DIY Superfoods Workshop: Kombucha and Mushrooms

DIY Superfoods Workshop: Kombucha and Mushrooms

By making and growing your own food, you can significantly reduce your bills and improve your health amongst other benefits. In this two-session workshop, you will learn to prepare your own Kombucha and safely grow nutritious mushrooms at home.

Important: Each session is booked separately. You could attend either session or both, however, we have limited kits for the mushroom session so make sure you book quickly if you are participating.
You will need to source/prepare some clean containers and jars before the workshop to take your creations home(more details at the bottom of this page).

Workshop schedule:

• 1 pm - 2.30 pm - Session 1: Kombucha
• 2.30 pm - 3 pm - Afternoon tea (shared snacks)
• 3 pm - 4.30 pm - Session 2: Mushrooms
  

Practical information:

• Saturday 9th November
• 1 pm - 4.30 pm. Please arrive 10 minutes earlier to check in
• Grovedale Neighbourhood Hub- 45 Heyers Road, Grovedale 
• Afternoon tea to share while networking, please bring a plate to share if possible.

This event is free however bookings are essential as we have limited spaces. Please let us know if your availability changes so we can release the tickets for people on the waiting list.

This event is proudly run by Transition South Barwon in partnership with Grovedale Neighbourhood Hub and funded by the City of Greater Geelong. 

Learn more about Transition South Barwon: https://transitionsouthbarwon....

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Details of what to bring to the workshop:

• Something to share for afternoon tea
  

For the Kombucha Session:

• A glass sterile jar- approx. 500ml.
• Notepad and pen

For the Mushrooms Session:

• Gloves (optional)
• Clean plastic tub 5-10L (it can be smaller) with 5-10mm holes as per the procedure below.

Bellarine Fungi guide to preparing your own mushroom grow-tub.

First get a plastic tub that's between 5L and 10L capacity with a lid. Ice cream containers, old Tupperware or anything similar that you're willing to put holes in is acceptable. Then get a drill and a drill bit between 5ml and 10ml. A Brad bit is preferable, but a regular drill bit is also acceptable. And you'll need a piece of wood as well.

Mark your tub out with a marker to prepare the holes you're going to drill, place these every 10cm along the sides of your tub, do not put any in the lid and put two holes on the bottom equally spaced. Then, using the wood as a support behind the tub so the plastic flexes as little as possible carefully drill through the tub applying pressure on the drill, if you are using a Brad bit you can run your drill forwards, or if you're using a regular bit run it in reverse otherwise your tub will likely crack.

After you'll have a tub ready for mushroom growing! Be sure to give it a good wash before bringing it to our workshop!