Rhyze Mushrooms will be holding a special workshop titled Mushroom Alchemy at WHALE Arts this Friday 19 August 2022, 12.00pm – 3.30pm.
The beginner mushroom cultivation workshop will teach everything that you need to know to grow oyster mushrooms from household waste.
In this workshop you will:
- Discuss why mushrooms are uniquely suited to urban cultivation and regenerative food system
- Learn about the life-cycle of mushroom and understand the needs of mushrooms and mycelium
- Learn the basics of mushroom cultivation from spawn production to harvest
- Explore different substrates, containers and fruiting spaces you could create from household waste
- Inoculate your own cardboard spawn to take home
- Inoculate your own bucket with sawdust, coffee grounds and mushroom spawn.
The workshop is free, but spaces are limited so must be booked in advance. You can reagister for the event online here.
