Mushroom Cultivation for Beginners
Sat 1 Mar 2025 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Hawkwood Nursery, 115 Hawkwood Crescent, London, E4 7UH
Description
This one day workshop will deliver the foundational principles for cultivating many of the mushrooms considered edible and medicinal. Combining a mixture of theoretical and practical, the workshop will cover the following topics:
- fungi and ecosystems
- the mushroom lifecycle
- selecting a cultivation pathway
- tools of cultivation with health and safety considerations
- working with spores and mycelium – prints, stem butts, and liquid culture
- generating spawn – from low tech to simple advanced methods
- selecting a substrate and containers for fruiting
- incubation and fruiting environmental parameters
- creating an outdoor bed
At the end of this workshop you will have the basic knowledge you need to take your first steps in the home cultivation of both edible and medicinal mushrooms. This workshop will also generate material which you can take home to start your growing straight away!
There will be an hour break for lunch, between 1pm - 2pm. Please bring your own lunch.
This workshop is being run by Rod Sazio, OrganicLea’s Mushroom Grower who has several years of experience in culturing and growing mushrooms, from home cultivation to the current small-scale set-up at Hawkwood.
COURSE FEES
There is a standard fee for each of our courses.
To support our vision to inspire everyone to grow, and learn we have developed an easy way to be able to offer discounted spaces to those who need them. Please take time to read the guidelines and consider whether you can pay a solidarity rate (standard fee plus 50%).
You may also feel that once you have read these guidelines that you could be eligible to pay a discounted rate (standard fee minus 50%). Please note there are limited spaces available at this rate.
Below is a short list of guidelines to help you make this decision of how much you can afford to pay:
Consider paying the solidarity rate (+50%) if you can tick at least one or more of these boxes:
□ You own the home you live in
□ Have access to savings and/or inherited money
□ Working part-time/not working is a choice (for example, have negotiated reducing hours to take this course or taking time out to consider a career change)
□ Have a relatively high degree of earning power due to level of education i.e. educated to degree level
Solidarity rates will offer someone support to take a course they may not otherwise be able to pay for.
Consider choosing for a discounted rate (-50%) if you:
□ Support children or other dependents on one income
□ Work part time/are on low income i.e. working less than 16 hours a week
□ You do unpaid care work
□ You do not qualify for state funds solely due to your immigration status
Please note this is a course designed for adults, so it is not possible to book places for under 18's.
Location
Hawkwood Nursery, 115 Hawkwood Crescent, London, E4 7UH