How to Grow Mushrooms at Home (Using Stuff You Can Get From Bunnings)

Grow Mushrooms at Home – No Equipment, No Fuss, Just a Cheap Trip to Bunnings !

Welcome to the ultimate beginner-friendly mushroom growing workshop. Whether you’ve got a green thumb, a curiosity for fungi or just want to do a really fun activity, this 2 -hour hands-on class will teach you everything you need to know to get started growing gourmet mushrooms at home—using simple, affordable materials you can easily find at Bunnings.

You’ll learn the basics of mushroom biology, the life cycle of wood-loving fungi, and what mushrooms need to grow. We’ll explore low-tech but high-success ways to grow oyster mushrooms using the bucket method—a proven technique absolutely perfect for home and hobby growers.

Plus you can tour a commercial urban mushroom farm to see how we do it!

🍄🟫 What you'll learn:

• How mushrooms grow

• Why oyster mushrooms are the best beginner species

• How to pasteurise 

• How to inoculate

• How to care for and incubate your kit at home and harvest mushrooms

• And what to do next to keep growing mushrooms on your own

🛍️ What you'll take home:

• Your very own mushroom grow kit (bucket method) ready to colonise and fruit

• A step-by-step guide so you can recreate the process anytime

• A new understanding of fungi and how to integrate them home growing

This class is designed for absolute beginners. No experience or special equipment required—just curiosity and a love for growing things.

Perfect for gardeners, foodies, fungi fans, DIYers, couples, and lovers of fun activities.

🎟️ Tickets:
Affordable pricing to make learning fungi fun and accessible for everyone. $75 per person

📍 Location: Urban Valley mushroom farm, 21 Ester St Fortitude Valley 4006, near the Valley Metro train station, behind Brewdog. Limited street parking available.

👥 Spaces are limited. We keep these classes small for hands-on help, so book early!