Planetary Healing Mushroom Project

Planetary Healing Mushroom project

'and into the forest I go, to find my mind and lose my soul'

-John Muir

MycoBee Mushrooms is collaborating with Planetary Healing Center to bring community foraging and mushroom growing courses to Planetary Healing Woodland in Balerno.

COMING THIS MAY 2022!

upcoming courses

In 2022 we will be running 6 days mushroom growing courses in Planetary Healing Woodland in Balerno. We are going to have a 3 groups, first group during the week days, Tuesday and Wednesday and 2 groups during the weekend, Saturday & Sunday.

Level 1, 2 days

Day 1: Introduction to mushrooms, their importance for Nature and humans. Foraging walk, edible and poisonous fungi ID. Introduction to mushroom growing. Mushroom life cycle. Taking spore prints and cloning mushrooms. Preparing and soaking straw as mushroom substrate using cold pasteurization method.

Day 2: Types of cultivated mushrooms. Mushroom spawn inoculation, making oyster mushroom grow bags.

Level 2, 2 days

Day 3: Knowing your trees. Inoculating Mushrooms on logs. Types of cultivated mushrooms on logs.

Day 4: Outdoor mushroom beds on organic substrates

Level 3, 2 days

Day 5: Mycoworms & mushroom compost from spent mushroom substrates. Community Forest Gardens

Day 6: Fungi Fun Day for wellbeing, Family Fun day. Mushroom Art. Mushroom food, tea, coffee. Mushroom stories and legends by the fire.

COST: DONATE WHAT YOU CAN

DATES FOR 2022:

GROUP 1

(Tuesday & Wednesday, time: 09.30am- 2.30pm)

Level 1, 3rd- 4th May