Si Ya Farm

Si Ya Farm — also known as Suan Lung Sawai — is a small, owner-run plot in Hin Tang subdistrict, on the edge of Nakhon Nayok town, built around one farmer’s decades of experimenting with tree shapes and fruit grafting. Owner Sawai Sriya trained ordinary trees into unusual forms — what locals call “fancy trees” and “dancing trees” — alongside grafted fruit varieties and other horticultural curiosities, work that’s earned him recognition in Thai agricultural media and a “hometown-proud farmer” award in 2008.

The site functions more as an open learning garden than a packaged tourist farm. There’s no ticket booth, cafe, or produce shop set up for tour groups — you’re visiting a working smallholding where the owner or family may walk you through the trees and explain the grafting and shaping techniques if you call ahead. It’s listed as a community-based tourism site by Thailand’s sustainable-tourism administration (DASTA) and by the Tourism Authority of Thailand, which reflects genuine local recognition rather than a purely commercial listing.

Insider Tip: Call before you go (0 3738 4093). There are no published opening hours or fixed fee, and a farm this size runs on the owner’s schedule rather than a set roster — a heads-up call is the difference between a guided walk-through and an awkward drop-in.

Set expectations accordingly: this isn’t a large-scale agritourism park with rice-paddy photo ops and a restaurant. It’s a genuine small farm where an enthusiast has spent years turning ordinary trees into unusual shapes, of real interest if you like horticulture or want a low-key countryside stop, less so if you’re after a polished “farm experience” with amenities built in.

Combine it with La-ong Fa Farm nearby for a second small-scale agritourism stop, or Wang Takhrai if you want a proper park-and-waterfall break on the same countryside loop toward Khao Yai.