🌿 The Root & The Hearth Presents:
Sacred Mycelium & Botanical Alchemy
Two Days of Herbs, Mushrooms, and Culinary Magic
📍 Locations: Venice Beach
📅 Dates: October 18 & 19, 2025
⏰ Hours: 10:00 AM - 7 PM each day
Step into two full days of plant-based exploration, culinary creativity, and hands-on mastery.
Day 1 – Herbs: Explore 11 key herbs from Western and Ayurvedic traditions. Learn their lore, cultural significance, medicinal applications, and how to cook with them. Craft herbal products to take home.
Day 2 – Mushrooms: Explore 11 functional mushrooms. Discover their folklore, global cultural uses, medicinal and culinary benefits, and learn to cook with mushrooms. Create mushroom-based products and recipes.
By the end, you’ll leave with all the products we make, a book on herbs, a book on mushrooms, and a curated gift box from The Root & The Hearth.
This workshop is perfect for anyone who wants to:
Expand their knowledge of herbs and mushrooms
Incorporate herbs and mushrooms into daily life and meals
Chefs, culinary enthusiasts, and food creators
Entrepreneurs or product developers working with plant-based goods
Anyone seeking a deep dive into both herbalism and mycology
Two immersive full-day workshops: one Herbs, one Mushrooms
Hands-on creation of herbal and mushroom products to take home
Culinary experiences: learn to cook with herbs and mushrooms, including group dinners you help prepare
Light refreshments and lunch provided each day
Gift Box & Books: herbal book, mushroom book, curated apothecary products
Small group size for hands-on learning and personalized guidance
Day 1 – Herbs:
10:00 AM – Morning Light Refreshments
Morning Workshop: 11 Key Herbs – Lore, Cultural & Medicinal Uses
1:00 PM – Lunch Prepared by Shadi
Afternoon Workshop: Make 2 Herbal Products & Learn to Cook with Herbs
6:00 PM – Culinary Herbalist Farm-to-Table Dinner (we cook together!)
7:00 PM – Close
Day 2 – Mushrooms:
10:00 AM – Morning Light Refreshments
Morning Workshop: 11 Functional Mushrooms – Lore, Cultural & Medicinal Uses
1:00 PM – Lunch Prepared by Shadi
Afternoon Workshop: Make 2 Mushroom Products & Learn to Cook with Mushrooms
6:00 PM – Farm-to-Table Mushroom Feast (we cook together!)
7:00 PM – Close
🌿 The Root & The Hearth Presents:
Sacred Mycelium & Botanical Alchemy
Two Days of Herbs, Mushrooms, and Culinary Magic
📍 Locations: Venice Beach
📅 Dates: October 18 & 19, 2025
⏰ Hours: 10:00 AM - 7 PM each day
Step into two full days of plant-based exploration, culinary creativity, and hands-on mastery.
Day 1 – Herbs: Explore 11 key herbs from Western and Ayurvedic traditions. Learn their lore, cultural significance, medicinal applications, and how to cook with them. Craft herbal products to take home.
Day 2 – Mushrooms: Explore 11 functional mushrooms. Discover their folklore, global cultural uses, medicinal and culinary benefits, and learn to cook with mushrooms. Create mushroom-based products and recipes.
By the end, you’ll leave with all the products we make, a book on herbs, a book on mushrooms, and a curated gift box from The Root & The Hearth.
This workshop is perfect for anyone who wants to:
Expand their knowledge of herbs and mushrooms
Incorporate herbs and mushrooms into daily life and meals
Chefs, culinary enthusiasts, and food creators
Entrepreneurs or product developers working with plant-based goods
Anyone seeking a deep dive into both herbalism and mycology
Two immersive full-day workshops: one Herbs, one Mushrooms
Hands-on creation of herbal and mushroom products to take home
Culinary experiences: learn to cook with herbs and mushrooms, including group dinners you help prepare
Light refreshments and lunch provided each day
Gift Box & Books: herbal book, mushroom book, curated apothecary products
Small group size for hands-on learning and personalized guidance
Day 1 – Herbs:
10:00 AM – Morning Light Refreshments
Morning Workshop: 11 Key Herbs – Lore, Cultural & Medicinal Uses
1:00 PM – Lunch Prepared by Shadi
Afternoon Workshop: Make 2 Herbal Products & Learn to Cook with Herbs
6:00 PM – Culinary Herbalist Farm-to-Table Dinner (we cook together!)
7:00 PM – Close
Day 2 – Mushrooms:
10:00 AM – Morning Light Refreshments
Morning Workshop: 11 Functional Mushrooms – Lore, Cultural & Medicinal Uses
1:00 PM – Lunch Prepared by Shadi
Afternoon Workshop: Make 2 Mushroom Products & Learn to Cook with Mushrooms
6:00 PM – Farm-to-Table Mushroom Feast (we cook together!)
7:00 PM – Close
