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Tree Membership

The world’s first fruit tree membership, and a truly unique offering: adopt your own trees in our orchard in Dogar, Paro. Choose an apple and a Japanese pear tree, and you can adopt a walnut tree as well. We look after the trees, you enjoy the fruit, and your name stays rooted in Paro.

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Trees are limited and offered first come, first served.

Ripe Japanese pears on a member’s tree at The Happiness Farm

Choose your membership

Both memberships include one apple tree and one Japanese pear tree, a personalised name card and expert care of your trees. Would you like a walnut tree too? Just ask when you join.

5 years

USD 599

Our most popular start

  • Visit your trees any time
  • 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 2 dinners
  • A room for two nights
  • 20% off rooms and meals for your family

10 years

USD 999

Watch your trees mature

  • Visit your trees any time
  • 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 2 dinners
  • A room for two nights
  • 20% off rooms and meals for your family

20 years

USD 1,799

A legacy for your family

  • Visit your trees any time
  • 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 2 dinners
  • A room for two nights
  • 20% off rooms and meals for your family

Yearly membership

Nu 50,000 per year, for up to 50 members a year

Ideal for families and friends in Bhutan who visit often.

  • One apple tree and one Japanese pear tree, with walnut trees also available
  • 4 breakfasts, 4 lunches and 4 dinners
  • Two rooms for two nights
  • A membership card, free visits and 20% off rooms and meals

Your harvest

Pick the fruit from your own trees when you visit. If you cannot come, we donate your harvest for you to one of these:

  • Patients at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphu
  • The Bhutan Kidney Foundation
  • Monks at the Dobji Monastic School, Paro
  • A school or charity of your choice
  • Back to The Happiness Farm, to help our community and the farm sustain themselves for the long term

Membership rules

  • Pick only from your own trees
  • Respect other members and the farm
  • Harvests vary from year to year
  • Join our annual members’ meeting if you can

You own the trees and their harvest for your chosen period; the membership does not include the land. Proceeds are reinvested in the farm and in local conservation projects.

Our Tree Members

Since 2023, 33 memberships from Bhutan, Canada, Germany, Japan, the UK and the USA. Many members give their harvest to monks, nuns, a dog shelter, the Bhutan Kidney Foundation or even the wild bears near the farm. Many others donate it back to The Happiness Farm, because they want our community and our sustainability work to thrive, and the farm to stand on its own feet financially for the long term. Thank you all.

  1. 1Ms. Leslie A. Byrnes & Michael J. DawsonCanada · Oct 2023 – Oct 2028Harvest: Bhutan Kidney Foundation
  2. 2Ms. Margaret YaoUSA · Oct 2023 – Oct 2028Harvest: The monks of Dobji Dzong, Paro
  3. 3Mark Holzbach & Dana Friis-HansenUSA · Oct 2023 – Oct 2028Harvest: The Happiness Farm
  4. 4Phil, Neil, Sue and JillCanada · Nov 2023 – Nov 2033Harvest: The monks of Dobji Dzong, Paro
  5. 5Michael A. KlugUSA · Nov 2023 – Nov 2033Harvest: The monks of Dobji Dzong, Paro
  6. 6Anonymous memberUSA · Nov 2023 – Nov 2033Harvest: The Happiness Farm
  7. 7Riku IshiharaJapan · Nov 2023 – Nov 2033Harvest: The Happiness Farm
  8. 8Son of Mike Hawley and Nina YouUSA · Dec 2023 – Dec 2028Harvest: The Happiness Farm
  9. 9In memory of Dr. Mike HawleyUSA · Dec 2023 – Dec 2028Harvest: Shechen O. Chodzong Nunnery, Thimphu
  10. 10Dr. David SalesinUSA · Jan 2024 – Jan 2034Harvest: The Happiness Farm
  11. 11Anonymous memberCanada · Feb 2024 – Feb 2029Harvest: Shechen O. Chodzong Nunnery, Thimphu
  12. 12David Russell & Kristin CobbleUSA · Apr 2024 – Apr 2029Harvest: Shechen O. Chodzong Nunnery, Thimphu
  13. 13Dr. Claire S. Ferrari & Chris B. BoasUSA · Apr 2024 – Apr 2034Harvest: The Happiness Farm
  14. 14Roveen Bhansali & Cybele TomlinsonUSA · Apr 2024 – Apr 2034Harvest: The Happiness Farm
  15. 15Dr. Dorji Wangchuk and familyBhutan · resident member · 2024 (one year)Harvest: Kept by the members
  16. 16Owen Eavens PageNov 2024 – Nov 2029Harvest: The Happiness Farm
  17. 17Patricia WongNov 2024 – Nov 2029Harvest: The Happiness Farm
  18. 18Caprice Diane Haverty, Dennis Michael Cusack, Karen Louis Francis, Gerardo Victor Goldberger, Joseph Ivan Chernick & Joann Nicole PileggiNov 2024 – Nov 2029Harvest: The Happiness Farm
  19. 19Die Neue GesellschaftGermany · Feb 2025 – Feb 2030Harvest: The Happiness Farm
  20. 20WBZ IngelheimGermany · Mar 2025 – Mar 2030Harvest: The Happiness Farm
  21. 21Michiko Katagami & James P. LynchApr 2025 – Apr 2035Harvest: The Happiness Farm
  22. 22Ms. Olivia LingCanada · Apr 2025 – Apr 2035Harvest: Kept by the member · first owner of a walnut tree at the farm
  23. 23Eva CampbellMay 2025 – May 2030Harvest: Zeus Nakulu Dog Shelter
  24. 24Kenzie JacksonMay 2025 – May 2030Harvest: Zeus Nakulu Dog Shelter
  25. 25Baron Dominique Jooris & Baroness Darima Tumur JoorisOct 2025 – Oct 2030Harvest: The bears near The Happiness Farm
  26. 26Corinne & Glenn HancockNov 2025 – Nov 2030Harvest: The bears near The Happiness Farm
  27. 27UNIque Reisen February Group 2026Feb 2026 – Feb 2031Harvest: The Happiness Farm
  28. 28Happy Himalayan Bikers, UK 2026Mar 2026 – Mar 2031Harvest: The Happiness Farm
  29. 29Ms. Fay Benzinger WilsonFeb 2026 – Feb 2031Harvest: Monks and nuns
  30. 30The Fielding/Hunter familiesMay 2026 – May 2031Harvest: The Happiness Farm family, Max and Kasha
  31. 31Mark Holzbach & Dana Friis-HansenUSA · May 2026 – May 2031Harvest: The Happiness Farm
  32. 32Takeshi Ueda & Ter Wee ChongMay 2026 – May 2036Harvest: The Happiness Farm
  33. 33Samphel Rabten Martinez & Kalden Lodrel Shenphen MartinezAug 2026 – Aug 2031Harvest: One tree to the Bhutan Kidney Foundation, one to Dechencholing Goemba

Plant a native tree, too

Not ready for a membership? Plant a native tree on the farm during your stay. We look after it once you have gone home. Nu 1,500, including aftercare.

Join the Tree Membership
Planting a native tree sapling on The Happiness Farm