Permaculture & Wellbeing farm developing regenerative activities for the Earth and people.
Évora
Hello WWOOFers, we are Anni & Miguel. We're a Finnish-Portuguese family living in out beautiful homestead in Évora, Portugal. Our Quinta Shiva project, that fully started about two years ago, focuses on permaculture and wellbeing. We develop our farm by permaculture principles, organize events and workshop, and during the summer weekly yoga classes. Currently, we have only a few farm animals; cameroon sheep and kunekune pigs as well as our friendly farm dog.
Our current volunteering needs are focused on construction on wood. We are hoping to hear from applicants with some experience in building/using tools and a physical strength to work on such tasks. In addition to building, the daily tasks may include:
- animal care
- gardening/garden care
- building (wood structures)
- composting and mulching
- cooking
- maintaining the common areas neat & clean (shared responsibility)
We will offer breakfast (sefl serve), lunch (together) and dinner (self serve). Anni, your host, is the main responsible for cooking the lunch. She has had great reviews from our previous volunteers thanking for the nourishing and delicious meals she serves. Occasionally, we can also agree that one of the volunteers cooks the lunch.
The housing is in a caravan (suitable also for couples), and shared (max 4 pp/tent) glamping tents during the summer season. In the common areas we have a fully equipped kitchen, bathrooms with hot shower and dry toilets, hot outdoor shower, little pool, sauna, and a hangout area.
You can swim in our pond, go out for a walk in the native forest path, cycle to Évora through a car-free route (6-7km), swim in the pool and enjoy the nature. Évora is a vibrant city (UNESCO heritage site and European Capital of Culture 2027) with lots to offer. You can reach the town by a local bus, cycling or uber taxi.
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas
Seed saving or production
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Green Building
Methods or systems
Biological pest control
Holistic management
No-till farming
Permaculture
Regenerative agriculture
Rotational grazing
Host type
Nonprofit / Community
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Hectares
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4.9
Acres
Anni
Member since 2025
Languages spoken:
English, Finnish, Portuguese
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Response rate: 92%
Response time: typically within 4 days
Évora
Évora
Reviews
MAURO
United Kingdom
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November 2025
Working with Anni and Miguel at Quinta Shiva was a truly remarkable experience. Guidance, support and level or organization were excellent.
It was also a great opportunity to learn, practice, and ask questions about permaculture and rural life.
Overall it was an exciting, enjoyable, and enriching experience. I definitely endorse their project with the highest possible degree of recommendation.
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Saskia
Germany
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November 2025
The time I spent at Quinta Shiva was profound and more than just a volunteer experience.
It was two weeks of luminous intensity that allowed me to grow inwardly. Anni and Miguel are two wonderful people filled with love and care, not only for themselves and their family, but also for animals, nature and their fellow human beings. From the very first moment, they made me feel welcome and at home.
The start of the day was something very special. We started together with some exercise, recharged our batteries with fresh energy and shared with each other. This has changed something wonderful in me that will last🙏.
After that, our day was filled with various tasks. We cut back trees, sifted bark, planted palm trees and I was introduced to the world of Composting inaugurated (🤪👍) and much more.
The tasks varied, and if I felt like a change from one activity, I was free to move on to something else. The great thing was that everyone looked out for each other. If something was too difficult or you didn't feel confident about something, it was no problem at all to skip it and do something else.
Miguel has an incredible amount of knowledge, which he passed on to me with ease, and taught me about permaculture and its philosophy.
I really enjoyed looking after the pigs and goats at lunchtime and then eating Anni's magical lunch!
Yes, she is a really good cook and a wonderful yoga teacher.It's a shame she doesn't teach around the corner from me! My journey was full of growth, depth...
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Hugo
Germany
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October 2025
Our stay at Quinta Shiva was, without exaggeration, an incredible experience.
My partner and I learned a lot about a fascinating project involving permaculture. We received a very warm welcome from Anni and Miguel, who welcomed us with open arms and did their best to make us feel at home. Surrounded by animals and lush nature, we felt useful, and it also gave us lots of ideas for future projects. We came with the idea of taking a break from our daily lives and helping out, but we left with so much more after this experience. Thank you to them!
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Joséphine
France
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August 2025
This WOOFing was the last of four and by far the most enriching. Quinta Shiva promises an enchanting setting: Anni and Miguel's project focuses on the regeneration of the land and offers you the opportunity to regenerate with it. In a calm and reflective setting, caring for the animals and the land will be the main tasks you will undertake. I found in Miguel the perfect instructor for me: patient and pedagogical, he is generous and clear in the transmission of his knowledge. Anni delighted us with her cooking skills and her unfailing gentleness: thank you again for the opportunity, the knowledge and yoga lessons.
Sharing these moments with you, in the sweat or over a glass of wine at nightfall, has given me much more than you can ever measure. Thank you a thousand times, and I hope to see you soon.
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Claudia
Spain
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August 2025
I've been at Quinta Shiva for 11 days, sharing accommodation and tasks with another volunteer, and it's been a very rewarding experience. I'm very grateful to have found this farm and to have been able to contribute to Anni and Miguel's project, so I would highly recommend going there to experience it.
The tasks I've had to take on during this period have been simple, some requiring more effort than others, but all of them were gratifying at the end of the day. Miguel has a very good way of communicating and teaching all kinds of tasks, their execution and their function, and Anni is super attentive and kind with a lot of knowledge to share as well, they are both very communicative people. The work is perfectly balanced, and they always made sure it was varied, pleasant and meaningful. Also, the tent accommodation is very comfortable, the lunches were delicious and the surroundings so calm and beautiful.
I've really enjoyed my time there, both in terms of work and learning, and on a personal level. I'm very happy to have met them all and to have been able to share moments of conversation, joy, music, yoga and creativity. I hope to cross paths with them again and, in the meantime, I hope everything continues as well as it is.
Thanks for everything (:
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