Forest Gardening: Soil & Fungi

With Jess Clynewood and Rich Wright
Fungi play an essential role in our ecosystems, working away in shady unnoticed corners, providing services that we are, only in recent times, becoming properly aware of. This course on will uniquely focus on how fungi can help to establish and strengthen a Forest Garden ecosystem.

Fungi usage and cultivation have been part of human activity for thousands of years and many cultures of the world have long known of their merits as food crops and medicines. Modern fungi cultivation in the western world has mainly been contained to large scale clean room operations or the button mushroom industry, and a few enthusiastic hobbyists, but this is changing as knowledge of their uses and importance spreads.

Topics covered
o Soil structure
o Soil conservation and improvement
o Fungi’s role in the ecosystem
o Practical uses of fungi
o Fungi collection and propagation techniques