Workshops, courses and gatherings across sustainable Portugal. Found something we're missing?
A two-week certified permaculture design programme at Quinta Vale da Lama in Lagos, combining design, hands-on practice and community learning alongside parallel art and volunteering programmes. Limited subsidised places are available for those with financial constraints.
A 12-day hands-on programme at Tamera combining garden and solar test field work with community-building activities like Forum, focused on regenerative living and energy autonomy.
GROW Learn: Autumn School 2026, coordinated by Food4Sustainability as part of the European GROW programme, takes place online from 13 to 28 October with six sessions on risks and resilience in agricultural production. Registration is open until 30 September.
A 10-day Permaculture Design Course (PDC) is being offered at Terra Alta in Sintra, with courses running through October; booking details are provided via a link in the poster's bio.
Every Tuesday, between 5pm and 7pm, you can find a range of activities at the Horta Cultural. The Horta Cultural is a space for sharing knowledge following the principles of sustainable agriculture and the circular economy. In October, the theme will be Composting and Living Systems. In nature, nothing is lost: what seems to come to an end transforms itself, feeds other cycles and gives rise to new life. Composting is one of the simplest and most powerful examples of this intelligence…
AJAP is running the certified course "Integrated Production Method in Vineyards", with 106 hours combining online and in-person training, aimed at technicians in the agricultural sector. The synchronous sessions take place between 29 September and 3 November, with in-person components in North/Centre and South groups until December.
A free 250-hour training program for young people aged 18 to 35, with specializations in native forest, nature tourism, and food processing, running from October 2026 to April 2027. Pre-applications are already open via email.
AJAP is organising a 50-hour online course on organic farming, with eight synchronous sessions between 15 October and 10 November 2026. The training meets the requirement for support under the Organic Farming Maintenance scheme.
Open day of the Re.encontro Re.Rural 2026 in São Luís, bringing together over 40 Iberian eco-social transformation organisations to celebrate and network. Free entry, with soup shared on site.
The Jardins Abertos festival arrives for the first time in Caldas da Rainha on 17 and 18 October, with guided tours, workshops and collective gardening activities across the town's park, woodland and urban vegetable gardens. The event is free and co-organised with the Câmara Municipal.
Agroparque welcomes the community to an event celebrating World Food Day. Workshops, a gastronomy workshop, a community lunch, a bike ride, a walk along the Pequena Rota and direct contact with farmers and fishers are the highlights of a visit to the first Agri-Food Park in the AML. SATURDAY 17: FROM LAND TO SEA – DISCOVER, TRY AND SHARE. 09:30 to 11:00 – Bike ride: Discovering the Terras da Costa da Caparica. Meeting point: next to the…
MGAP's annual Autumn Mediterranean Garden Fair returns to Lagoa's FATACIL Showground with over 70 exhibitors, plant sales, talks and demonstrations on sustainable Mediterranean gardening.
Free, hands-on sessions on home composting, teaching you how to turn organic waste into compost. They take place in various parts of the municipality of Valença, with advance registration required and a free composter for every participant.
A week-long residency for technologists and community builders at Traditional Dream Factory, an Alentejo regenerative village and farm, combining farm work, workshops, skill-shares, and a wilderness immersion day.
The Trilho dos Pastores invites you to walk the ancestral paths of São Jorge, in Arcos de Valdevez, which are now gaining new life through an innovative goat-herding project. This initiative revives an age-old traditional practice, bringing the animals back to the mountain to help manage and enhance the territory. Walking this route in the southeast of the municipality, you will see how the landscape shaped by man tells the story of the deep connection between local communities, the land and the…
💚 A Farmácia da Horta - Theoretical and practical workshop 💚 💚 Bring a few jars, as we'll be making some home remedies with medicinal plants, with a focus on the autumn/winter season 💚 We'll also be tasting some herbal infusions 💚 With: Filomena Aivado (Hortas Ecológicas) 💚 Sign up here https://forms.gle/NtGXSrDGpdwd6NYU9 💚 You can also contact us at: insc.hortaseco@gmail.com 968165997 (Filomena) 💚 We invite you to look at the vegetable garden with fresh eyes 💚 For us, more than a place of production of…
An exhibition of drawings, testimonies and photographs produced in annual workshops at Quinta da Fidalga since 2020, led by Manuela Rosa. The show runs from October 2026 to June 2027, Tuesday to Saturday, and presents work by participants of various professions and ages who explore the site's heritage through drawing.
Terra Sintrópica is organising a practical learning camp in Mértola on semi-arid landscape regeneration, from 19 to 24 and 26 to 31 October 2026, with accommodation and meals included.
Trybio is organising an introductory course in organic farming on the island of Faial, from 19 to 24 October, with trainers from organic farms in the Azores. Places are limited and registration is by email.
Themed Halloween dinner at Quinta Ecológica da Moita with an outdoor night-time environmental education session on nocturnal wildlife. Includes dinner, dessert and a drink; costume prizes; proceeds fund nature conservation. Registration is required.
CCDR Alentejo is organising a meeting in Évora on food and nutrition security, featuring a presentation of the National Strategy, round tables and participatory workshops. It is open to professionals in the sector, interested organisations and members of the public.
The "Valença Composta" home composting training offers a series of practical, informative sessions on how to turn organic waste into compost. This event is an excellent opportunity to learn composting techniques and receive a free composter. The sessions take place in several parts of Valença, including Ganfei, Arão, Cristelo do Covo, Verdoejo, Friestas, São Pedro da Torre, São Julião e Silva, Fontoura, Gandra e Taião, Cerdal, Gondomil e Sanfins, and Boivão. As…
Free, hands-on home composting sessions in several parishes of the municipality of Valença, from October to November 2026. Participants can receive a free composter.
A seminar dedicated to promoting the almond tree as agricultural heritage of the Alvito region, bringing together a debate on the crop and its economic potential.
A non-residential training programme on agroforestry and ecosystem regeneration, held on Mondays in November 2026 at Quinta Vale da Lama, near Lagos, with registration open until 19 October.
A 7-day residential camp near Lagos teaching agroforestry and ecosystem regeneration skills through hands-on fieldwork, taught in English, running 2-8 November 2026 with arrival on 1 November.
Spend two weeks on a working regenerative farm in southern Portugal. Learn how to read a landscape, build healthy soil, manage water, propagate plants, and design systems that produce food and support life. This course gives you the Permaculture Design Certificate and a practical foundation for using it. Whether you are starting from scratch or looking to deepen what you already know, you will leave with skills, a completed design, and a way of thinking about land that is genuinely useful. No pr…
A guided walk to discover that a dry-farmed orchard is much more than a collection of trees. Along the route, the group observes the relationship between old trees, cavities, vegetation, pollinating insects and other small inhabitants of this rural landscape. With accessible explanations and guidance on the ground, participants learn where to look, which signs to watch for and why different elements of the orchard can provide food and shelter. A way of starting to look at the…
The Associação In Loco, in partnership with Madre Fruta, is offering a free 25-hour training course on good agricultural practices, environmental protection and workplace safety, at the Antiga Escola Primária de Salir, between 10 and 21 November 2026.
The Environment Department is holding a Sustainable Cooking Workshop on 10 November. The event will take place at Casa da Azenha, from 10:00 to 13:00, and will be led by Marta Cortez. Open to the general public, it aims to encourage healthy, eco-friendly lifestyles. During the session, participants will learn how to make the most of seasonal and local produce, preserve food and apply zero-waste techniques. Practical recipes will also be shared for…
