Organic vegetable, fruit and cattle farm

Switzerland

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🌻 UPDATE July 2026 🌻 🎨 Artists & Food Lovers Welcome! Besides our regular garden work, we're looking for creative people who would like to leave a lasting mark on Gaia's Farm. 🎨 Artists: Paint murals, signs or other artwork. Our dream is a farm covered in beautiful art created by volunteers from around the world. 👩‍🍳 Chefs & Preservers: If you love cooking with fresh ingredients, baking, fermenting, canning or preserving food, we'd love your help preparing lunches for our team using produce from the farm. Longer stays are possible. Please ignore the WWOOF calendar when sending your request. It does NOT reflect our actual availability. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌱 Welcome to Gaia's Farm! We are an organic family farm in the beautiful Swiss countryside, farming according to regenerative and permaculture principles. Our passion is growing healthy food while improving the land for future generations. Every season we plant more trees, build wildlife habitats, improve our soils and create a farm full of life. The heart of our farm is our productive organic vegetable garden, where around 50 local families harvest fresh vegetables, herbs and berries throughout the season. If you enjoy gardening, you'll absolutely love working here. We also grow arable crops, maintain orchards and develop agroforestry systems that combine food production with biodiversity. Although we have a small herd of cattle, most WWOOFers spend the majority of their time in the vegetable garden rather than working with animals. To complete the family we have two wonderful, incredibly friendly dogs who love meeting new people and are always happy to show you the short and long walks around the farm. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👨‍👩‍👦 Who we are We're Dave and Tillie and our two boys, Mag ('19) and Urs ('16). Dave is a mechanic and farmer. Tillie studied Agricultural Sciences and previously taught agriculture at a vocational school before becoming a full-time farmer. We enjoy sharing meals, stories and ideas with people from all over the world. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌿 What you'll do Most work is outdoors and changes with the season. Typical tasks include: 🥕 Organic vegetable gardening • planting and transplanting • seed starting • weeding • harvesting • compost management • preserving vegetables 🌳 Trees & Agroforestry • planting trees • pruning • watering • harvesting fruit 🌾 Field work • seasonal planting • weeding • harvesting 🦋 Biodiversity projects • building wildlife habitats • planting hedges • creating homes for insects and birds We enjoy explaining why we do things, so you'll learn plenty about regenerative agriculture, organic vegetable production and permaculture along the way. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛏 Accommodation You'll stay either in our comfortable RV or in a cozy rustic cabin. The RV has electricity and is close to the shower and toilet facilities. Occasionally the RV is shared with another volunteer of the same gender, depending on how many people are staying. We do our best to make everyone feel welcome, comfortable and safe. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🍽 Food Food is important to us! Most lunches are shared with the family and prepared using fresh produce from the farm. Breakfast is individual. Dinner is usually cooked together by the volunteers in our outdoor kitchen. We happily cater for most dietary requirements. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📅 Work exchange After several years of hosting WWOOFers we've found that four full work days creates the best balance for everyone. Work: Monday – Thursday Days off: Friday – Sunday This gives you three full days every week to explore Switzerland. The ideal stay is around three weeks, although shorter or longer stays are sometimes possible. If possible, arrive on Sunday evening or Monday morning. We'll happily pick you up from the train station. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☀️ A typical day 8:00 Start work Morning Vegetable garden 12:00 Lunch together 13:30 Field work, trees or seasonal projects 17:00–17:30 Finish work and enjoy your evening ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🏔 Your free time Our farm is surrounded by nature but is also well connected by public transport. During your free time you can enjoy: • hiking • swimming in nearby lakes • cycling • forest BBQs • foraging • visiting Swiss cities • exploring the Alps Switzerland is small, making day trips easy. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ House rules Please agree to them in your message. - Keep your workspace tidy and clean up after yourself. - Help with shared household chores (dishes, kitchen, bathroom and common areas). - Leave your RV or cabin clean before departure. - Treat tools with care, clean them after use and return them where they belong. - Start work on agreed time. We look forward to welcoming you to Gaia's Farm!

Learning opportunities

Vegetable farming

Fruit or nut farming

Poultry farming

Cattle farming

Sheep or goat farming

Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas

Seed saving or production

Vegetable or fruit preservation

Natural cosmetics fabrication

Food justice / sovereignty

Methods or systems

Biological pest control

Biodynamic agriculture

Community-supported agriculture (CSA)

Holistic management

No-till farming

Permaculture

Regenerative agriculture

Rotational grazing

Host type

Production farm

Certified organic

Former WWOOFer

30 Hectares | 74.1 Acres

Accommodation

4+ WWOOFers

Camper / RV

Cabin / Mobile-home

Children not accepted

Pets not accepted

Meals

Omnivore

Vegetarian

Vegan

Length of stay

3-4 weeks

Over a month

Tilika

Member since 2023

Languages spoken: English, German

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Response rate: 100% Response time: typically within 1 day

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Switzerland

Reinach AG train station or ZRH/BSL airport

My past WWOOFers

Noel Marie

August 2026 • Bayern, Germany

Maura

August 2026 • California, United States

Helene

August 2026 • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Elle

August 2026 • Pennsylvania, United States

Emma

August 2026 • Stockholm, Sweden

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Feedback

Noel Marie

Germany • August 2026

I had an amazing time at Gaia’s farm!! From the first moment I felt super welcomed and comfortable at the farm, also due to Tilikas super friendly and open, kind personality. She explained every job very well and always made sure that the tasks were versatile and in the shade, which was great. She is also an amazing cook and the lunch was the highlight of the day, so look forward to some delicious meals at the farm. I was lucky to be able to paint some murals on the farm which was an amazing opportunity for me! I had lots of fun, especially because Tilika was super open to my creativity and created a safe space for my ideas. The farm is surrounded by nature but also not completely remote, so you’ll easily walk to the next train station and explore Switzerland and have great weekend trips, maybe even with other wwoofers from the farm. All in all I had wonderful 3 weeks there full of laughter, interesting facts about the veggies and fruit and a really rewarding time - thank you Tilika and your whole team for this experience!

Cassie

United States • July 2026

I enjoyed my time at Gaia’s farm, the land is stunning. I have a few things to note so keep reading! The location and 3 day weekends are such a great way to see the country. I would recommend doing research in advance. Late June/ early July was hot so I wouldn’t recommend this time frame if you don’t do well with heat. There are two large dogs at the farm that stay tied up in the WOOFer area, they are cute but bark a lot, and can feel intimidating if you don’t like dogs, so please note that. My accommodations were nice, but there are a lot of mosquitos, so get some spray. The highlight of my trip was painting a mural which was extremely fun and a wonderful opportunity. I didn’t learn that much about farming, but Tilika is a wealth of knowledge if you are keen to ask.

Reply from Tilika

Thank you for your feedback, Cassie. I’m glad that the mural was such a highlight of your stay – you spent a significant part of your three weeks stay painting it, and it turned out wonderfully. Naturally, this also meant that you spent less time doing regular farm work and therefore had fewer opportunities to learn through the daily farming activities. Your stay unfortunately coincided with an exceptional heat wave. We adapted the work accordingly, with afternoons spent working in the shade, and made sure everyone’s needs were taken care of throughout the hot weather. I was surprised that some of the concerns in your review were never mentioned during your three-week stay, as I always encourage open communication so that we can address issues as they arise. Nevertheless, thank you for sharing your experience, and especially for leaving us such a beautiful mural!

Melissa

United States • July 2026

This was the most eye-opening and incredible journey I’ve ever taken in my life. Tilika and Dave have a beautiful farm and are very easy to work with. They make you feel like family and I was so nervous to do a trip like this, as it was my first time out of the country. I will take my knowledge and the friendships created at this farm for the rest of my life. If you’re looking for a sign, this is it.

Reply from Tilika

Thank you so much for your kind words. It was a real pleasure having you here, and watching your confidence grow over those weeks was incredibly rewarding. We're so grateful you chose our farm for your first trip abroad, and we're proud to have been part of such a special journey. You'll always be welcome back at Gaia's Farm – we wish you all the very best for your next adventures! ❤️

Lisa

Netherlands • April 2026

I had a really nice time at Gaia’s farm! Tilika always explained the work super clearly and was very easy to reach if you ran into a problem/had additional questions. She was also very flexible with working hours. The RV was a nice place to sleep, I woke up with a view of the forest and blossoming trees every morning. Some nights were cold but we got plenty of blankets to stay warm (and there was also a heater and electricity)! It was nice to be there with a group of other wwoofers, we did activities together and often cooked together at night. The lunch was delicious and always a nice time together with everyone. Tilika often gave super nice recommendations for day trips to do in the weekend and was in general kind and involved with the wwoofers. The area is not super remote so to do longer hikes a train ride is often required, but there is also a forest right next to the farm which is suitable for nice walks. The cat is super cute and might join you to sleep in your RV if you’re lucky! Would definitely recommend to go there!

Reply from Tilika

Thank you so much for your lovely review! It was such a pleasure having you at Gaia's Farm. You brought great energy to the team, and we're so happy you enjoyed the RV, the shared meals, and exploring Switzerland. We hope your memories—and maybe a few cuddles from our cat—stay with you for a long time. 🌿

Annalena

Germany • April 2026

I spent my first WWOOFing experience at Tilika’s farm, and she made sure it became an amazing first experience from start to finish. I felt warmly welcomed from the very first day, and that feeling stayed throughout my entire stay. I would describe Tilika’s farm as a modern and young farm with innovative agricultural concepts. It was a pleasure to support Tilika and the team in bringing their ideas to life. I was able to take part in many varied tasks, such as cleaning the barn, sowing vegetables, and repairing fences, which made the experience not only enjoyable but also a great opportunity to learn maaaany new things. The whole family, the animals and the entire farm team definitely has a special place in my heart! :-)

Reply from Tilika

Thank you so much for your beautiful words! It was an absolute joy having you here, and we're so happy your first WWOOF experience was such a positive one. Your enthusiasm, curiosity, and positive attitude made you a wonderful part of the team. And you'll be happy to know that the tomatoes you sowed are growing like crazy! 🌱🍅 We think of you often and hope to welcome you back to Gaia's Farm one day.

Nadine

Switzerland • March 2026

My time on Gaia's Farm was amazing. From the first moment I felt welcome. I appreciated Tilika’s warm character and ability to balance between humorous friend and instructive boss. She gave brief instructions at first and then took the time to answer more detailed questions if necessary. Like this she showed great trust towards my abilities and left room for autonomy. I loved living in the camper on the farm, it offered privacy and felt homey. Usually, the day would start with walking the dogs in the nearby woods – a beautiful start. The two dogs love to cuddle and give wet kisses out of nowhere ;) The tasks for the day would be as varied as possible: weeding, harvesting, feeding animals, washing eggs, grinding flour, indoor projects, or making cuttings from trees. Lunch was cooked by Tilika or us Wwoofers and we all ate together. Tilika is an amazing cook! And the best thing: Eating the food from the garden - very wholesome experience. In the first few weeks we had the evening dinners inside the house and when it got warmer, we cooked in the outdoor kitchen (roofed but not a closed room). Tilika communicated when the family needed privacy, but was generous to share dinners when the family had the „capacity“ for socials. During my stay I have learnt so much about plants, animals and about myself. The whole experience has kind of confirmed my dream to be able to grow my own food one day. Very recommended! I am happy to have met this beautiful family and the workers! Thank you.

Reply from Tilika

Thank you so much for this incredibly thoughtful review. It means a lot to us that you felt so welcome and at home during your stay. You brought such a positive energy, curiosity, and kindness to the farm, and it was a real pleasure having you as part of our little community. We're especially happy to hear that your time here strengthened your dream of growing your own food—that's one of the greatest compliments we could receive. We hope you'll come back one day, and until then, we wish you all the best on your journey. 🌱💚