House and garden

Highland

22 reviews • Updated 4 months ago

Hosts since 2003. We welcome visitors between March and October each year. We offer space to UK WWOOFers and Scotland in particular and if you come from abroad we prefer offering places to those who have not flown. We look forward to meeting yet more lovely folk. We will enjoy spending some of the time with you in the garden, but sometimes we'll leave you to get on with things on your own. We also need some guests with more experience. Preferred length of visit 2 weeks. Accommodation is in a small caravan, which is for your private use. Meals are shared in the house and you are welcome to join us for socialising if you wish. Situated 10 minutes walk from a sandy inlet and beach with views across Firth to Sutherland hills. Our 2 acre woodland garden growing fruit, vegetables, herbs, native trees, creating a nature-friendly environment. Rejuvenating neglected land, including drainage, walling, fencing and living willow-walling. Composting toilet built in 2010, which is next to WWOOF caravan for your use. Hoping to add simple outdoor shower facility! Limited shower use in the house. We have 2 cats and 3 hens. Hoping to become as self-sufficient as possible in food. Polytunnel now extends our season, plus a small greenhouse. Philosophy based on 'soil, soul and society', love and fun. Enjoy making bread, wine and preserves, listening to music, and playing games. Our main income from self-employed gardening, woodcraft and writing. Nearest shops, bus & train - Tain 6 miles. We welcome all ages, nationalities and experience. The main thing is to be genuinely interested in organic growing and alternative lifestyles, willing to muck in and try new things and have fun. We always allow time for socialising, sharing meals and philosophical discussions! There are some rather old bicycles available for you to borrow to explore the local area (let us know in advance and we'll make sure they are serviced and useable). Whist we recognise the use of mobile devices is important to keep in touch with family and friends, we respectfully ask that they are not used when gardening or during shared meals. We have found this increases the time we get to know you and connects us to the earth and nature more effectively in the moment. Organic methods: We are a woodland garden with totally organic produce. This is as closed a loop as we can make it, with everything being used on site or from very close by where possible. Certifications: none Current projects: finishing a cabin build, harvesting fruit and vegetables, tree care, garden maintenance, random activities and weeding (always!). Slow wi-fi is available in the house.

Learning opportunities

Vegetable farming

Fruit or nut farming

Poultry farming

Forestry

Flower farming

Seed saving or production

Vegetable or fruit preservation

Beer, cider, wine, or juice making

Bakery

Traditional crafts

Methods or systems

No-till farming

Permaculture

Host type

Self-sufficiency property

0.8 Hectares | 2 Acres

Accommodation

2 WWOOFers

Camper / RV

Children not accepted

Pets not accepted

Meals

Omnivore

Vegetarian

Vegan

Length of stay

1-2 weeks

Fuggo Or Geoff

Member since 2009

Languages spoken: English Response rate: 100% Response time: typically within 2 days

November 2025

Open

Planned visit

Closed

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Highland

TRAIN/BUS: Tain Can collect from station.

Reviews

Sarah

New Zealand • October 2025

Had a lovely couple of weeks at Fuggo and Geoff's beautiful place. I learned so much from these folk, it was a privilege to have spent time working in their garden with them. Cannot recommend them enough!

Arianna

Canada • June 2025

My friend and I stayed at Geoff and Fuggos beautiful home and garden for 2 weeks and it was truly life changing!! They are such welcoming, accommodating and loving individuals, we felt like family from the first night. The work we did varied from day to day, from weeding to sawing wood to assisting them in making homemade wine and sauerkraut it was never a dull moment!! We learned so much and had fun doing it. The property and surrounding areas are just breathtaking, highly suggest going to portmahomack and the beach on weekends or after work :) this was my first experience wwoofing and I’m sure it will be hard to top it!! Thank you Geoff and Fuggo ❤️

Felicia

Austria • May 2025

I had a wonderful and heart warming time with Fuggo and Geoff in their beautiful garden. They created a wonderful oasis full of trees and plants and live harmony with nature. I really enjoyed to learn more about compost methods and gardening techniques. I also enjoyed having dinner together, talking, reading, playing games and watching films. Thanks for this wonderful experience :)

Sarah

France • October 2024

Heartwarming people ! We were welcomed into their home and felt at ease from the moment we arrived. We had conversations of all kinds and lots of laughter, enjoyable work and quality time with Fuggo and Geoff. The working hours were very convenient (9 to 4), and the caravan was very comfy with lots of books and blankets. We spent most of our free time going on walks by the beach and reading, crocheting and making music. We thank our hosts for their hospitality and warmth towards us, and we strongly advise anyone in need of nature, quiet and wonderfull people to go for it ! Thank you again for the lovely time we had. Sarah and Kira <3

Catriona

United Kingdom • June 2024

Fuggo and Geoff are kind, thoughtful and generous. They welcome you into their woodland home with open arms, cosy fires and lots of chats, conversations and laughter. We loved staying in the caravan surrounded by the trees Fuggo and Geoff have planted over the past 30 years and getting to know the many hidden spots of the land they have so lovingly regenerated. We were really grateful to learn more about organic composting including smelly compost teas, sheep manure and food waste, as well as plant, tree, egg, insect & bird identification. They have a book for everything, so there's endless learning and ideas exchanges to be had. Also lots of music of many different genres, including their own lovely musical family performances, and films and card games galore. They were very open and flexible to letting us use our imagination and take the initiative building stiles and gates out of the various wood cut-offs around the garden. We were glad to have a combination of creative and physical activities, with plenty of weeding of nettles, cow parsley and ground elder. We look forward to coming back during harvest time in the future - the garden is a food forest oasis of plums, cherries, apples, brassicas, beans, peas, rhubarb, lettuce and more. Thank you Fuggo and Geoff for your patience with English > Spanish translation and for being so open to multilingual living! Hasta pronto y muchas gracias :)

Selina

Germany • May 2024

I spent two amazing weeks with fuggo and geoff. They built a magical place and I felt welcomed from the first minute on. I really enjoyed the work in the garden and being able to learn from their amazing knowledge about all of knowledge trees and plants are amazing. Thank you for all the delicious meals and the homemade wine, I loved it so much. I loved to play cards, watch movies and just have talks in the evenings. It was magical to just walk around the trees and to the beach. I really enjoyed every second and hope to come back in the future :)