A Sense of Green at Stanley Bank Wood for UK Fungus Day

Merseyside-based community arts organisation.

Heart of Glass

Join artist and fungus enthusiast Jane Lawson for a day learning about and celebrating all things fungi!

Sankey Valley Visitor Centre

You will be brought into close contact with fungi in a variety of ways: through sight, touch, smell and taste.On UK Fungus Day, the annual celebration of our fungal world, we invite you to delve deeper and learn more about the fungi found in our local green spaces. Jane will share her mycelial-informed work, at one of the North West Fungus Groups’ most popular mushroom spots.Weather permitting, we’ll spend the day outside interacting with nature. We encourage you to dress for all weathers, but if it gets too wet, we’ll head inside the Visitor Centre.Sankey Valley Visitor Centre, 275 Blackbrook Road, WA11 2ABS﻿chedule:Arrival and introductions10.30amPlease make sure that you arrive on time, with appropriate clothing and footwear (we'll remind you a couple of days before the event).Fungal Foray with Tom Ferguson11am - 1pmA guided outdoor walk with park ranger and fungus expert Tom Ferguson. There will be two routes available: one route that is suitable for people with limited mobility, and another that will be over uneven ground.Lunch1pm - 2pmFor our mushroom-based lunch, we’ll head into the visitor centre, where we’ll remain for the rest of the afternoon.Being Fungal: experience the lifecycle of a mushroom from spore to spore2pm - 3pmWhat's it like to Be Fungal?3pm - 5pmWe'll make a collective zine about the day; each participant will get one to take homeThis event is aimed at adults. In partnership with St Helens Council.

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