Grow your own Oyster Mushrooms Workshop

Horticulture Centre Of The Pacific 505 Quayle Rd., Victoria, BC, Canada

with Danielle Stevenson This workshop will offer an introduction to the amazing world of mushrooms and cover what you need to know to grow your own mushrooms at home. We'll each inoculate a gallon bucket of oyster mushrooms to take home. Learning to grow mushrooms is a great way to grow your own food and medicine! Oyster mushrooms are a good source of protein, B vitamins, Vitamin D, iron and minerals, and have been shown to lower cholesterol and inhibit cancers. Instructor, Danielle Stevenson is a fungi enthusiast with 4 years of mushroom cultivation […]

Mushroom Companions to the Garden and Farm

Horticulture Centre Of The Pacific 505 Quayle Rd., Victoria, BC, Canada

with Danielle Stevenson Learn about mushrooms with Danielle of D.I.Y. Fungi. Highlights edible and medicinal mushrooms which can be grown in spaces you can't otherwise grow in, or can be companion planted in your gardens and orchards to boost plant growth and build healthy soil ecosystems. We'll walk through how to make a mushroom bed, mushroom pathways, logs, and companion plant within your veggie beds, and discuss the important role of mycorhizal fungi in the garden and orchard. HCP Members $35 Non-Members $45 To register, call 250 479 6162.

Growing Medicinal Mushrooms Workshop

Horticulture Centre Of The Pacific 505 Quayle Rd., Victoria, BC, Canada

with Danielle Stevenson Learn about medicinal mushrooms, and how to grow them with Danielle of D.I.Y. Fungi. This workshop will offer an introduction to the amazing world of medicinal mushrooms, and how to grow your own. We'll explore the nutritional and medicinal properties of Reishi, Turkey Tail, Lion's Mane, Maitake, Shiitake and Oyster mushrooms, and how to prepare them in cooking, teas, broths, capsules and tinctures. HCP Members $50 […]