HALLOWEEN FUNGUS FORAY & MUSHROOM CLAY MAKING
Sun 31 Oct
|Hainault Forest Country Park
Join us for a walk in the woods to get to know your fungal neighbours + make your own weird and wonderful fungi clay creations!


Time & Location
31 Oct 2021, 11:00 GMT – 01 Nov 2021, 14:30 GMT
Hainault Forest Country Park, Hainault Forest Country Park IG7 4QN, UK
About the event
Join us for a walk in the woods to get to know your fungal neighbours. We will learn how to identify common mushroom species and explore the role of fungi in the ecosystem, followed by a creative Halloween workshop with Urban Forest to make your own weird and wonderful fungi clay creations.
Take inspiration from fungal finds on the foray, we will be exploring fungi themed clay moulding - a multi sensory, creative activity and allow your imagination to run wild as you reconnect and interact with nature. Will your creation be poisonous, look like witch's butter, or will it end up looking like a future fungus that is yet to be discovered?
11am-12.30pm: Guided Fungus Foray
12.30pm: Break for refreshments/lunch
1-2.30pm: Fungi Halloween Creations
Mushrooms are mysterious. They capture our imagination like no other organisms. Perceived as live-giving, mind-blowing and deadly, they simultaneously inspire fear, wonder and confusion. Against the…