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Tag: medicinal mushrooms

  • Saturday, February 17, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Medicinal Mushrooms

    Are you curious about the power of medicinal mushrooms? Join Berkshire Botanical Garden on February 17 at 2:00 pm, along with Willie Crosby of Fungi Ally. In the classroom, the woods and the kitchen, this exploration of medicinal mushrooms will serve as an introduction into some of the common mushrooms found in the Northeast woods and cultivated at home. We will learn how to prepare them to access their medicinal potency. We will get to know reishi, cordyceps, lion’s mane, maitake, and other fungal allies. 

    Owner of Fungi Ally, Willie Crosby has been growing mushrooms indoors and outdoors for nearly a decade. He works to reveal the power of mushrooms by educating people how to incorporate mushrooms into their gardens and lives. Willie teaches online for Stockbridge School of Agriculture, Cornell University, the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, as well as in person at his farm in Hadley, Mass. $40 for BBG members, $60 for nonmembers. Register at www.berkshirebotanical.org

  • Tuesday, July 19, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Medicinal Mushrooms: Fungi for a Healthy Body, Mind, and Planet, Online

    Emerging research suggests that mushrooms may be beneficial for brain and nerve health. Discover the properties of different species and learn where medicinal mushrooms occur locally. Study how select types such as Maitake, Reishi, and Lion’s Mane can help strengthen the immune system and increase resistance to stress. We’ll also explore how fungi have been used to clean toxins from the environment by filtering water and removing heavy metals from soil. This New York Botanical Garden webinar takes place July 19 from 6 – 8, with instructor John Michelotti. NYBG members $45, nonmembers $49. Register HERE.

  • Thursday, January 28, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm – Medicinal Mushrooms

    Explore the healing properties of wild and cultivated medicinal mushrooms that grow in the Northeast with herbalist Hannah Jacobson-Hardy, owner of Sweet Birch Herbals. Hannah will explain how to identify mushrooms in the wild and ways to preserve them. Handouts will be provided with recipes for mushroom teas, tinctures and edible varieties.  This Berkshire Botanical Garden online class takes place January 28 at 5:30 pm, and is $15 for BBG membrs, $20 for nonmembers. Register at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/medicinal-mushrooms

    Hannah Jacobson-Hardy is a community herbalist, wellness coach and founder of Sweet Birch Herbals in Ashfield, MA. Hannah offers herbal consultations, custom tinctures and teas, workshops and a wide variety of products for sale, including Full Moon Ghee. Learn more about Hannah at sweetbirchherbals.com. Follow Hannah on social media @sweet_birch_herbals.