Family farm, Olive grove

Peloponnese

6 reviews • Updated 7 months ago

Our ‘farm` is a family one. We, my wife and myself, live in Saidona with our 2 children who go both at school . We begun in 2012 our ''adventure''.. Our house is at 600m elevation, with sea view and about 12 km by car reachable from sea coast towns, called Stoupa and Kardamyli. We export organic unfiltrated extra virgin olive oil to France, Germany, Belgium and UK. Work is to do with olive trees during winter and spring for pruning grass cutting etc. and also for harvest in november, december most time. Also in the aromatic fields (since 2017), in autumn and spring, and for harvest in june-july. Saponification when needed. Picking wood from fields, when there is to do. Embottling when it is the period (Feb, March, June, Sept. ).building a wood oven would be nice. Making our own honey is one of our projects. And also planting vineyard in order to make homemade wine. All of our 500 trees and fields are organic.. We also buy, when necessary, organic oil from other local producers and we inbottle and export it. Months Needed: October to june Further information The help we need from WWOOFers is a rather physical-help one. But also volunteers will be granted with pedagogic learning and working in and with nature. We also are open to remarks, ideas, any other help or suggestion wwoofers want to provide here. We have a lovely dog 9years old and a cat 4years old. We do have 2 bicycles at disposal for the period if wwoofers wish to discover the beautiful landscape. Many Viros gorge, caves, towers, old monasteries, picturest villages and very nice beaches to visit. Organic methods: Organic fertilizers Certifications: TUV AUSTRIA Type of work: Current project: aromatic plants field. sage, thyme and oregano. Next year: bees to make honey again Internet access available

Learning opportunities

Fruit or nut farming

Forestry

Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas

Vegetable or fruit preservation

Natural cosmetics fabrication

Methods or systems

Biodynamic agriculture

Holistic management

Host type

Production farm

Certified organic

1.6 Hectares | 4 Acres

Accommodation

2 WWOOFers

Bedroom

Children accepted

Pets accepted

Meals

Vegetarian

Length of stay

1-2 weeks

3-4 weeks

Over a month

Jérome

Member since 2018

Languages spoken: English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Russian, Spanish

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Peloponnese

The farm is in the village of Saidona that has 40 inhabitants in winter and 300 during summertime. There are 1 traditional coffee bar and 1 ouzeri-meze bar that open in the afternoon and a restaurant open every day during the summer and only in the aftern

Reviews

Emma

France • November 2025

Ce séjour aux côtés de Tatiana et Jérôme, passé entre les oliviers et les petits villages du Magne a été fabuleux. Les matinées dans les champs avec la mer en contrebas étaient riches en explications et en discussions musicales. Les après-midi, elles, libres pour visiter les beaux paysages du Péloponnèse. Je ne pourrais qur recommander cette expérience pour la localisation exceptionnelle, la découverte des secrets de l'huile d'olive et surtout la gentillesse débordante des hôtes. :)) Merci à tous les deux et bonne fin de récolte 💚

Colin Ross

New Zealand • November 2025

Was a pleasure to be able to spend the time at AgroMani with Tatiana & Jerome, both with the Olive harvest and helping to prepare their Sage & Thyme during the rainy days. There was great teamwork out in the olive groves to get everything done as efficiently as possible and going to the olive mill itself to process the sacks full of olives was pretty special. We really appreciated the tips on what to see in the local area, and the use of those bikes made it easy to see the local monasteries and lookouts too. The good conversation in the morning, and evening, around the kitchen table made the experience all the more special for us too. PS The wifi is only available in the main family area and a little outside, it’s not currently available in the WOOFing accomodation itself. Also, we had a hire car with us that made seeing a wider variety of places in the area possible too, and we’d recommend that if possible.

Silke

Germany • November 2024

Wir waren zwei Wochen zur Olivenernte bei Jérome und Tatiana. Ihr Dorf Saïdóna ist ein wunderschöner, ruhiger und freundlicher kleiner Ort. Wir haben die herrliche Aussicht jeden Tag aufs Neue genossen. Jérôme hat uns im Vorfeld sehr geholfen und uns die Busverbindungen recherchiert und genau erklärt, wo wir umsteigen müssen. Tatiana war immer um unser leibliches Wohl bekümmert. Der tägliche Picknickkorb war immer gut gefüllt. Abends wurden wir von unseren Gastgebern wunderbar bekocht. Sie haben stets im Blick behalten, dass wir vegan, bzw. vegetarisch sind, wofür wir sehr dankbar sind! Die Olivenhaine auf der Mani sind besonders schön, die Natur rundherum abwechslungsreich und nach meinem Eindruck artenreich. Es ist aufgrund der unebenen Felder und des Gefälles viel Handarbeit und physischer Einsatz notwendig, aber die paradiesische Umgebung macht das wieder wett. Der Lohn ist ein hochwertiges Olivenöl! Wir haben sehr viel über Oliven und das Öl gelernt. Tatiana hat uns alles erklärt und unsere zahlreichen Fragen geduldig beantwortet. Spannend war insbesondere auch die Ölmühle, wo wir die einzelnen Schritte bei der Produktion super nachvollziehen konnten. Darüberhinaus haben uns unsere Gastgeber mit zahlreichen Tipps und Infos für Ausflüge und Wanderungen versorgt. Tatiana konnte jede unsere Fragen zur Region kenntnisreich beantworten. Wir sind so in sehr bereichert abgereist. Wir sind sehr dankbar, dass Tatiana und Jérome ihr Zuhause für uns geöffnet haben.

Reply from Jérome

Wouah ein Roman. Danke! Bis bald!

Alizée

France • April 2024

Mon séjour chez Jérôme et Tatiana a été très agréable. Tatiana est une hôte bienveillante et accueillante avec qui on apprend beaucoup de choses, que ce soit sur la production de l’huile d’olive ou l’histoire de la région! Je ne peux que recommander! 😊

Daniel

Germany • December 2019

Jerome and Family life in Saidona a lovely tiny town up in the moutains but still close to the coast, so you can see a lot of the beautiful region of Mani. We felt very welcome in their family and had a great experience there. We visited them during the olive harvesting time. So our daily work was beeing with them on the olive fields. It's a hard work but we got used to it and it was always fun. We would recommened this farm.

Mégane

France • November 2018

Cette semaine chez Jérome et Tatiana était géniale ! Nous avons fait beaucoup de choses différentes, ramassage du bois, éclaircir les oliviers, jardinage, rangement du bois etc, tous les matins pour la partie travail. Puis détente l'après-midi et soir, balade dans la montagne, jeux de société avec les enfants. Une super semaine passée avec vous ! (Ps: je conseille Jérome pour les blagues!) Mégane