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
Level 2, 31st May- 1st June
Level 3, 21st-22nd June
GROUP 2
(Saturday & Sunday, time: 12 noon- 6pm)
Level 1, 16th-17th July
Level 2, 23rd-24th July
Level 3, 13th-14th August
GROUP 3
(Saturday & Sunday, time: 12 noon- 6pm)
Level 1, 1st-2nd October
Level 2, 8th-9th October
Level 3, 12th-13th November
BOOKINGS ON PLANETARY HEALING WEBSITE
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