Outdoor Mushroom Cultivation with North Spore

Outdoor Mushroom Cultivation with North Spore
Date & Time:  May 11^th or May 25^th – 1 – 3 PM
Event Type: Adult Program 
Location: May 11^th class will take place at Pineland Farms, directions below – May 25^th class will take place at North Spore Mushroom, address below
Fee: $40 per person (open to ages 18 and up) | Pre-registration Required.

Description:
Have you been looking for a way to level up and diversify your garden? Maybe you have a shady, soggy section in your yard that isn’t suited to vegetables? If this sounds like you, learning to be a mushroom farmer with North Spore is the answer! The focus of this class will be to educate participants in two different outdoor mushroom cultivation methods:

1. Log Inoculation
2. Mushroom Beds

Over the course of 2 hours, we will explore fundamental principles of mushroom cultivation, discuss the many benefits of growing mushrooms, learn about various species and their growth parameters, and of course, create mushroom logs and a mushroom bed. Every participant will be able to take the log (approx. 2.5 feet) they inoculate home to care for and produce tasty mushrooms! 

What you bring:

• Water bottle
• Long pants
• Close-toed shoes
• Eye protection
• Work gloves
• Notebook (optional)

Questions? Contact the Education Department: 207.650.3031 or education@pinelandfarms.org

**Are you interested in visiting with a group of 10 or more? Please use our group visit sign up form.

Directions to the Education Barn at Pineland Farms (May 11^th class): Follow GPS directions to the Market at 15 Farm View Drive, New Gloucester, Maine. Continue past the Market on Farm View Drive and take your first left onto Valley Farm Rd. Follow Valley Farm Rd. until you see the Smokehouse Visitors Center (white silo) on the right-hand side. Take the right-hand turn immediately after the Smokehouse down to the Family Farmyard. The Education Barn is the largest barn in the farmyard.

North Spore  (May 25^th class)
921 Riverside Street
Portland, Maine 04103
info@northspore.com