Totes & Spores: 1-Day Mushroom Grow Intensive

Step into the world of mushroom cultivation with our immersive 8-hour Saturday

workshop! In just one day, you’ll learn the entire grow cycle — from inoculation to harvest

— and leave with the skills and confidence to cultivate your own mushrooms at home.

What to expect:

- Hands-on training with expert facilitators.

- Grow techniques that mirror medicinal mushrooms (legal chestnut mushrooms used).

- Take home your own inoculated grain bag and fruiting tote to continue growing!

- Learn everything you need to know in one action-packed day instead of waiting weeks.

What will be covered in this course:

- Mushroom biology & grow foundations.

- Liquid culture & grain inoculation (hands-on).

- Substrate prep & tote inoculation.

- Fruiting conditions & environmental control.

- Harvesting, drying & storing.

- Advanced skills: cloning & scaling.

- Educational overview of medicinal mushroom cultivation + small-scale journey basics.

- Graduation circle + certificate of completion!!!

All supplies will be included in this course.

You will take home your own inoculated grain bag and prepped fruiting tote, as well as, a grow workbook, a certificate of completion, and access to our private grower support group!

We're so excited to take this journey together!

Info: Kick off the day with introductions, materials, safety basics, and a fun icebreaker. Learn the fundamentals of fungi, explore the mushroom life cycle, and discuss how mushrooms connect to food, wellness, and lifestyle.

Info: Learn sterile techniques, inoculate your own grain bags, prep and layer substrate in totes, and explore incubation, monitoring, and contamination spotting.

Info: Explore how to optimize environmental conditions, set up fruiting lids, troubleshoot common issues, and practice harvesting, drying, and storing mushrooms with guided demonstrations.

Info: Learn about agar plates, culture transfers, scaling liquid cultures, and optional advanced Q&A for deeper cultivation insights.

Host or Publisher Vivid Minds Cafe