Mushroom Growing for Beginners | We are accepting pre-orders

This 3-month, step-by-step workshop gives you everything you need to grow gourmet and medicinal mushrooms at home using low-tech, affordable methods.

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The Forest Farmacy

Level

Beginner

What you will learn

Cultivate oyster, shiitake, lion’s mane, and stropharia mushrooms using low-tech, small-scale methods.

Apply Indigenous-informed principles of reciprocity and ecological regeneration to mushroom growing.

Prepare and inoculate a variety of substrates—including cardboard, beans, straw, logs, and woodchips—for optimal mushroom growth.

Identify, prevent, and manage common contamination issues in mushroom cultivation.

mplement myco-regeneration techniques such as woodchip beds and mycoremediation to improve soil health and biodiversity.

Course Description

Everything You Need to Grow Your First Mushrooms

No Experience Required

What You’ll Learn

Over 12 guided modules, you’ll learn to:

  • Grow mushrooms on straw, logs, sawdust, cardboard, beans, and more

  • Work with spores, liquid cultures, and multiple spawn types that we ship to you directly from the farm

  • Choose the best cultivation method for your space, climate, and needs

  • Use reciprocal, forest-friendly practices to grow in right relationship

  • Handle contamination and troubleshooting with confidence

Prepare for more advanced growing—including sterile lab techniques if you continue into the full certification program

This Program Is Right for You If…

You’re a grower, farmer, or land steward who:

  • Loves spending time in your garden, woods, or kitchen

  • Feels called to grow your own food and medicine in simple, regenerative ways

  • Wants a hobby or career that’s meaningful, healing, and connected to the land

  • Knows there is more you can do to participate in the health of our forests

  • Feels overwhelmed by scientific jargon or sterile cultivation methods

  • Dreams of sharing your mushrooms with friends, family, or your local community

  • Hopes to go deeper into the world of mushrooms—but needs a starting point rooted in relationship

FAQ

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  • $1,200 $900 / one time
  • $1,200 $300/3 months for 3 installments

This Course Includes

  • 8 Assignments

  • Clear, step-by-step video lessons with field footage and demos

  • Weekly live coaching calls

  • Access to The Mycelial Network, our private online learning community

  • Mobile app on iPhone or Android so bring your learning out into the forest or farm

  • A starter kit shipped to your door (US only) including: Liquid culture, spore syringe, Plug spawn, sawdust spawn

  • A signed copy of The Mycelial Healer by Christopher and Katherine Parker

  • Access to optional in-person invitation-only days on the farm and other forest locations