Upcoming Classes

Throughout the year, we offer seasonal classes including mushroom, plant, seaweed, and nut foraging, mushroom cultivation, fermentation, lectures from thought leaders, and more.

Our classes are popular and sell out quickly! If you see a class pop up that you’re excited about, we encourage you to sign up right away. Classes are small to encourage community building and maximize learning. The average group size is 10-25 people. All of our classes are online or within a 3-hour drive or less from the San Francisco Bay Area, the perfect weekend adventure.

Sign up by yourself or with a friend. If you’d like to arrange for a private program for your family and friends, or a school or corporate group, please contact us. Have an idea for a class you’d like to take or teach? Let us know.

Winter Mushroom Foraging Classes
Dec
7
to Feb 2

Winter Mushroom Foraging Classes

Learn to safely forage for gourmet wild mushrooms!

Join one or more of these dates on the Sonoma coast with our knowledgeable and friendly teaching team:

  • Dec 7-8 Ryath Beauchane & Carrie Staller

  • Dec 14-15 Ryath Beauchane & Christopher O'Maelmacasa

  • Jan 11-12 Ryath Beauchane & Christopher O'Maelmacasa

  • Jan 25th Ryath Beauchane & Carrie Staller

  • Jan 26th Sita Davis & Mikhael Crystallah-Selk

  • Feb 1-2 Sita Davis & Carrie Staller

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Fungi Friday with Mycologist Christian Schwarz + Tacos
Jan
31

Fungi Friday with Mycologist Christian Schwarz + Tacos

Fungi Friday with Christian Schwarz + Tacos

Join us for an exciting evening talk plus optional tacos with leading mycologist Christian Schwarz!

Making Scents of Fungi, from Stench to Perfume

If you've ever gone on a walk with an old-time mushroom picker, you've probably noticed that they often lift mushrooms to their noses as soon as they pick them. Besides being intriguing, alluring, and surprising, the aromas of fungi can be extremely important clues for identification. Come take an olfactory tiptoe through the world of fungi! We'll talk about the anatomy, philosophy, and even the politics of olfaction! Who knows where our conversation might lead us...

We will do our best to get some specimens for a fun experiential smell-a-thon that will help you get deeper into your senses, hone your identification skills, grow your myco-olfactory vocab beyond “it smells earthy”, or “it smells mushroomy” and of course be better equipped to answer “Can I eat that?”

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“This was absolutely delightful! The instructors were very knowledgeable and very well organized. We had pleasant tasting, interesting conversations about mushrooms, and successful forays. I strongly recommend this program.”

-Lynn E.