Cabins
Rent a humble cabin for a few days or weeks.
Participate in the bootcamp as much or as little as you like. Maybe do some online work.
Maybe you come as a couple and one person works while the other is in the bootcamp...
Wheaton Labs is composed of two separate properties, totaling over 220 acres near Missoula, Montana. One piece of land is called "Base Camp" and the other is "The Lab."
Most people visit Wheaton Labs bacause they are participating in an event or the Permaculture Bootcamp. This page lists our bunk options for a SEPPer.
The SEPPers Program: Seriously Excited about Permaculture Pampering
While the end goal is to provide permaculture luxury to visitors, the SEPPer program in its current form is more about absorbing the awesomeness of Wheaton Labs, staying in a really cool eco-accommodation, learning and being inspired.
Base Camp
Base Camp is where a lot of the action at events happen, and where the Shop, Library and Auditorium are located. It is on-grid, ROCKY, has wifi, and is where Paul lives in the "Fisher Price House."
The Base Camp is a great choice if you want to do remote work online while renting a cabin!
Options at this location:
The Lab
Remote, beautiful with deep soils... The Lab is down a paved, then gravel, then dirt (sometimes mud adventure!) road, is off-grid (with our solar trailers). Lab has spotty cell reception.
Options at this location:
- Rocket Mass Heater Tipi
- Cooper Cabin
- Allerton Abbey
- AmayZheng Dog Star (Oehler-Style Cabin)
- Camping
NOTE: These are our non-event prices!
For rentals during events, click here.
Base Camp
Red Cabin
The Red Cabin has seen four different versions of Rocket Mass Heaters, the newest being the "old reliable" with a mass going under the bed! Bunk bed with a double on the bottom and a single on top. All bedding plus fluffy organic cotton towels provided. Firewood is included but you might need to chop your own kindling. About 200 feet from the Willow Bank (willow feeder style toilet) and Shower Shack, and a short walk up to the Fisher Price House.
Prices for The Red Cabin (1-2 people):
length of stay | Price |
|---|---|
1-5 nights | $250.00 (additional people $20 each) |
6-15 nights | $400.00 (Additional People $50 Each) |
16-30 nights | $500.00 (Additional People $100 Each) |
For availability, email bunks (at) richsoil DOT com
Love Shack
This is Base Camp's micro cabin with the "Minnie Mouse" Rocket Mass Heater with a cob hat, twin size bottom bunk and a twin size top bunk. The Love Shack is off-grid with small solar to charge a phone or operate one light. The Willow Bank (willow feeder style toilet) and Shower Shack both are just a short walk, about 200 feet from the Love Shack. Base Camp's wifi does not reach the Love Shack, though the community space called the Library just down the driveway does have wifi and regular electricity should the solar power run out at the cabin. Firewood is included, though you'll likely have to chop your own kindling.
Prices for the Love Shack (1-2 people):
length of stay | Price |
|---|---|
1-7 nights | $250.00 (Additional People $20 Each) |
8-15 nights | $350.00 (Additional People $50 Each) |
16-30 nights | $450.00 (Additional People $100 Each) |
For availability, email bunks (at) richsoil DOT com
Solarium
Solarium is built into one end of the Library building at Base Camp, and it's located right next to the Fisher Price House. Nature has inspired the names of the bunks at the Solarium; Squirrel, Moose and Bear. Squirrel bunks are narrow twin sized, the Moose and Bear are twin sized. Solarium has a Pebble Style Rocket Mass Heater to keep everyone warm and cozy. The beautiful sunroom-like space in the Solarium is perfect for doing remote work online! Full bedding and fluffy organic towels are provided. Full bedding and fluffy organic towels are provided.
Prices for renting the Squirrel top bunk:
length of stay | Price |
|---|---|
1-15 nights | $225.00 |
16-30 nights | $325.00 |
Prices for renting the Squirrel bottom bunk:
length of stay | Price |
|---|---|
1-15 nights | $250.00 |
16-30 nights | $350.00 |
Prices for renting the Moose or Bear top bunk:
length of stay | Price |
|---|---|
1-15 nights | $250.00 |
16-30 nights | $350.00 |
Prices for renting the Moose or Bear bottom bunk:
length of stay | Price |
|---|---|
1-10 nights | $250.00 |
11-20 nights | $350.00 |
21-30 nights | $400.00 |
For availability, email bunks (at) richsoil DOT com
Bunks at Fisher Price House
We call the main house at Basecamp the "Fisher Price House", because it is a double-wide mobile home. We offer bunks in the small bunk bedroom sort of similar to hostel accommodations. There are two full size bunks and two twin size bunks, so it could provide bunks for six people. Open shelves (we've moved all books to the Library) and a closet provide room for your bag and clothes. There is access to a full bathroom just across the hall. Full bedding and fluffy organic cotton towels are provided.
Prices for Renting a Top Bunk (1 person):
length of stay | Price |
|---|---|
1-10 nights | $250.00 |
11-20 nights | $350.00 |
21-30 nights: | $400.00 |
Prices for Renting a Bottom Bunk (1-2 people):
length of stay | Price |
|---|---|
1-7 nights | $250.00 |
8-15 nights | $350.00 |
16-30 nights: | $500.00 |
Prices for Renting the Entire Bunk Room (1-6 people):
length of stay | Price |
|---|---|
1-7 nights | $500.00 |
8-15 nights | $800.00 |
16-30 nights | $1,200.00 |
For availability, email bunks (at) richsoil DOT com
Camping at The Base Camp
Base Camp has easy drive in access for car camping, pitching a tent on one of our tent pads, or finding a secluded spot on one of the plateau meadows or up on the hollowed out volcano with good submarine access.
Volcano road is a rough, rocky one-lane road that snakes up the 500-foot rise of the rocky hillsides of Base Camp and around to the back of the volcano's peak.
RV, trailer, and car parking is at the base of hilly Base Camp, in the sandy parking lot behind our shop that we call Arrakis, or in our small turtle parking lot.
We do not provide RV hookups at this time and generators are not allowed to be used.
Arrakis and the turtle lot do not have much shade, though we are attempting to grow trees (from seed!) to change that.
Prices (1-2 people):
(FREE during events!)
length of stay | Price |
|---|---|
1-15 nights | $250.00 (Additional People $20 Each) |
16-30 nights | $300.00 (Additional People $80 Each) |
The Lab:
Rocket Mass Heater Tipi
The function of this tipi is to seriously experience the value of the Rocket Mass Heater. It can be super cold outside, your fire goes out at 9pm, and you are warm as toast til morning. Inside the tipi is a cob bed platform which *just* sleeps two if they like to sleep close. Burn as much wood as you like in the rocket mass heater (RMH) which heats the entire bench and bed platform. We provide full bedding on a mattress made out of straw (as part of our experimenting to have household materials as natural as possible), plus pillows and blankets for the cob bench seating. There's a hot water kettle that heats up on top of the RMH barrel, plus full water jugs for washing and drinking along with bins, soap and cloths for washing dishes outside. Candles are the only lighting source since the tipi does not have any solar panels in this off-grid location. Fluffy organic towels are provided for showers at base camp. Firewood is included in these rates, though you'll likely have to chop your own kindling.
The Chateau de Poo (a willow feeder style toilet) is about a hundred yards away, a little walk through the woods.
Prices for the Rocket Mass Heater Tipi (1-2 people):
length of stay | Price |
|---|---|
1-7 nights | $250.00 (Additional People $20 Each) |
8-15 nights | $350.00 (Additional People $50 Each) |
16-30 nights | $450.00 (Additional People $100 Each) |
Cooper Cabin
Cooper Cabin is our second version of a wofati which, while not quite fully completed, is still a cozy place to stay with a first class rocket mass heater (RMH) in it. It also has Lasse's rocket cook stove, plus a (propane) gas stovetop. This is an off-grid cabin with some electricity from The Solar Leviathan. There is no running water, though we'll fill up a gravity-fed bucket for washing at the sink, and provide plenty of fresh drinking water in glass jugs from our wonderful well, plus fresh kitchen linens. There will be some dishes, utensils, pots and pans available for your use. Full bedding is provided for the two bunk beds (full size on the bottom and twins on the top) in the back bedroom (there is no door to close off that bedroom at this time), and cots or additional bedding can be provided at an additional charge. There is an indoor willow feeder with a foot-pump sink to wash your hands. Firewood is included, though you'll likely have to chop your own kindling. Fluffy organic towels are provided for showers at Base Camp.
Prices for Renting a Top Bunk (1 person):
length of stay | Price |
|---|---|
1-10 nights | $250.00 |
11-20 nights | $350.00 |
21-30 nights: | $400.00 |
Prices for Renting a Bottom Bunk (1-2 people):
length of stay | Price |
|---|---|
1-7 nights | $250.00 |
8-15 nights | $350.00 |
16-30 nights: | $500.00 |
Prices for Renting the Entire Cooper Cabin (1-6 people):
length of stay | Price |
|---|---|
1-7 nights | $500.00 |
8-15 nights | $800.00 |
16-30 nights: | $1200.00 |
For availability, email bunks (at) richsoil DOT com
Allerton Abbey
Allerton Abbey has one full size bed and two twin bunks. There is a rocket cook stove inside which does a good job of heating the wofati and the occupants. Allerton Abbey is surrounded by beautiful, abundant hugelkulture gardens. This is a great way to get a closer look at this highly realistic vision of an eco friendly home, and how well it functions. Bring your favorite cast iron pans, split a little kindling, and get cozy in your bunk while you daydream of life in your own wofati.
Click here to see a tour of the Allerton Abbey.
Prices for Allerton Abbey (1-4 people):
length of stay | Price |
|---|---|
1-7 nights | $300.00 (Additional People $20 Each) |
8-14 nights | $400.00 (Additional People $50 Each) |
15-30 nights | $600.00 (Additional People $100 Each) |
For availability, email bunks (at) richsoil DOT com
This is a tiny off-grid cabin nestled in the woods, with Uncle Mud's Cottage Rocket and twin size loft bed. There is no running water, though we'll provide full water jugs for washing and drinking along with bins, soap and cloths for washing dishes outside. There will be a very few dishes, utensils, pots and pans available for your use. Full bedding is provided for the twin loft bed along with fluffy organic cotton towels for showers at base camp. There is no solar to power the chandelier at this time, though there are candles for your use. Firewood is included, though you'll likely have to chop your own kindling. It is a bit of a walk to the Chateau de Poo (a willow feeder style toilet).
Prices for Dog Star (1-2 people):
length of stay | Price |
|---|---|
1-7 nights | $250.00 (Additional People $20 Each) |
8-15 nights | $350.00 (Additional People $50 Each) |
16-30 nights | $450.00 (Additional People $100 Each) |
Camping at The Lab
The Lab is off-grid and a more remote location than Base Camp, surrounded by private timber land and U.S. forest land. We do not have tent pads at the lab, though there are plenty of meadow-like or grassy spots to pitch a tent. RVs or trailers could make to the lab if the road is in decent condition, though of course there would be no hookups available there and generators are not allowed to be used.
There is a well up at the Lab to fill up your water bottles and a willow feeder called Chateau de Poo. You are welcome to use the Willow Bank or the Willowonka and the shower shack back down the hill at Base Camp.
Prices for camping (1-2 people):
(FREE during events!)
length of stay | Price |
|---|---|
1-15 nights | $250.00 (Additional People $20 Each) |
16-30 nights | $300.00 (Additional People $80 Each) |
Availability
For availability, email bunks (at) richsoil DOT com
Some things about food:
There is a freezer available for switching ice packs for frozen ones.
If you help for a full day, you can join the boots for three meals!
Cooking at Base Camp:
- An outdoor kitchen with a rocket cook stove with a Lorena option.
- Rocket oven
- The Fisher Price House kitchen
- J-tube rocket stove
Cooking at the Lab
- Rocket cook stove at the Allerton Abbey
- Rocket cook stove and a propane gas stovetop at the Cooper Cabin
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