology
Dynamic edges between meadow, forest, and creek create rich habitat. The restoration plan supports biodiversity and long-term ecosystem health.
Spirit
A place to slow down, mark the seasons, and live in reciprocity with nature.
Land Acknowledgement
For countless generations before colonization, the Tenino and their relatives lived in relationship with these lands and waters — gathering along the prairies, forests, and creeks that still shape the South Sound today. Their seasonal rounds brought them to places like McIntosh Lake and the surrounding meadows for fishing, hunting, plant gathering, and community gatherings.
Proximity
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3 mins to swimming at McIntosh Lake
3 mins to gas, groceries, and hardware in Tenino
25 mins to Olympia
90 mins to Seattle or Portland
Let’s set up a tour
For inquiries, please connect with:
Aly Tibbetts
206-886-8212
aly@chooselatitude.com
This property is advertised through the NWMLS #2405013
Monona, WI
$280,000
Listed by Mark Voss