Farms Profile 2025
Berlin, Germany
Wilmars Gärten is a 360-hectare regenerative organic farm located south of Berlin. The farm serves as a living example of how agriculture can actively restore ecosystems, produce nutrient-rich food, and cultivate resilient, biodiverse landscapes that support all living beings. Through its practices and long-term vision, Wilmars Gärten illustrates the potential of regenerative organic farming to benefit both people and the environment.
Farm Budget
Overview
Total Revenue:
€273 000
Total Expenses:
€235 468
Net Profit:
€37 532
Profit Margin:
~13.8%
Income
Production:
€284 340 (100%)
Value Add:
€500 (0%)
Expenses
General Overhead:
€48 692 (18% of revenue)
Production:
€4 131 (2% of revenue)
Payroll Labor:
€3 000 (1% of revenue)
Operations
Total Beds
240 beds
Greenhouse Area
1400 m2
Employees
4
Selling Months
9 months
Year of First Season
2020
Farm & Environment
Topography
Flat farmland
Soil Type
Sandy
Hardiness Zone
USDA Hardiness Zone ~7a/7b (approx. –18 °C to –12 °C minimum)
Temperature Range
Average annual ~10 °C; typical summer highs ~25–30 °C; winter lows frequently down to about –5 °C and occasionally down to –15 °C
Frosts
Frost typically occurs from late October through early spring, with the last average frost dates around late April.
A bore was drilled during the initial establishment of the garden and supplies both drip and sprinkler irrigation systems. In addition, a retention pond collects rainwater and wash water. The garden is primarily irrigated from this pond using a pump and an automatically controlled Hydrawise irrigation system, which supplies all four plots.
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Owner Profile
Mostly low experienced but hugely motivated people.
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Prove that small-scale organic farming is the key to a livable future.
Detailed Financials
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Farmer's market | €220 363 | |
| Restaurants sales | €63 977 |
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Seedling sales | €500 |
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| General/Overhead | €48 692 | Lump sum |
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Volunteer expenses | €3 000 | if you have volunteers on the farm, the expenses associated with them including recruitment and benefits |
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fertilizers & amendments | €697 | including cover crop seeds |
| Phytosanitary products and predatory insects | €1 434 | |
| Seeds, Seedlings (Vegetables) | €2 000 |
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Agryl P-19 Row covers | €500 | |
| Broadfork | €325 | |
| Display: Market display, farm display | €0 | |
| Electric 15 liter backpack sprayer | €0 | |
| Flame Weeder | €345 | |
| Hammer, pruning shears, grinding wheel, knives | €250 | |
| Harvest cart | €500 | |
| Hoes and other weeding tools | €1 200 | |
| Insect netting | €1 500 | |
| Irrigation systems | €12 000 | |
| Jang seeder and rollers | €925 | |
| Kilotech KRS 1000 electronic scale, from Tzanet | €320 | |
| Landscape fabric, blowtorch and ground pins | €1 350 | |
| Market equipment (folding tables, wooden boxes, etc.) | €150 | |
| Market tent | €0 | |
| Mesclun spinner + 2 baskets | €1 000 | |
| Metal rods | €750 | |
| Other | €0 | |
| Rakes, shovels, forks, wheelbarrows | €400 | |
| Rubbermaid bins (37.9 liters): 50*14 | €700 | |
| Rubbermaid tubs (68.1 liters) :30*12 | €360 | |
| Sandbags | €200 | |
| Silage tarps | €3 500 | |
| Sowing and sprouting equipment | €750 | |
| Tomato harvest crate | €250 | |
| Trellising equipment | €500 | |
| Unforeseen | €0 | |
| Various Tools (2 Drills and spare batteries, Round saw, Ratchet kit, Screwdriver kit, measuring tapes, Jigsaw, Level and chalkline, Plumbing kit, Grinder, Torch, Many types of tape) | €3 000 | |
| Website (design) | €12 000 | |
| Wire hoops | €350 |
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cold room | €0 | |
| Excavator work (Drainage & pond) | €1 000 | |
| Nursery Layout (work furniture, potting soil basin, seedling tables, water heater if required, seedling lamps if seedling room) | €20 000 | |
| Ploughing - tillage | €0 | |
| Rehabilitation of well and connection to buildings | €0 | |
| Tool shed / garage layout | €0 | |
| Tunnels 1400m2 | €70 000 | |
| Washing station layout | €22 700 |
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| BCS 2-wheel tractor | €0 | |
| Delivery truck (You can rent it the first years 5k/6 months) | €6 000 | |
| Equipment | €43 125 | |
| Flail mower (BCS attachment) | €0 | |
| Power harrow (BCS attachment) | €0 | |
| Rotary plough (BCS attachment) | €0 | |
| Rototiller (BCS attachment) | €0 |
| Product | Wholesale | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Arugula | — | $15,00/pound |
| Asian Greens | — | $15,00 |
| Baby Mustard Mix | — | $15,00/pound |
| Basil | — | $2,50/bunch |
| Beans | — | $4,50 |
| Beets | — | $4,50/bunch |
| Bok Choy, baby | — | $3,00/pound |
| Broccolini | — | $3,50 |
| Cabbage | — | $3,00/pound |
| Carrots | — | $3,50/bunch |
| Celeriac | — | $2,50/pound |
| Celery | — | $3,50 |
| Cherry Tomatoes | — | $7,00/pint |
| Cilantro | — | $2,50/bunch |
| Cucumbers, greenhouse | — | $3,00/pound |
| Eggplant | — | $7,50 |
| Fennel, baby | — | $4,00/each |
| Garlic | — | $12,50/pound |
| Ginger | — | $15,00/pound |
| Kale | — | $3,50/bunch |
| Lettuce Heads | — | $2,50/head |
| Lettuce Mix | — | $15,00/pound |
| Onions, fresh | — | $4,00 |
| Parsley | — | $2,50/bunch |
| Peas | — | $4,50 |
| Peppers | — | $6,00 |
| Radicchio | — | $5,00/pound |
| Radishes | — | $2,50/bunch |
| Radishes, Winter | — | $2,50/pound |
| Scallions | — | $1,50/bunch |
| Spinach | — | $4,00/pound |
| Swiss Chard | — | $3,50/bunch |
| Tomatoes | — | $6,00/pound |
| Turnips, Salad | — | $3,50/bunch |