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The Mycelium Growth Experiment Update
I’d like to give you an update on our last month’s activity. If you remember, we did a little experiment to compare substrates for Oyster Mushroom mycelium growth? We tested: cardboard, kitty litter (made of cardboard?), dried Buckinhamia flowers and shredded paper mix, pine shavings, pea straw, and coconut peat or coir. This is also the order…
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Mycology Research Project – Introduction to Fungi
Introduction The first Mycology Research Project engagement was hosted at Woodfordia on the 26th of October, 2019. Dr. Sandra Tuszynska, a passionate mycologist and an avid mycophile (a lover of fungi) took participating citizen scientists on the fascinating journey of the discovery of fungi and their capabilities, through a presentation entitled Fungi The Superheroes of…
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Poetry Competition Winner 2020
Imagining a Beautiful Future by Melissa Tracy The future of tomorrow is told by us today, The tales of the times to come are born from yesterday. “Look around at all this mess and muck” I hear you say, The future hangs on our hopes, we act, we sing, we pray. What is the…
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Fungi: the Superheroes of our Future
Fungi munch on rocks and wood, creating soils and nourishing all life forms. Root symbiotic fungi form the gifting economy of the Wood Wide Web, the sophisticated network which connects and feeds the world, through intimate relationships with the smallest of bacteria to the largest of trees. While some feast on pollutants, others provide renewable…
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Eleanor Rigden: Producer of Festival of Small Halls
Eleanor Rigden: Producer of Festival of Small Halls By Essie Valmadre Like many of the wonderful humans that hustle and bustle Woodfordia’s halls, Eleanor Rigden never intended to end up there. She studied law alongside a Media & Communications degree, eventually specialising in immigration law. Eleanor was admitted as a solicitor to the court of Queensland and was practicing for about nine months before being made…
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Gavin Ryan: Woodfordian Artist in Residence
Gavin Ryan: Woodfordian Artist in Residence By Essie Valmadre Anyone who has attended Woodford Folk Festival in the last ten years will recall with great delight Gavin Ryan’s phenomenal posters. Each one is a vibrant visual feast that proffers a jaw-dropping amount of detail, usually taking him up to four months to complete. Much like the festival that…
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Celebrating All Things Woodfordia at Citizens Day
By Essie Valmadre There were a few low-hanging clouds over Woodfordia on Saturday the 25 May, kissing the valley with their cool, misty air. It was a fresh morning and when the clouds lifted, the sky was blue and the sun was warm against rosy-cheeked faces. Citizens trickled into The Duck, some having camped out the…
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Rita McMorrow: Founder of The TreeHuggers
Rita McMorrow: Founder of The TreeHuggers By Essie Valmadre “Mum, you’ve gotta come! You and Dad would love it.” It was these words that started Rita McMorrow on her Woodfordian adventure over 20 years ago. Her son had been attending Woodford Folk Festival for some three years and decided that his parents needed to come along. After a little umming and ahing,…
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Warm Fuzzy Memories of The Planting 2019
By Essie Valmadre A little over two months ago, Woodfordia was filled with folks big and small for three days of tunes, tasty treats and tinkering at the 2019 Planting Festival. Friday night’s Welcome Ceremony brought smiles to all faces and tears to more than a few eyes. Wrapped in their winter woollies and each other, Woodfordians…
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