Winter Medicine Cabinet:
Medicinal Mushrooms 2026 Workshops and Retreats
A full day workshop from 9.40 to 4.00 where you will learn to safely identify, grow, harvest, preserve, and prepare medicinal mushrooms.
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Join Tasha, head of Land, Food and Medicine, to create your own wild mushroom medicine cabinet and inoculate a log to take home. Discover native medicinal mushrooms at 42 Acres and across the South West during a guided foraging walk, learning the key features for accurate identification.
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In the afternoon you will preserve your harvest and prepare medicinal extracts for year round use.
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For full details, to book, or to explore the extended Wintering well Retreat For January 23rd-25th
March Mushroom Workshop
Due to Popular demand we are running an extra Medicinal Mushroom Workshop at 42 Acres in March on the 7th of March.
Coastal Day Retreat
Friday 3 April
10.00 to 4.00
Taught by Tasha Elena and Daniel Lees
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An expansive day along the coast inviting you to immerse yourself in the wild.
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We begin with a cliff top walk from Daniel’s Sweet Hill Farm on Portland, pausing to explore and taste coastal plants. The walk concludes with a hot drink and a breathwork session led by Daniel to regulate the nervous system and support calm, grounded energy while standing above a sweeping sea view.
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Enjoy a wild spinach and ricotta pie before choosing between a sea dip with qualified lifeguard Daniel or a coastal seaweed exploration with Tasha. Tasha will reconnect with swimmers afterward so nothing is missed.
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We return for a wild nutrition workshop where you will discover coastal foods, learn how to use them, and enjoy tastings. You will leave with some of the ingredients gathered during the day and recipes to continue your wild food journey at home.
Start Your Own
Mushroom Farm
15 and 16 May 2026,
Fri and Saturday
Builth Wells, Wales, LD2 3BQ
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A hands on course that teaches you everything needed to set up a small or medium scale outdoor mushroom farm. Learn to cultivate strains including Turkey Tail, Artist’s Conk, Lion’s Mane, Birch Polypore, Oyster, Beefsteak Fungi, and Shiitake.
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You will gain practical experience inoculating logs while establishing a live mushroom farm, learn the foundations of medicine making, and take home your own medicinal preparation. The course includes an in depth session on identification and processing, with time to look, taste, touch, and smell each specimen.
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Participants leave with a comprehensive course booklet to refer to for years to come.
Wild Nutrition, Coast
Taught by Tasha Elena and Daniel Lees
30 to 31 May
25 to 26 September
An immersive two day experience on the Island of Portland, held along the coastal edge of the sea. This course weaves coasteering, foraging, and wild nutrition.
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Daniel, a qualified coasteering guide and breathwork teacher, leads you through rocks, water, and tidal edges rich with seaweeds and sea life. Tasha brings fifteen years of wild food and land tending experience, guiding you in working with the harvest and connecting with the power of the sea.
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Each morning begins with breathwork, meditation, breakfast, and a coastal foraging walk. We then return to explore the ingredients gathered and prepare wild dishes, finishing with a warming Healing Broth made with miso, your foraged plants and seaweeds, mushrooms from our farm, and other wild additions.
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Join us if you love the sea, wild nature, food, foraging, or simply wish to explore the unknown.
Families are welcome, with flexible options for the coasteering portion.
