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Austin: Mushroom Gardening & Composting

  • Zilker Botanical Garden (map)

Instructor: Angel Schatz 

WHEN: March 9, 2024 (ZBG Member Day),9-11 a.m. (postponed because of rain)

WHERE: Zilker Botanical Garden in the Oak Grove

Cost: Donations accepted for supplies.

Register  and purchase General Admission tickets to Zilker Botanical Garden. If you are a ZBG member this date is free. 

Learn how to grow mushrooms, build healthy soil, feed the soil, your plants and you with nutritious vitamin D filled mushrooms! You will also be helping divert organic matter from the waste stream! Mother earth will love you.

What to Bring: Folding Chair or Blanket, Cordless power drill (if you have one), Bring your own bucket. 5 gallon containers: planter pot, bucket, laundry basket, milk crate, or crate for vegetables, wire mesh container like a bird housestrawberry pot. Don't buy anything new. Let's recycle. Any container with holes in it will work including a cardboard box.