Upcoming Events
Cultivation workshops - EGA Garden States
As part of the Entheogenesis Australis Garden States conference Caine Barlow will be leading a basic and then an intermediate gourmet mushroom cultivation workshop.
Garden States 2022 is a hybrid conference, including keynote presenters David Holmgren, Dr Margaret Ross, Janet Laurence, Renee Harvey, Suresh Muthukumaraswamy, Dr Alison Pouliot, Lynette Wallworth, Snu Voogelbreinder, and luminaries Douglas Rushkoff, Dennis McKenna Ph.D., Mark Pesce, The Seed SistAs, John Seed, and Keeper Trout who are streaming in.
Garden States Conferences are a community meeting point for plants and their custodians. These conferences are part of a not-for-profit initiative designed to explore the intersection of humankind and plants, including botany, gardening, conservation, sustainability, culture, art, altered states, spirituality, philosophy, harm reduction and politics.
Get your hands dirty and learn how to grow and share ethnobotanical plants from the experts. Participate in citizen science and meet like-minded botanical folk from across Australia.
Garden States 2022 is a hybrid conference that takes place over three full days. There are two main ticket types with some variations and discount options. Attendees may choose a 'Streaming Ticket' or an 'In-person Ticket'. Friday the 2nd of December 2022 will be entirely online for all attendees, while Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th December will include a community gathering for all in-person attendees, broadcast online for those with streaming tickets and unable to attend in person. All ticket holders will receive a copy of the 2022 conference Journal and after access to the recorded stream to rewatch for four months after the event.
The in-person conference gathering will be composed of around thirty lectures, twelve workshops and five discussion panels that have been curated to help you along the journey to plant seeds for earth, body, and mind.
Garden States 2022 will offer much more than even our most enthusiastic ethnobotanical friends could have hoped. With that in mind, we hope to see you all at this extraordinary event and wish you, your family, and your communities the best over the coming months.
Conservation and fungi culture masterclass
As an extension this year's Entheogenesis Australis, mycologist Caine Barlow will be running a fungi culture masterclass based around fungi conservation. The workshop will be approximately 5 hours in duration.
Growing Oyster Mushrooms at Home @ The Fermentary
This workshop will introduce you to the meditative world of mycelium and fungi. It is relaxed and hands-on where you'll learn a couple easy ways to grow mushrooms and be invited to try your hands at preparing your own mushroom grow.
Fungi workshop with Mycologist Caine Barlow - Brisbane
Have you ever wanted to pick a mycologists brain? Join mycologist Caine Barlow for a 3 hour immersive hands on look at mushroom cultivation, what’s needed to be successful at home, lab techniques, and mushroom lifecycle and reproduction. A section of the day for open Q&A, to ask whatever your shroomy little heart desires. Hands on portion of the day includes all materials.
We acknowledge the unceded Sovereign lands of the Jagera people and the Turrbal people as the Traditional Custodians of Meanjin (Brisbane), the land that this event takes place on. We pay our respects to Custodians of the old ways, today’s leaders and the knowledge holders of tomorrow.
https://events.humanitix.com/copy-of-mushroom-cultivation-workshop-with-caine-barlow
Fungi workshop with Mycologist Caine Barlow - Tweed
Have you ever wanted to pick a mycologists brain ?
Well northern rivers/Gold Coast mushroom peeps here is only chance this year to join mycologist Caine Barlow for a 3 hour immersive hands on look at mushroom cultivation, what’s needed to be successful at home, lab techniques, and mushroom lifecycle and reproduction. A section of the day for open Q&A, to ask whatever your shroomy little heart desires. Hands on portion of the day includes all materials. Afternoon tea will be served by your host Chanterelle Foggin.
We acknowledge the unceded Sovereign lands of the Tulgi-gin and Moorung-moobah clans that this event takes place on, the Traditional land of the Goodjinburra people of the Bundjalung nation and we pay our respects to Custodians of the old ways, today’s leaders and the knowledge holders of tomorrow.
https://events.humanitix.com/mushroom-cultivation-workshop-with-caine-barlow
Mushroom Cultivation - Canberra
Melbourne Mycologist Caine Barlow will be in Canberra to teach how to cultivate a few well known edible mushrooms (oysters, shiitake, Ink cap) and functional mushrooms (Ganoderma, Turkey tail). From cardboard tek though to agar and grain spawn.
Growing Oyster Mushrooms at Home @ The Fermentary
This workshop will introduce you to the meditative world of mycelium and fungi. It is relaxed and hands-on where you'll learn a couple easy ways to grow mushrooms and be invited to try your hands at preparing your own mushroom grow.
An Introduction to Culinary Mushroom Cultivation
Growing mushrooms is easier than you think – no specialist equipment required! Learn how to cultivate gourmet mushrooms at home, using easy-to-source substrates like cardboard and straw, growing them out of buckets and glass containers. Mycologist and educator Caine Barlow will demonstrate various methods of fungi cultivation and give an introduction to the biology of fungi and their lifecycle, with detours into the wondrous world of moulds, bacteria, and yeasts.
Art and Science in Conversation: Ethnobotany and Entheogens
Explore the entangled relationships between people, plants and fungi with artist Adele Wilkes and mycologist Caine Barlow, in a conversation ranging from mythology and ethnobotany to theories about the ‘more than human’. Wilkes will provide insights into her work The Poison Garden 2022, a multimedia documentary project about a psychedelic botanical garden and the people who tend it. Caine Barlow will discuss examples of human reliance on plants and fungi, and unpack the many myths and narratives, both respectful and playful, around psychoactive specimens such as Amanita muscaria.