Walnut Place Retreat

About Us

Phone: 515-274-0401

 

E-mail: nicole@walnutplaceretreat.com

To contact us:

Welcome to Walnut Place Retreat located in Historic Valley Junction, West Des Moines, Iowa.

We have renovated a historic home (built in 1930) into a beautiful retreat center with plenty of individual worktables and room space to comfortably accommodate up to 12 overnight guests or 18 day guests at a time.  We can seat 30 guests for office meetings or catalog parties.

¯ Bring your own food to prepare in our newly remodeled, full service kitchen. 

¯ We supply all of the bed linens, towels, & kitchenware including a large crock pot and 48 cup coffee maker.

¯ Check-in and check-out times are set by your group—arrive as early at 6 a.m. on Friday and leave anytime on Sunday!

¯ This is a non-smoking, pet free facility.

¯ Central A/C and heating throughout the house.

¯ We offer on-site, secure wireless Internet and an HP 12x12 color printer for your use.

¯ When you reserve Walnut Place Retreat, you have the entire house for your group!

¯ Outdoor green space provides a beautiful place to take a break.

Conveniently located in Valley Junction, you are only a few blocks away from the Midwest’s largest store for scrapbooking and stamping supplies “Heirlooms By Design & Outstamping Designs”.  Our local Hy-Vee grocery store is only 19 blocks West. 

Technique classes for scrapbooking, quilting, beading and knitting as well as an on-site massage therapist are also available at an additional fee.

Make sure to look at our Project List page if you would like to attend a technique class or catalog party already scheduled.

Located on the corner of First & Walnut Sts.  Easily accessible from I-235—take the 63rd Street exit (Des Moines) and follow south approximately 2.1 miles to our corner! 

 

Feel free to call us (515) 274.0401 for further directions until the map is posted on this site.

  Please note:

  All reservations placed after January 10, 2009 will    

  require 10 guests for the $10 discount. 

  The booking minimum will remain at 6 guests.

 

  The current rate for weekend guests is $90 per person or    

  $80 if your group has 10+ attendees.  These rates include 

  all applicable taxes.

About the taxes we need to collect: 

 

*Overnight rental = 5% Polk County tax + 7% WDM hotel/motel tax

*Daily rental = 6% Polk County tax