Explore the magic world of mushrooms at Babylonstoren

Wednesday, 23 July, 2025
Babylonstoren
TIME:    10h00-15h30
COST:    R1500pp
VENUE:    Babylonstoren, Babylonstoren Road
Franschhoek
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Spend the day with Babylonstoren’s head gardener, Alex Bosman on 23 July to discover more about the functions and uses of fungi in our garden.

Spend the day with Babylonstoren’s head gardener, Alex Bosman, to discover more about the functions and uses of fungi in our garden. Walk the farm to better understand how fungi fulfill a vital role in our garden, from plant health to insect and pathogen biocontrol.

Enter the mushroom room to see how we cultivate different types of mushrooms for our restaurants. Alex will also share and demonstrate a few tricks to cultivate beautiful oyster mushrooms to grow (and harvest!) at home. Babel’s chefs will take the wonder of fungi from garden to table with a mushroom-inspired lunch.

The cost is R1500 per person and only 15 places are available.

Please meet us at the Farm Shop at 10h00 for steaming coffee on arrival. 

Lunch at the Greenhouse Restaurant is included.

Click HERE to make a booking!