Courses

This workshop is now fully booked, but fear not! You can join the waiting list by contacting Adam Kennedy here, or browse our other fabulous seasonal workshops.

Learn how to grow delicious oyster and shiitake mushrooms at home, organically! This hands-on workshop will take you through the basics of home mushroom propagation using recycled materials, and introduce you to the fascinating world of fungi. Growing your own mushrooms is a fabulous way to broaden your family's home-grown nutrition, and has many benefits for your nearby garden as well.

In this workshop Will Borowski will cover the basics of home mushroom propagation as well as two specific techniques for growing two different types of mushrooms that you can do in your own home with minimal equipment, and using recycled materials.

Will Borowski's approach is perfect for permaculture-minded gardeners. Will uses minimal intervention with his mushroom propagation and focuses on creating resilient strains of mycelium which can better handle natural environments, rather than the climate-controlled approach of conventional mushroom propagation.

This workshop includes a host of take-home mushroom resources to get you growing.

This workshop covers:

• The basics of how mycelium works in nature, and how it produces fruiting bodies (mushrooms)
• An overview of the fungi of Australia
  
• How to make grain spawn for oyster mushrooms (which you can then use to grow oyster mushrooms on a variety of mediums - even coffee grounds!)
• How to innoculate a log with spawn in order to grow shiitake mushrooms

About your teacher:

Will Borowski's family name means 'forest mushroom gatherer' in Polish. Need we say more. Will has been working with fungi and mushrooms for over 10 years throughout Australia and is committed to raising awareness about how home mushroom propagation can benefit a family's nutrition and help create healthier meals. Will also sees mushroom awareness as an important educational tool for teaching kids and adults alike about the crucial role that fungi plays in our soils and ecosystems, helping to cycle important nutrients and playing a myriad of other important roles. Will runs the Forest Fungi website.

About this workshop:

This workshop runs from 9am - 1pm on Sunday 26th June. Complimentary tea, coffee and organic fruit included in your workshop fee. We also provide some useful take-home resources for students and all workshop materials.

This workshop is now fully booked, but fear not! You can join the waiting list by contacting Adam Kennedy here, or browse our other fabulous seasonal workshops.

Once you've booked in, we'll be in touch via email to confirm your booking and what to bring along with you. If you have any questions about this workshop, feel free to contact Adam Kennedy on 0410 092 860 or via our contact page. See you there!