The truffle share scheme gives you the opportunity to have your own truffle trees in the delightful Provence region of France . You will also be able to visit the truffière, owned by Mathilde & Bernard Roussel, and in due course join an actual 'truffle hunt'. Whilst traditionally pigs may have been used, dogs are the norm nowadays.

How Truffle Tree Share Works

To become a member of Truffle Tree Share you make an initial payment of £40.00 on signing the Agreement and thereafter an annual maintenance fee of £15.00 per tree (this is an annual subscription which will not increase during your 10 years' membership of Truffle Tree Share.) You may on the other hand choose to pay all of this at the time of registering. To reserve your tree(s), go to our On-Line Shop ( Truffle Online Shop), complete the Reservation Form, together with your credit card details and on receipt, we will send you your completed Truffle Tree Share Agreement.

You can transfer your investment to a third party who must then register with us. Full details are in the Agreement we will send you when you join.

New Truffière at Domaine de Marennon, Buoux , Provence

The village of Buoux lies south of Apt in the Luberon mountains of Provence . The nearest airports are Marseilles (Marignac airport), Avignon Nimes.

The trees will be planted as 12-15 month old whips (18-24” tall). Those interested in leasing a tree should be aware that from planting to the first possible production of truffles is four to five seasons. It is an opportunity to invest at the very beginning of the cycle and the rental rates quoted reflect the fact that there will be no return during the initial growth period. We have discovered that the truffle growing industry in France and Italy is particularly secretive and reliable evidence on yields and annual tonnage grown is elusive. However, indications are that a good proportion of truffle available in the French markets are from specially planted truffières. Returns vary, as with any horticultural enterprise, according to the quality of the soil, weather conditions, etc. Evidence, where it is available, suggests that one acre should produce between 20-40 kgs of truffle once producing at a commercial level. Market prices last season (December – February) rose as high as £1100 per kilo!

Truffle Tree Share will work out the return for each individual tree by reference to the area of the truffière in which it is planted. The value of the truffle consigned to market, less the cost of harvesting and transportation costs (not to say an armed guard!) will be divided by the number of trees in that truffière. The net total sum will then be divided 50% to you as the subscriber and 50% retained by Truffle UK Ltd.