Mushroom Growing has long been a somewhat mysterious process, with a notorious amount of gatekeeping in the mycology community by way of overcomplicating the steps involved in a way that often causes people to give up before they start, and my mission is to make it accessible, exciting and quite literally, down to earth. I want to empower people with clear, attainable steps to growing their own mushrooms at home.

Growing mushrooms requires a series of small steps, but they are scattered over time, so an in-person class experience is not the best option, as you can’t ask a person to come over several times over the course of two months to do steps that take five to ten minutes each.

During our six-week workshop, we will meet biweekly on Zoom to work on growing oyster mushrooms together and discover the many possibilities hidden in mushrooms. Whether it’s health benefits, delicious food, or the potential to benefit our ecosystem, mushrooms have immense potential, and we are still at the beginning of discovering what mushrooms can do. My vision is to inspire a generation of people to carry the torch so that they can unlock their true potential by sharing the excitement and knowledge needed to dive into those mysteries.

To help those who are truly interested in growing their own mushrooms, we’ve created a program that teaches how to grow mushrooms in your home, while also exploring the intriguing world of fungi, exploring the many possibilities that kingdom fungi holds for us.

The workshop ticket is $55 and includes an oyster mushroom growing kit that will be mailed to you one week before the first session. Kits include enough mushroom culture for several harvests of oyster mushrooms, and the workshop will show you how to grow them from a bag of rice and from a bucket (or laundry basket) of straw or newspaper. No special equipment is required, and all you need is a few basic household items like paper bandage tape, a spray bottle, and scissors.

There will be a moderated Q&A time at the end of each session to ensure that all participants have all of the information they need to be successful with mushroom growing, and a video of each session will be available for download afterward so that you can review the steps if necessary.

This is a biweekly workshop that is done in three sessions. It is a family-friendly project and you’re welcome to have as many people as you can fit in front of your computer participate. Additional growing kits are available for $25/each (the kit included with your workshop pass includes enough culture for two people to do both growing methods)

Dates and times are as follows:
June 11 @ 11am
June 25 @ 11am
July 9  @ 11am

Please register by May 5th to ensure that your kit arrives in time for the first session! Later registration is fine too and kits will be shipped out right away, but please be aware that if you register after the 5th, there is a slight chance you’ll not get your kit in time. In the event of a late registration where your kit doesn’t arrive until just after the first session, we will be taping each session you will be able to re-watch/re-view a video of each segment at your leisure so that you don’t miss a beat!

Perks
– You’ll receive your official Mushroom Conservatory growing kit with oyster mushroom cultures in the mail a few days before the first session!
– Access to VIP Telegram Channel
– Participate in a live moderated Q&A format at the end of each session