Fun with fungi: learn how to grow oyster mushrooms

Learn all about the process of growing mushrooms right from the tiniest microscopic spores all the way through to the delicious and colourful gourmet mushrooms we know and love. You'll get to take home your very own bucket of mushroom straw to grow your own at home.

What's covered in the workshop:

• The mushroom life cycle: A run down on the daily life of a mushroom

• Sterilisation and pasteurisation processes: How to keep things squeaky clean so the mushrooms will be happy and we don't grow fungi or moulds that we don't want

• Packing and preparation: How to layer up the straw and mushroom spawn in a bucket for ideal fruiting

• Incubation and fruiting: How to create the best environment for your mushrooms to grow through the straw and pop out of the bucket happy and healthy