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Identify and Forage your Own Mushrooms in the Urban City with Alexandra Lea and Peter Daniel Grant (Bees to a Flower)

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"description": "#### **Join us on the 5th of December for Primal's most popular event of the year: a day of all things mushrooms! Located in one of London's local forests. We will spend the day foraging and learning all about mushrooms. How to identify them, what they can be used for, and how to cook edible mushrooms at home. Followed by a special meal cooked by Peter Daniel Grant and a concert.**\n\n#### **If you require a low-income ticket and are not on UC, please do reach out at ** [**production@primalgathering.co**](mailto:production@primalgathering.co) ** **\n\n \n\n**About Mushroom Foraging** \n \nSuccessful foraging means being able to find tasty, edible mushrooms and avoid the poisonous kind. This requires you to learn about the wild mushrooms in your region that are good to eat. Together we will learn about local trees, and which ones support the kinds of mushrooms you’re after. We'll learn how the mushrooms like to grow — which enjoy growing on dead trees, at the base of specific trees, on the trunk of trees, in well-drained soil, in moist cool soil? You'll learn about the mushroom sizes and shapes. About their colors. About their stems and gills (if they even have gills) and spore prints. \n\nA lot goes into identifying a safe-to-eat mushroom. But that makes the experience all the more rewarding. While discovering, a portion of the city, seemingly known, in an unknown, untrodden path and way. \n \n**Testimonials:**\n\n- _“Alexandra was so knowledgeable and interesting sharing her deep understanding of fungi and their medicinal properties, there was a great weave of practical, scientific and cultural threads and the whole experience was so fun and enjoyable. And then the food and music and chat later on was nourishing for our tummies and our souls! A really relaxed group, what a lovely way to spend a sunday”. - **Jane ni Dhulchaointigh** _ \n \n- _“🌿 Yesterday was nothing short of magical! 🌿 I spent the day diving into the fascinating world of medicinal mushrooms with the amazing @thefemaleforager. 🍄✨ One of the most exciting moments? Encountering turkey tail for the first time—a powerful medicinal mushroom known for its antioxidant properties, immune-modulating benefits, and even its use in cancer treatments. 💪🍄 The evening was capped off with a feast of incredible dishes crafted by the culinary genius @trewitts. 🥘💫 The highlight? Connecting with such lovely, like-minded people who share the same passion for nature and good food. 🫶 A huge thank you to @primalgathering for organising such an incredible experience. 🙏 Definitely a day to remember!” **- Naomi Doyle** _ \n \n\n**About Alexandra**\n\nAlexandra Lea, is a biologist, forager, and wild food teacher, heralds from the rolling hills of the South Downs in Sussex.\n\nUnder her dynamic brand, The Female Forager, Alexandra has joined forces with innovators like Nomadic and the Psychedelic Society, leading transformative mushroom identification workshops across the UK, and teaching us to connect with the forest landscape while honing participants' skills in finding gourmet and medicinal fungi.\n\nAlexandra’s passion for mushroom foraging stems from her deep, intuitive bond with the forest. She inspires others to reconnect with nature’s edible and medicinal treasures, sharing her infectious enthusiasm for the mystical fungi kingdom.\n\n** About Peter Daniel Grant** \n \nChippy-Grant’s [vegan cuisine](https://www.cntraveller.com/gallery/vegan-restaurants-london) is a riot of antioxidant-packed organic, seasonal, foraged and fermented dishes served at communal feasts. As well as being packed with goodness, his ability to blend flavours and unexpected ingredients cleverly even has sceptics of the plant-based lifestyle asking for seconds. \n \n**Things to Bring With You**\n\n- Comfortable shoes\n- Snacks for the road \n \n\n**A bit about Bees to a Flower** \nBees to a Flower is a Primal Gathering initiative that encourages people, past participants, their friends and the extended community to act as bee’s to a flower to their local community ‘flower’ projects. Actively pollinating the wider ecosystem with the support they need while learning new and empowering skills. [Join our newsletter here. ](https://primalgathering.co/newsletter) \n \n\\*Tickets are non-refundable, but name changes are welcome",
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