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Next Course:
Spring 2010
Please
use the contact form to register your interest.
Next course date will be confirmed before the Christmas Holidays.
Thank you.
Location:
To
be confirmed.
Places are STRICTLY
limited to 20 per course
PLEASE BOOK EARLY
TO AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT
Photos taken at the previous course,
held in a semi-ancient wood near Milton Keynes.
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We
often find potential cultivators have a lot of questions to ask.
Whilst all our products are supplied with a full set of instructions,
which are informative yet concise enough to be read in 20 minutes,
there is no substitute for hands on training and advice from
professionals.
Concentrating on the cultivation
of gourmet woodland mushrooms using cut logs and tree stumps,
our popular one day intensive training course has now been extended
to take in an optional wild mushroom foray in the 40 acres
of woodland surrounding our venue. The High
Weald Woodland Enterprise Centre is a natural location for the course, providing excellent
modern indoor training facilities in a natural woodland setting.
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Saturday ...
An Introduction to Commercial Woodland
Cultivation
The course is divided
into two sessions:
Morning session explores the biology of mushrooms and fungi, covering
their diverse lifestyles and interaction within the woodland ecosystem.
After a short coffee break, the session continues with a look at
the pre-requisites for producing a commercial mushroom crop. Afternoon
session takes on a practical approach
in the woodland: felling, preparation, drilling and stacking
techniques are all
demonstrated. Each trainee will prepare and inoculate a log to
take away. The day is rounded off by a question and answer session,
and a mushroom ‘tasting’.
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Sunday ...
Edible
and Useful Wild Mushroom Guided Foray (optional):
An afternoons guided
foray seeking out ‘edible and useful’ wild
mushrooms in the 40acres of mixed broadleaf woodland
surrounding the Woodland Enterprise Centre. Autumn is probably
the best time of year to find mushrooms in the wild; with favourable
weather conditions upwards of 30 different edible species could
be found! So bring a guidebook, a basket, and waterproofs and
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Training Course Fees & Information
£120
(inc. VAT) per person
A 50%
deposit is required to secure your place.
Discounts are available for
block bookings, registered charites, and un-waged individuals. Please
contact us for more information.
Registration: between 9.30 and 10.00 am. Course ends at around
4.30 pm.
Lunch: hot meal & refreshments provided—please
advise dietary requirements when booking.
Clothing: stout walking shoes and waterproofs are advised
for the afternoon outdoor session.
Wild Mushroom Foray Fees & Information
£30 per person (inc VAT).
Introductory Presentation: 11.00 am. Foray ends
at around 5.00 pm.
Clothing: stout walking shoes and waterproofs are advised.
Booking Information
Reservations: please pay 50% of course fee in advance.
Refunds are given in exceptional cases only.
Confirmation and further information will be sent upon receipt
of payment.
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