What if your garden could produce gourmet mushrooms, build healthier soil, improve plant growth, and connect you to one of nature’s most powerful living networks?

Join Louis Giller of North Spore for a masterclass exploring the rapidly growing world of outdoor mushroom cultivation and fungal gardening. Whether you’re a home gardener, homesteader, mushroom enthusiast, or professional grower, this course will show you how to successfully integrate fungi into your landscape while gaining a deeper understanding of how these remarkable organisms shape the natural world.

You’ll learn practical, proven methods for growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms outdoors using techniques ranging from Plant & Grow Blocks and mulched beds, log cultivation, containers and season-extending systems. From there, we’ll explore more cutting edge species such as morels, truffles and other mycorrhizae (fungal species with symbiotic plant relationships). We’ll touch on what current research is revealing about these fungi, and discover how innovative techniques are bringing these legendary species closer to practical cultivation than ever before.

Topics include:

• The fundamentals of fungal biology and mushroom ecology

• Benefits of growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms outdoors

• Log cultivation, mushroom beds, containers, and companion planting

• Species selection for different climates and garden types

• Integrating fungi into vegetable gardens, orchards, and landscapes

• Mycorrhizal relationships and the hidden fungal world beneath our feet

• Morels, truffles, and other advanced species

• Managing moisture, pests, and seasonal challenges for long-term success

Whether your goal is harvesting gourmet mushrooms, improving your garden’s productivity, or exploring the cutting edge of applied mycology, this Masterclass will give you the knowledge, inspiration, and practical tools to get started.