Stout Grove

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

Stout Grove is on the south bank of the Smith River in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, Del Norte County, on California's far north coast. It is about ten miles east of Crescent City via Highway 199 and the unpaved Howland Hill Road.

The grove holds old-growth coast redwoods between roughly 250 and 340 feet tall, with diameters of ten to twelve feet at chest height. The namesake Stout Tree is one of the tallest in the grove. Most of the standing trees are between 1,000 and 1,500 years old.

Frank D. Stout, a Chicago lumberman. The grove was donated to Save the Redwoods League in 1929 by his widow Clara Stout, in his memory. Save the Redwoods League transferred the grove to California State Parks shortly afterward.

The Stout Grove loop is about half a mile, flat, and surfaced with packed earth and mulch. It is one of the most accessible old-growth loops in the redwood parks system. The walk from the trailhead at the end of Howland Hill Road takes a few minutes.

Two routes: the unpaved Howland Hill Road from Crescent City, passable to most cars in dry conditions; or, in summer, a seasonal footbridge from the Jedediah Smith Campground on the north side of the river. The footbridge goes in during late spring and is removed before the winter rains.

Yes. Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park is one of three state parks that, together with Redwood National Park, make up Redwood National and State Parks, a joint NPS and California State Parks management area established in 1968 and named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.

Late morning, when the sun finally clears the canopy and reaches the floor of the grove. Light through the redwoods comes in long shafts in summer; the rest of the year the grove sits in a quieter, even green. Mosquitoes are heaviest in late spring along the river.

For someone who has stood under a 300-foot canopy and not said much about it, Stout Grove carries the feeling without ornament. A Medium or Large in the Glossy finish reads well in a living room or study, with a handwritten note from the studio.

The deep greens, redwood browns, and shafts of forest light sit well in biophilic, Pacific Northwest-modern, and craftsman-cabin rooms. The painterly treatment also reads as a single colour anchor in a more minimal space with oak, slate, or natural fibre.

Yes. Biophilic interiors lean into large painterly tree-and-canopy pieces over the literal landscape photograph. The stained-glass-and-oil treatment of Stout Grove carries the scale and the green light of the place without becoming a stock postcard.

Above a sofa, a single Large at 24 inches anchors the wall; a 4-tile Mural at 36 inches fills a longer space. Above a console, the Medium or the smaller 4-tile Mural is the usual call.

Yes. The Dura Satin and Matte finishes are scratch-resistant and made for high-moisture rooms, including showers and full-height backsplashes. The Glossy finish is reserved for show-pieces and framed wall art rather than wet installations.

A microfibre cloth and water. No abrasive pads, no bleach. The colour lives in the surface of the tile and will not fade or scratch off in normal household use.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is drawn in Wender Studios' own visual language; the painting was made in-house, and the studio holds the original. We do not license third-party art.