Organic vegetable, fruit and cattle farm

Switzerland

38 • Updated 6 days ago

🌻 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

Protomaps | © OpenStreetMap

Switzerland

Reinach AG train station or ZRH/BSL airport

My past WWOOFers

Emma

August 2026 • Stockholm, Sweden

Meghan

July 2026 • Michigan, United States

Rebecka

July 2026 • Skåne, Sweden

Cassie

July 2026 • Oregon, United States

Léanne

July 2026 • 69 - Rhône, France

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Feedback

Cassie

United States • July 2026

I enjoyed my time at Gaia’s farm, but I have some 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. Workdays are long and late June/ early July is HOT so I wouldn’t recommend this time frame unless you 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 come prepared. Communicate early if you need groceries, as we frequently ran out of breakfast/snack food and it could take a couple days for a restock. Almost all the WOOFers there at the same time as me left early, Tilika was very flexible with this, but perhaps a sign that it wasn’t a great fit for everyone. 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 appreciate you highlighting the mural project and my farming knowledge. I was surprised to read several of these points, as none of them were raised during your three-week stay despite my emphasis on open communication. A few clarifications: - Europe experienced an exceptional heat wave during your visit, so we adjusted the work schedule to allow work in the shade whenever needed. - Our two farm dogs are friendly family dogs whose role is to protect the property. Nobody is expected to interact with them if they are uncomfortable around dogs. - All volunteer accommodation is equipped with mosquito-repelling devices. - There is always sufficient food available. While a specific breakfast or snack item may occasionally run out, I do not make extra shopping trips on weekends for individual items. - I encourage volunteers to leave early if the placement is not the right fit for them. However, it is inaccurate to suggest that "almost all" volunteers left early during your stay. I value honest feedback, but I also believe it should accurately reflect the experience and be discussed during the stay whenever possible so that concerns can be addressed.

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. 🌱💚

Caden

United States • February 2026

What a blessing my experience was at Gaia’s Farm! When I found out my original WWOOF hosts couldn’t have me, I messaged Tilika and a couple other farms attempting to save my travel plans. With her quick and responsive communication, Tilika immediately responded that day. I was relieved. As soon as I stepped off the train, she greeted me with a welcoming smile and a ride to the farm. My first night there was full of good food, laughter, and thoughtful conversation. I immediately knew I was in the right place. First off, Tilika is an amazing host. I received a warm welcoming in the house and with the family right off the bat. Of course, there were set boundaries for family time. Although, the few times a shower, or a conversation with the family or another volunteer pushed a little past that time, Tilika was super understanding. My accommodation in the camper trailer was above and beyond what I was expecting, including a space heater and electricity. When I did have some electrical issues with my camper, Dave (Tilika’s husband) was helpful and able to find another adapter for me. Don’t even get me started on the food. Tilika is a fantastic cook and you will not go hungry here. My favorite was the warm lunch around the table and hot coffee outside afterwards. The work was tiring some days, yet enjoyable and extremely gratifying. Seeing food on the table straight from the farm was special. Overall, I highly recommend coming to Gaia’s farm. I promise you won’t regret it!

Reply from Tilika

Thank you so much for your beautiful review. We feel incredibly lucky that our paths crossed, even if it happened at the last minute! It was such a joy having you here, and your kindness, enthusiasm, and willingness to jump into every task made you a wonderful part of the farm. Thank you for embracing farm life with such an open heart. We truly hope to welcome you back to Gaia's Farm one day—there will always be a place for you around our table.