Farol do Colibri
Farol do Colibri is a cooperative farm (CRL) near Viseu, in conversion to organic farming and run along permaculture lines. It also hosts oc…
Permaculture
Permaculture found fertile ground in Portugal, from Várzea da Gonçala's smallholding in the western Algarve to Terra Alta's courses near Sintra. Design with nature, learn by doing, and visit the places where it works.
Projects in this focus
Quinta Regadinha
A natural, family-run farm near Gouveia, in the Serra da Estrela, bringing life back to a hidden valley and producing organic products.
Vale do Rodrigo
A small permaculture farm in Ferreira do Zêzere. It uses no-dig, pesticide-free methods to produce weekly vegetable boxes, potted medicinal …
Associação Nascentes de Luz
A non-profit family support association in Maceira, Leiria, that combines social care with a large-scale permaculture and regenerative agric…
Keela Permaculture Farm
Keela Permaculture Farm is an off-grid, certified organic homestead of 18 hectares in Fundão, central Portugal, offering hands-on courses in…
Quinta Kania
Quinta Kania is an ecological permaculture homestead in Tábua, central Portugal, with courses, workshops, farm tours and hands-on natural bu…
Ekogaio
Ekogaio is a Portuguese agro-regenerative collective based in Tomar that designs and implements permaculture, agroforestry, and regenerative…
Permaculture in Portugal
Permaculture arrived in Portugal with the people who came looking for cheap land and long growing seasons, and it stayed because the design problems here are real ones: thin soil, hard summer rain that runs off instead of soaking in, and five dry months to plan around. Swales, keyline design and water retention landscapes get used here because they have to be.
Várzea da Gonçala works a smallholding in the western Algarve. Terra Alta teaches courses near Sintra. Between them sit farms, land projects and design practices at every scale, several of which run the full Permaculture Design Certificate.
If you want to learn rather than read, the project pages list who teaches and who takes volunteers, and our events calendar carries the courses with dates attached. Related focuses: regenerative agriculture, syntropic farming and agroforestry.