Spring Mushroom Workshop

Each season brings its own set of mushrooms.  Spring brings several delicious mushrooms to the table but also a few you need to watch out for. The most popular of all the spring mushrooms is the Morel. This mushroom course will do an especially deep dive into Morels; the types, where and when to find them, how to prepare them, and of course, as a lunch course.

NEXT BOOKING FOR SPRING 2025 - Dates will be announced via newsletter 

The morning starts out with:

08:30 - Arrival.

09:00 – Brief introduction to mushrooms and mushroom ID basics.

10:30 – A look at spring mushroom you can encounter with an in-depth look at morels.

12:00 – Lunch: Morel mushroom soup, mushroom salad, and a mushroom Dessert.

13:00 – Two hours of foraging for morels and other spring mushrooms.

15:00 – Sorting out the finds and looking at identification features, discussing the edible, the poisonous and the medicinal.

16:30 – Cook and taste of our foraged spring mushrooms.

17:30 - Wind up and back slapping…

Included: Refreshments, mushroom lunch, mushroom knowledge, dirty hands. Lunch will be gluten-free and omnivorous. If that doesn't suit you, bring your own lunch.

Things to bring: Assorted clothing layers for all eventualities, hat, sun screen, bug spray, sturdy boots or shoes (we may hit some wet spots.), a good knife in a safe sheath, A loupe or magnifier if you have one, a basket or bucket, mushroom field guides (Should include Mushrooms of Western Canada). Any mushrooms you need help identifying.

Things to buy on site: Mushrooms of Western Canada, other field guides.