Mushroom Foraging for Beginners
About the Workshop
This virtual mushroom foray will focus on how to SAFELY identify wild mushrooms found in the Pacific Northwest. This is our ever-popular “Wild Edible Identification Trip”, a 2-hour walk with wildcraft guide and chef Robin Kort made into a video series that you can refer to at your leisure. It’s like having a mushroom expert in your pocket. We’ll cover the wild and wonderful world of edible and poisonous mushrooms.
This workshop will be consist of two components: 1) access to Robin’s original recorded video content, which you will continue to have access to for a full year; and 2) a live ZOOM session with Robin (Sep 11, 6-7 pm), which will be an opportunity for follow-up and Q&A. Access links to both the ZOOM session and the recorded content will be emailed to all registrants approximately 1 week before the workshop.About the Instructor
Your instructor chef Robin Kort is a cookbook author and sommelier who has had a lifetime of finding and cooking delicious BC coastal wild plants and mushrooms. She is excited to share her collected culinary research with you, connecting the dots from wilderness to plate and revealing delicious secrets from the forest to sea. Her advice is to gently follow the seasons and harvest what is offered; shoots leaves in spring, summer seaweeds, flowers, fish and fruit, fall roots and mushrooms, and in winter seafood. Take the utmost care to pick only what is abundant, share what you gather and leave the rest for other beasts.
Date and Time
Thursday, September 11, 2025 from 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Location
UBC Farm
Cost
- General: $45.15 (includes GST)
- Students and Seniors: $37.80 (includes GST)