Mushrooms in Your Backyard Summer Workshop

Growing, Identifying & Using Culinary & Medicinal Mushrooms

       Sunday, August 1, 2010, 10 am - 4 pm - FULL!

      Sunday, September 12, 2010, 10 am - 4 pm - FULL!

      (Both workshops are full, but we are taking names for the waiting lists.)

       with David Wichland, "The Mushroom Man"

       at Wichland Woods in Nelson, NH

       Brought to you by the NOFA-NH Herbal Network 

 We will be looking at the mushroom as a whole: examining it's life cycle and the role that it plays in nature. You’ll learn the uses humans have had with mushrooms and mycelium throughout history including the spiritual and health benefits of mushrooms. There will be a Mushroom foray. We will look  at basic identification, habitat and wild harvesting practices. We will have wonderful potluck lunch with Wichland Woods mushrooms. We will also examine Wichland Woods and have a broad discussion on mycological landscaping and it's potential in the permacultural model. There will be mushroom spawn, fresh mushrooms, mushroom books, and mushroom for sale at the end of the workshop.

All participants will go home with a small bag inoculated with mycelium to grow mushrooms at home! We'll also have the opportunity to harvest and taste mushrooms and mushroom teas.

 Tentative Schedule:

10-11: Introduction to Mushrooms 

11-1: Identifying & Harvesting Wild Mushrooms 

1-1:45: Lunch - Potluck & Mushroom Feast 

1:45-4: Growing & Landscaping with Mushrooms

About Our Presenter: David Wichland is a mushroom farmer, naturalist guide, and carpenter. He graduated from St. Michael’s College with a degree in Eco-tourism (biology and business). He is in the life work of creating an agroforestry-based nature center in Nelson, NH. He has been experimenting and creating mushroom habitat for 10 years. Through educating the public on the many uses of mycelia, he hopes to create wider following of people who use mycological landscaping in their own environments.

Target Audience: All levels of experience. Anyone with an interest in growing, wildcrafting, landscaping, eating, or using medicinal and culinary mushrooms. Anyone with an interest in the unique bond that mycelium has with people and plants.

About the Location: Wichland Woods is located about 15 minutes from Keene in a lush natural bowl with streams flowing through it, full of biodiversity. It's a perfect location for mushrooms, and the land is inoculated with wild and cultivated mushrooms. Much of the workshop will take place outdoors. Please wear appropriate footware and clothing. We will have access to a yurt and shelter if the weather is undesirable.

Directions: See the second page of the attached registration form. Please note that the workshop location is not the same as David's mailing address in Keene.

Cost: $40 for NOFA-NH Members, $50 for Non-Members

Limited to 20 Participants ~ First Come, First Served!

Register Now! This will fill up quickly. Please use the attached registration form.