one day course

gourmet mushroom cultivation

location: nr Dunkeswell, Devon

Learn how to grow a range of Gourmet Mushrooms at home and in your garden, smallholding or woodland with tutor Adam Sayner.

Featuring an introduction to the world of Fungi and basics of mushroom cultivation, we will then go through 3 practical sessions looking at ways to grow gourmet mushrooms easily at home: on hardwood logs, in woodchip garden beds, and in bags of straw or waste paper/cardboard.

Suitable for complete beginners, and includes an inoculated log to take home with you.

dates: see 'book online' below

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how to book:

 

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arrive:
 
for a 10am prompt start
depart:
 
after the course finishes at 4pm
directions:
 
sent with booking confirmation
what to bring:
 
pen and notebook
let us know:
 
if you have any special needs
price:
 
£55 (plus £10 materials to include mushroom spawn & logs)
Refundable up to two weeks prior to course (minus £30 admin fee)
No refunds for cancellations within two weeks of course
lunch:
 
please bring a plate of food to share, or lunch available at a cost of £5 (please pre-book)
car sharing:
 
visit our car sharing forum to offer or request a lift
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


the venue is a flint barn originally being part of an estate built in the 1890s, with classes held in the garden room, studio, or on the lawn