Backyard Mushroom Cultivation - September 20th 2026 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Welland Orchard, Victoria
The main mushroom species discussed in this workshop will be Pleurotus ostreatus. Commonly called oyster mushrooms, this species is a fabulous type of fungi found naturally in temperate and subtropical forests around the world (often found growing wild on trees in these parts). Not only are these mushrooms beautiful, but they are also a culinary delicacy and have been found to have many environmental benefits.
The workshop will run for 2 hours, in 4 parts that includes:
Theoretical learning about general mushroom cultivation and the mushrooms we will see that day,
Maintenance of established mushroom beds,
Preparation and inoculation of mushroom logs at the Welland Orchard,
And creation of a small Blue Oyster mushroom buckets to take home.
The goal of this workshop is to learn about basic mushroom cultivation, both in perennial garden spaces and in buckets, and make you confident in growing your own mushrooms at home. The participants will get to inoculate mushroom logs and each of the participant will get the chance to prepare their own Blue Oyster mushroom bucket to take home to start off their mushroom growing adventure! These mushroom buckets are suitable for indoor or outdoor growing.
In this workshop the participants learned how to create their own mushroom bucket and how to establish a garden giant bed in a perennial garden.
In this workshop the participants learned how to work with mushrooms in their garden and at home.