Next Garden Club Meeting: 

Nov 26, 2019 at 7:00 pm

Doors open at 6:30 pm

1001 Shawnigan - Mill Bay Rd.

Mill Bay Community League Hall, 

(Next to Kerry Park)

Our Guest Speaker: Bill Jones

Topic: Edible Wild Mushrooms

Abstract: 

Bill Jones is a chef and author based on Deerholme Farm in the Cowichan Valley. He is a French-trained chef, author of 12 cookbooks, winner of 4 world cookbook awards and busy food consultant and community builder. Bill’s latest book is the Deerholme Vegetable Cookbook (Touchwood Editions, 2015). Bill is a supporter of local food communities, a founding member of FarmFolk/CityFolk, SlowFood Vancouver Island and was a key organizer of the BC Canadian Chefs Congress.

Bill and his wife Lynn, garden year round on the property which they style as an edible landscape. He is an acknowledged local expert on wild foods and foraging with a passion for wild mushrooms and a keen respect of local first nations ethnobotany and culture. Bill has taught at many prestigious local venues including The Herb Farm (Seattle, Wash.), Hollyhock Retreat (Cortes Island, BC) and Foxglove Farm (Salt Spring, BC).

Summary of his Talk: We live in a wonderful part of the planet for wild mushrooms. The area is home to many edible fungi a number of poisonous varieties - it's always useful to know the difference between the two. Mushroom are integral to the local ecosystem and can play a part in the health (positively and negatively) of plants in the garden.



 

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