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Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
That's why we provide a money-back guarantee*: If you're unsatisfied with this experience, just leave it at least 20 minutes before it ends, and tell us (the ClassBento team) the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of that time, and we'll provide you with a refund.
* We may choose to limit our refund per customer at $1000. In some rare cases, we may also require you to show us your photo ID before we process the refund.
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A: 3 hours, $160 per guest
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Learn how to grow an infinite supply of mushrooms in Melbourne!
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3 hours
Collingwood
8 to 12 guests
$160
What you'll do
Welcome to the wonderful world of fungi! Ever wanted to grow your own mushrooms, but didn’t know where to start? Then this Melbourne workshop is for you. Mushrooms are a fun, easy and practical food source to grow yourself, no matter how much space you have available.
ÂIn this mushroom cultivation workshop, you’ll learn the practical skills to grow a never-ending supply of mushrooms yourself! We want to enable our students to take away the knowledge to create a self-sufficient, closed-loop ecosystem, using an easy-to-follow and proven process.
ÂWe’ll start with an introduction to the fungi kingdom and its important role in our planet’s ecology before jumping into the science of cultivation. You’ll get the low down on the four-step lifecycle of mushroom cultivation, the golden formula for harvesting mushrooms forever, as well as handy tips and tricks for getting the most out of your harvest, alternative applications for different growing mediums and species.
You’ll also take home everything you need to get you started, including a bucket brimming with oyster mushroom mycelium, which will have you producing your own mushrooms in as little as three weeks!Please note: This class requires at least 5 students to run. In the unlikely event that we don't get this number of students, we'll cancel the class and fully refund you and inform you via email, so please watch your email a few days prior to the classPlease note: This venue is located on the first floor via a flight of stairs and does not have wheelchair accessibility.
What you'll get
- All the knowledge you need to be able to repeat the mushroom cultivation cycle again and again independentlyÂ
- A mini-mushroom farm you have constructed in class, brimming with oyster mushroom mycelium, ready to harvest in approx. three to four weeks.
- An easy-to-follow printed guide, which covers the information and processes covered in the workshop
- A sterilised jar of grain spawn you have made for your next round of cultivation
- Oyster mushroom spores to inoculate your grain spawn and restart the process at homeÂ
- A list of further reading, resources and delicious mushroom recipe inspiration
What to bring
- Notepad and pen Waterbottle
Suitable for
This class is perfect for beginners - no prior experience is needed.
This class is great for a team building activity, Christmas party, birthday or hens party.
Location
Work-Shop Melbourne - 136A Cromwell St, Collingwood, VIC
This venue is a short walk from Collingwood station (500m).
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Recent reviews of Mushroom Growing Class
- 5/5 from Craig B Christie, attended Mar 2024: Very imformative, learned a lot and very well answered questions that were put forward. Would recomend this class to anyone who is interested in knowing more about growing mushrooms.
- 5/5 from Nerida Weller, attended Feb 2023: Informative and hands on class, great introduction to mushroom growing. Very enjoyable class! The venue does not seem to be accessible for anyone who can’t use stairs which is a shame.
- 5/5 from Sue Floyed, attended Feb 2023: Great course. hands on. Eric explained the process exceptionally well. Hand out material well written, can go back over what was learnt and understand processes. Eric interacted with all participants, answered questions with ease. Materials supplied great. Left with culture and the beginning of an exciting hobby. Would recommend with out hesitation.
- 5/5 from Hatem Ahmed, attended Dec 2022: The teacher Eric was very knowledgeable and helpful and the workshop was well prepared with everything we need. Also, we gained lots of information and hands-on experience which makes the fee for that workshop a good value for money.
- 5/5 from Elyse Morahan, attended Dec 2022: The mushroom growing workshop took us through the stages of creating a substrate and starting a farm for fruiting. The teacher provided us with an easy to follow guide for home, provided us with heaps of resources, and kept it fun! I walked away with a farm ready for fruiting, a jar ready to make mycelium, knowledge, and confidence to tackle this alone. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom and spores Eric!
- 5/5 from Brigid Walker, attended Dec 2022: Great teacher good format friendly happy to repeat instructions enthoand passionate. Thoroughly enjoyed the class and will recommend
- 5/5 from Harish Shrestha, attended Sep 2022: The mushroom growing class is awesome, the team provide everything needed.teacher is very helpful and fun to attend the class.this could be once in a lifetime experience as a hobby or to grow this skill as the commercial way. I found this fully worth the value for money as we can take freshly made mushroom growing bucket and culture and booklet. Regards Harish SHRESTHA Werribee Melbourne
- 5/5 from Barbara Murphy, attended Sep 2022: I, along with 7 other students had a delightful and informative evening learning about growing mushrooms at home. Teacher was informative and even answered our questions with humor and patience. The class was very organized with everything we needed to successfully make a mushroom tub and a jar of medium to take home.
- 5/5 from Ella Oneill, attended Sep 2022: It was an awesome experience. Can’t wait to grow my own mushrooms! Will recomend it to my friends.
- 5/5 from Dave Samuel, attended Sep 2022: Eric made it obvious that he’s passionate about mushrooms which made this class so enjoyable. He made the whole growing process easy to understand, let us get very hands on and made sure we were prepared for our fungi journey when we left at the end of the class. Thanks Eric!
- 5/5 from Joel Vagnoni, attended Sep 2022: Teacher was excellent, venue is beautiful, received all the materials I need to grow my own mushrooms.
Your teacher
Eric Fenessy
5.0 (11)
Meet Eric, the brains behind Steezeys Hotsauce, and fungi fanatic, his passion for quality produce and tasty treats is undeniable. Sparked by curiosity, his interest in mushroom cultivation quickly grew into a fungi infatuation. He’s condensed his experiences and is keen for students to learn from his mistakes and eureka moments.
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Work-Shop is a creative concept that will broaden your horizons and help you unleash your inner awesome. We provide affordable short courses in life skills and alternative art. We’ve teamed up with Australia’s brightest creative minds to share their knowledge and help teach you a new skill. From 3D printing and stencil art through to music and gardening – life skills and personal development through to cooking doughnuts and mushroom foraging, we offer a broad range of fun and creative short courses to suit our time poor lives. We will inspire you to pick up that pen, paintbrush, hammer or sewing machine and flick the switch that will kickstart a whole new way of life.Community values lie at the heart of our project. We collaborate with local artists and industry experts to teach classes and utilise local suppliers for any materials needed. We also provide a creative environment for emerging artists to produce and sell work, and meet like minded individuals. Work-Shop will be a space for everyone, with a rotating schedule of art shows, information nights on local issues and a whole range of events and community initiatives.
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