| October 4, 2009 | ||
| 12:00 pm |
Mushrooms in the Urban Landscape
Sunday, October 4, 2009 12pm – 4pm
Port Quincy, 497 Quincy Street (directions below)
$45 – $95 sliding scale; scholarships available
Limited space so please RSVP to bedstuycsa@gmail.com
Even if you’re an avid gardener – if you are only gardening plants, you’re missing out! There is a whole other kingdom to explore – and eat. We can incorporate delicious, nutritious fungi in our urban veggie gardens, backyards, lawns, landscaping, balconies, windowboxes… In this workshop, we’ll explore the basics – and not-so-basics – of mushroom cultivation, and get some hands-on experience. We’ll learn how to look at mushroom crops through a holistic, permaculture lens, and find the niche in the landscape where they can perform useful ecological functions, even as they produce food and medicine for us. We’ll review common and less-common mushroom crops, and different cultivation techniques. You’ll get practice inoculating mushroom logs, and even take one home. No gardening experience necessary!
Presenter Bio:
Rafter has been learning, teaching, and practicing permaculture design since 2003.
His work as consultant, designer, and researcher, covers themes as diverse as ecological waste and water treatment, homescale mushroom production, whole farm design, and urban agriforestry. This work has taken him from the northeastern US to Texas to Peru. He is now studying ecological design and agriforestry at the graduate level in Vermont. He has been facilitating workshops on social project design, and developing the Liberation Ecology curriculum, since 2004.
Directions:
Port Quincy, 497 Quincy Street between Marcus Garvey Blvd. and Throop Ave.
A/C – Kingston-Throop. 10 minute walk with traffic up Throop Ave. Turn right on Quincy Street.
Buses: B52 along Gates Avenue. Get off at Marcus Garvey Blvd and walk around the corner to Quincy; B43 or B15. Get off at Quincy Street and walk one block.
Limited space so please RSVP to bedstuycsa@gmail.com
