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Low-Tech Mushroom Cultivation

Saturday, 10 October '26   10am – 3:30pm BST
Elemental Adventures CIC
18 to 100 years
Low-Tech Mushroom Cultivation

Details

Low Tech Mushroom Cultivation Course

Intro to Hyphae (basically what we do, who you are learning from)
Classroom session: life cycle of the mushrooms we'll be cultivating (oyster and shiitake)
Practical one: cardboard culture (basically make your own spawn)
Classroom session: indoor cultivation of oyster mushrooms
Practical two: oyster mushrooms in buckets
Classroom: aftercare of buckets.

LUNCH: (packed lunch, byo)

Classroom three: log cultivation
practical three: shiitake log inoculation.
classroom session: aftercare of logs.

Attendees go home with:

cardboard culture
inoculated oyster mushroom bucket
inoculated shiitake log
the knowledge to care for each of these and fruit prodigiously.

Attendees need to bring:

one 8 litre or less capacity bucket/container with lid (depending on cost, the shape of the retreat, we could provide this).
one glass jar, with lid.

The tickets are on a sliding scale so please pay what you can afford!

Instructions

Food, water and all weather clothes. And sunscreen, you never know ;)

Attendees need to bring:

one 8 litre or less capacity bucket/container with lid (depending on cost, the shape of the retreat, we could provide this).
one glass jar, with lid.
Lunch

Tickets

Cost

Ticket

£60.00

Ticket

£50.00

Ticket

£40.00

Ticket

£30.00

Location

Elemental Adventures CIC

Please see website for more details - https://www.elementaladventures.org/location

Please be considerate of our neighbours along the lane and drive slowly. There are families with children and also dog walkers that regularly walk there and we want them to be ok with all our vehicle traffic.

This is especially important because we do not own the woods, so we also need to maintain good relations with the owners, to ensure the long term provision of all of our services.

We are really grateful to be able to use these beautiful woods to run our events and appreciate your consideration. Thanks!

Amenities

  • Toilets