Mushroom Cultivation Workshop
Low-Tech Cultivation Methods
for Food and Medicine
*Add the Medicinal Mushroom Masterclass Sunday June 29
for a 15% discount
Mushroom Cultivation One-Day Workshop
You can grow high-protein, nutrient-dense, medicinal, food at home.
Beginner and Intermediate Level Growers
June 28, 2025
10am - 6pm
Everything you need
Always wanted to grow your own mushrooms but not sure where to start? We will guide you through the steps so you can go home and start growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms right away.
You will learn how to grow fantastic fungi at home whether you live in a city apartment or in a backwoods yurt. You will learn sustainable cultivation techniques that require very little equipment, produce an abundance of mushrooms and help the rest of your garden grow more fully.
And you will go home with a hoard of mushroom goodies to start fruiting out at home immediately, including:
A Shiitake log
An Oyster Straw Bag
Wine Cap Wood Chips
What People Are Saying
“Lots of hands on learning experiences. Was great to be around others eager to learn”
“Chris is extremely educated and knowledgeable and an excellent storyteller. He taught without ever talking down and encouraged us to continue learning and contribute to the knowledge base.”
What you will learn
How fungus is essential to our ecosystems
Feel confident in low-tech methods to grow gourmet and medicinal mushrooms including: Oysters, Lion’s Mane, Reishi, King Trumpets and Shiitakes
How to make your own spawn from spores you collect
How to grow on wood chips
>> Take home inoculated wood chips
How to grow on logs
>> Take home an inoculated log
How to grow on straw
>> Take home an inoculated straw bag
How to start growing mushrooms at you home no matter where you live
And much more
Chris Parker’s 30 years of mushroom cultivation experience and engaging teaching style will answer all your questions, help you feel confident and inspired to put it all into action when you get home.
Our small group sizes ensure you get all your questions answered. We will show you our forest farm indoor and outdoor grow operations so you can start to imagine how to incorporate mushrooms into your home landscape.
We include a delicious lunch!
Topics Covered
Outdoor Cultivation
Log inoculation (totems, small logs, living rafts, stumps)
Woodchip cultivation - incorporating mushrooms into your landscape
Straw inoculation
Garden mycorrhizal (relationship between your garden and edible mushrooms species)
Low-tech Cultivation
Cardboard spawn - from wild culture to cultivated
Spore prints from wild mushrooms
Low-tech, easily acessible, equipment
Low cost home mushroom cultivation set-up
What People Are Saying
“Really fascinating and inspiring! Practiced practical skills. Chris is an amazing educator and source of knowledge.”
“Chris is an approachable and welcoming expert. I got way more than I anticipated.”
“Be ready to drink from a firehose! Tons of great information. You will go home with new skills you can put to use immediately.”
“Chris was incredible in both his knowledge and presentation, only surpassed by his passion.”
