Classes & Workshops

Create a special occasion with family and friends here at the farm. You can choose between a variety of options to get the "party started." Follow the link to the Community Events page.

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MAY 3

10:30 - 11:30

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March 16 2:30 - 4:00 pm

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May 4 2:30 - 4:00 pm

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Join us at this hands-on workshop to learn how easy it is to grow mushrooms in your very own home. All materials and supplies provided.

Private learning sessions

We offer a wide variety of mushroom learning. Our customized services will fit any group or interest. Listed here are some of the topics available to our fungi community; specialized cultivation activities, unique forays developed on your own property, one-on-one personal instruction to address fungal interests, small group forays and tours of the farm, and presentations tailored-made for children. Contact us so we can invent invent something just for you.

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Get outside and look at cool stuff! Join Winding Brook Farms at Forty Acre Rock and learn about flora, fauna, and fungi!

March 23 2:30 - 4:00

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May 25 2:30 - 4:00

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Popular sessions - customized for you and your group

GUIDED

NATURE

FORAYS

Join us for a delightful afternoon hiking through the woods, looking at available wildlife, nature and mushrooms. We will interact with the surrounding environment and discuss our findings during our time together. As a knowledgeable bush crafter and certified mushroom forager, Shannon Phillips of Winding Brook Farms, will share his knowledge related to “all things forest.”

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We are also available to come to you, tour your land and make fungal discoveries with you, your friends and family.

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This hands-on workshop will teach you about fungi and how to inoculate your very own Shiitake Log. Bring your own drill and bit. All other materials and supplies provided.

MUSHROOMS

FOR

EVERYDAY

WELLNESS

This informative class, Mushrooms for Everyday Wellness, will present the benefits of eating and using mushrooms for wellness.

Both Shannon Phillips and Teresa Higgins are enthusiastic fungi educators and the class is in an easy to understand format. Shannon is a citizen scientist with over a decade of experience and is a certified wild mushroom forager. His extensive fungi library and research are in demand by local businesses and universities. Teresa is a master educator that makes learning enjoyable! Take advantage of their expertise by scheduling this class.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Felting is a fun and relaxing hobby. Spend the afternoon learning this craft. Participants will come away with one felted mushroom!

MUSHROOM

GROW BAG

AND LOG

INNOCULATION

Learn how to prepare your very own "grow - at - home kit with the guidance of the team at Winding Brook Farms. Each participant will go home with a kit ready to begin the fascinating journey of growing mushrooms at home! ________________________________________________

Experience inoculating your own shiitake log to take home while visiting our farm. You will need a drill, 5/16 bit and hammer. All other supplies and instructions will be provided by your host. This make-and-take workshop will provide you with ample information to assist you in successfully growing your own mushrooms at home.