Grow Your Own: Shiitake Mushroom Workshop with Maria Finn

Cities are once again being recognized as viable sites for food production and ever increasing numbers of people are cultivating their own backyards to grow food. Mushrooms are an ideal crop to maximize a small, urban space.  In this two hour workshop author and gardener, Maria Finn, teaches indoor and outdoor cultivation of shiitake logs, which will produce mushrooms for 4-5 years. This workshop will provide you with all the information and materials needed to inoculate and care for your own shiitake log.

Maria Finn is the author of A Little Piece of Earth, How To Grow Your Own Food in Small Spaces (Rizzoli, 2010) and the founder of City Dirt: The Bay Area Weekly Garden Newsletter for Foodies, Foragers, Tree-Huggers and Beauty Lovers: www.citydirt.net.

This workshop is co-sponsored by 18 Reasons.

Cost: $45.00 per student, includes all materials. To register click the register button below (link to PayPal). Space is limited. The workshop will take place a the Studio for Urban Projects, 3579 17th Street, San Francisco on Monday, November 1 from 7:00 – 9:00 PM.