Mushrooms to Mushrooms (afternoon edition)

Join us at The Joinery for a wonderful presentation and hands-on skill development in gourmet mushroom cultivation... Learn how to grow your own Oyster mushrooms as we take you through the steps of mushroom cultivation with a focus on using urbanly available waste products all in a fun and friendly environment! Our workshop covers the production of mushrooms using non sterile techniques. You will learn about all the steps involved in mushroom production from making cultures to creating spawn and fruiting substrates.You will learn how to create your own cultures using nothing but waste stem butts from fresh mushrooms and cardboard.You will also learn to make mushroom spawn from recycled paper pellets and fruiting blocks using three different urbanly available substrates: Paper Pellets, Hardwood Pellets and spent coffee grounds! *Now also covering straw pasteurisation techniques and log grows. GOODIES YOU GET TO TAKE HOME Aside from learning all the techniques to make mushrooms you will get to take home all the goodies you make. List of take homes: 1. Cardboard cultures 2. Mushroom Spawn 3. Fruiting Blocks Ticket Price: $75