Workshops hosted by Sharondale Farm mushrooms and useful plants

Growing Mushrooms at Home



	Inoculating mushroom logs at a spring workshop

Sharondale offers workshops and presentations about mushroom growing and permaculture to encourage and empower you to grow food and use fungi in the garden and on the farm. Workshops happen at the farm in Cismont, Virginia. Mark is available to visit your site and provide a workshop or demonstration for your group.

“The 'Growing Mushrooms at Home' workshop at Sharondale Farm was so fun and informative! I came away with a whole new appreciation and respect for the under-appreciated mushroom and its valuable role in the ecosystem and in our gardens. Cookbook in hand, I am eagerly awaiting my first harvest of winecap stropharia and oyster mushrooms.
-Corey B., Montessori middle school teacher

"The 'Growing Mushrooms at Home' workshop was inspirational. I had never thought of growing mushrooms. You convinced me it was a simple task, and doable in my small space."
- Rowena Morrel, Editor of In The Kitchen

WORKSHOPS & EVENTS

Click here for Schedule	Growing Mushrooms at Home An introduction to outdoor mushroom growing. Explore different methods of outdoor cultivation through hands-on activities. Discussion will focus on several easy to grow gourmet and medicinal mushroom species grown in the woods and in the garden. Each participant will receive a bag of spawn to start a home mushroom garden. Got Mushroom? Growing mushrooms in urban and small spaces. Learn biology, ecology and permaculture of fungi in the city. Offered in alliance with cool urban garden projects.	9:00 am to 12:00 pm at the farm	$55 per session. A $25 deposit will reserve your space. Register here or call 434-296-3301
Annual Conference set for Feb. 19-20, 2010, in Danville Introduction to Mushroom Culture Spring 2010 Feb 15- March 23	VABF Conference Speciality Mushroom Production and integrating mushrooms on the small farm at the annual Virginia Association of Biological Farming Conference (www.vabf.org) February 19-20, Danville, VA J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College	If you are interested in organic farming in VA, this conference is for you!