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Intro to Home Mushroom Growing Workshop
Regular price $85.00
Unit price per
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Perfect for total newbies, this introductory workshop will give you a taste of mushroom growing. Over a morning session you'll learn the easiest technique to grow mushrooms at home and leave with your very own mushroom grow bag you make during the workshop.
This in-person workshop is taught by industry experts with many years of growing experience - you'll leave feeling confident and equipped with the best advice on how to successfully grow mushrooms at home.
SKILL LEVEL: FIRST-TIME GROWER
This is an introductory workshop and total beginners are encouraged to attend. This workshop is suitable for ages 12 and up.
WORKSHOP VENUE
BRISBANE
Our in-person workshops are held in our dedicated workshop space at Little Acre in Brisbane - 126A Delta St, Geebung.
There is plenty of free street parking available on weekends and the train station (Geebung or Sunshine station) is just a 15min walk away.
If you have any questions about our location or accessibility please contact us.
SYDNEY
Sydney in-person workshops will be held at the Joseph Sargeant Centre, in Erskineville.
REFUND POLICY
If you've bought a ticket and can't attend the workshop for any reason we require you to notify us prior to 7 days before the workshop date to be able to refund you or place you in a future workshop.
What you’ll learn at our Home Growing workshop:
Mycelium to Mushroom
- Discover the world of mushroom growing
- Explore the mushroom lifecycle
- An overview of how you can easily grow mushrooms in your home or garden
How to grow mushrooms
- Learn the easiest technique to get started growing your own oyster mushrooms at home
- Make your own mushroom grow kit to take home
Care instructions
- How to care for your kit and what to look out for during the incubation stage
First flush
- How to successfully grow your first mushrooms at home
- Mushroom growing conditions
- Tips for creating the ideal environment
Mushroom bounty
- When to harvest your mushrooms
- The best way to harvest your mushrooms
- How to store mushrooms at home
- Cooking tips and recipe ideas
- How to get as many mushrooms out of your kit as possible
Your teachers
Mickey Pascoe
Mickey founded Little Acre with Amy in 2017 and has grown Little Acre from the ground up. From lab work to building a steriliser, or designing a growing chamber, Mickey’s got a head full of scientific and practical knowledge and there’s rarely a mushroom related question he can’t answer.
Mickey received a 2022 Churchill Fellowship allowing him to visit mushroom facilities in Europe, Japan and the USA where he gained international expertise. He has also completed Spawn and Substrate production training at the internationally recognised Mycelia Academy in Belgium in 2022.
Mickey has taught hundreds of students mushroom cultivation skills and will put you on the path to success.
Amy Pascoe
Amy has clocked over 30,000 hours observing the growth patterns of mycelia and mushrooms while managing Little Acre’s farming operations since 2017. Amy can tell you down to the hour of when a mushroom will be perfect to pick and has extensive experience in how climatic conditions can affect your crop.
Amy traveled abroad with Mickey in 2023, observing farming practices in some of the world’s largest mushroom operations and learning from growers with decades and generations of mushroom knowledge.
Hear from our happy students
"Amy and Mickey know the subject extremely well. I learnt a lot."
Josephine - June 2024
"Really enjoyed the laid back but professional way this class was delivered."
Steven - June 2023
"Super informative and you can tell Mickey and Amy really care about what they do."
Abbey - November 2021