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Saturday, April 11, 2020
10:00am - 12:00pm
Due to current health concerns, this event is canceled.
The Lower Hudson Valley is filled with magnificent forests which benefit wildlife and filter our drinking water. These forests also support our communities and a uniquely delicious product, the shiitake mushroom.
Get a hands-on introduction to producing log-grown shiitake. You will learn what makes shiitake mushrooms a fantastic local product and be guided through the steps for growing them by inoculating your own log.
This introductory workshop is designed for adult participants and held in partnership with natural resource professionals from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Putnam County. The session will include an indoor component and an outdoor demonstration; participants should dress for the weather that day.
Contact Matt Smetana, Model Forest Facilitator
at msmetana@greenchimneys.org or 845.216.0239
There is a $15 fee for the workshop, which includes an inoculated log to take home.
Additional logs available for inoculation and purchase.
Space is limited to 20 participants, advance registration is required.
Phoenix and Sage joined the Farm & Wildlife Center in May of 2012 as a gift from the Sacred Camel Gardens in California. They have become Goodwill Ambassadors of Green Chimneys and help us to model our philosophy of involving children with animals and showing others that we care about all living beings.
Born in 2010, Phoenix and Sage began their lives in the spiritual setting of Sacred Camel Gardens. Phoenix got his name because he was born the same day a large building burnt to the ground.