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Mushroom Dye WorkshopIn this hands-on workshop, Wilder Herbertson will show you the ropes for making dye from mushrooms and successfully dyeing silk handkerchiefs.
Using two species of mushroom (Phaeolus schweinitzii and Hypomyces lactiflorum/lobster), we will get to produce four colors by manipulating pH and the mordant used. Wilder will discuss the many variables that impact the dye color, general basic tenets of mushroom and lichen dyeing, and answer questions from the group. Each participant will take home one silk handkerchief per color, which they will be invited to manipulate with clips, rubber bands, etc. to form patterns. All materials will be provided. Limited availability-get a free ticket to hold your spot. 
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Wilder Herbertson: Human Becoming
My passion is for co-creating experiences, skills, knowledge, and lifestyle amendments that serve our individual and collective re-membering (coming back into an embodied relationship with) and understanding of our connection with, responsibilities toward, and reliance on this truly awesome earth. While I grew up eating of the earth, mushrooms didn’t enter my life until 2018. The first time I identified, cooked, and ate my own mushroom find, I was immediately consumed by this passion. I’ve been an active member of the Sonoma Mycological Association since September 2018, and of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club since 2022. |
While foraging edible mushrooms for the kitchen was my doorway into the fungal queendom, my interest quickly expanded to fungal ecological roles as a whole, dyeing fiber with mushrooms and lichens, and some cloning and growing of mushrooms at home. Eventually, I couldn’t keep the joy I find in these practices to myself and I began offering guided plant or mushroom hikes and ancestral skill practice workshops. I have been teaching mushroom dyeing since 2021 and I am honored to be invited to share this forest magic with you!
Propagation Workshop
The Forest People
Radically Sustainable Mushroom Cultivation We grow mushrooms for Mendocino! All organic practices and lots of love and care make our mushrooms beautiful, healthy and delicious. We have a dedicated mushroom house where we are able to grow mushrooms year-round. With a background in regenerative farming technologies, we’ve custom built our operation with whole systems awareness. We never use harmful chemicals or pesticides and only use organic practices. We are ‘Certified Renegade’ through the Mendocino Organic Network. |
Join Lama Nasser-Gammett, of The Forest People, in this hands-on workshop to prepare your own oyster mushroom grow bag.
From straw pasteurization to inoculation to care and feeding, you will learn the steps needed to grow your own mushrooms. All materials will be provided. Limited availability-get a free ticket to hold your spot. 
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