Grow Your Own Edible Mushrooms

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Grow Your Own Edible Mushrooms

IN-Person Conservation and stewardship CLASS 
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Dates & Prices

Sunday, April 26, 2026
2:00–3:30 pm

Fee: $99

Fee for Innovators, Gardens Preferred, and Gardens Premium Members: $89

Fee includes all-day admission to the Gardens on the day the class is onsite.

This class is intended as an adult learning experience. Find out more about our Family Learning experiences.

Registrations may be cancelled up to two weeks before the event, and your registration fee, less a $30 processing fee, will be refunded. Please note that refunds are not available for programs moved to scheduled inclement weather dates.

To notify us of your cancellation, email us or call 610-388-5454.

Register by April 19, 2026

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Gardens Preferred, Gardens Premium Members and Innovators save on Continuing Education Courses

A 10% discount on classes will be applied automatically at the time of checkout. 

Learn more

During this fun, hands-on workshop all about mushrooms, create your own mushroom log, using the log as the medium in which to grow edible mushrooms, to bring home—and watch grow! 

Along with Aubrey Inkster of the Philadelphia Mycology Club, learn about types of wood mushrooms, as well as how they’re collected and cultivated. Using fresh logs and your choice of mushroom spawn, create a unique mushroom log to care for and enjoy. 

Location

Grove Studio 108

Instructor

Aubrey Inkster & George Pushkal

Aubrey Inkster is an amateur mycologist and community scientist who specializes in mushroom cultivation and fungal tissue culture. A member of the Philadelphia Mycology Club, he loves foraging for mushrooms in his spare time and tries to culture as many wild fungi as possible! Inkster is very passionate about teaching others how to cultivate mushrooms.

George Pushkal is an arborist, naturalist, and photographer. His main goal is to foster community science in Philadelphia and South Jersey while raising awareness about fungal conservation. 

A black and white logo featuring mushrooms with text that reads Philadelphia Mycology Club.

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