Herbs & Fungi of the Mediterranean: Enchanted Forests and Meadows of Greece REPLAY
I’m so happy to share the REPLAY of this class from January with you all. Class description below. Enjoy!
Herbs & Fungi of the Mediterranean: Enchanted Forests and Meadows of Greece
Join herbalist Jade Alicandro, Greek herbalist Eleni Bourou + mycologist Olga Tzogas of Smugtown Mushrooms for a peek into the biodiversity and natural world of northern Greece. Together we take a visual journey from the city to the forests + high mountain meadows painted with super blooms of dozens of flower species and fairy rings of mushrooms. Learn about a handful of typical medicinal and aromatic plants we run into, their use and history locally in the region and beyond. Let’s envision spring in the thick of winter and learn what plants and mushrooms grow in northern Greece.
Connect with herbalists and experts sharing their work and relationships with plants and mushrooms from the Mediterranean bioregion
Learn about the biogeography of the southern Balkan Peninsula
Meet common + rarer plants and mushrooms in their showiest stages of growth
Witness various ways local people use common and endemic herbs, plants and mushrooms
Yearn for Spring during long, dark Winter days
Come to Greece with us!
This class offering is a little mini course/teaser of the immense biodiversity for folks thinking about joining us for our Mycobotanica trip to Greece this May! And also for anyone with an interest in the ecology, herbs and mushrooms of the region, of course :)
If you're interested, don't wait! We're bringing a small group and space is limited.
MYCOBOTANICA: Mushrooms & Plants of Northern Greece
Spring Herbal Immersion
May 22nd-30th, 2026
Epirus, Greece
We will have 9 days together exploring the Zagori region in the Pindus Mountains of southern Epirus, Greece. Our travels will take us far off the beaten tourist path and into high meadows full of terrestrial orchids, peonies, rock rose, valerian, geranium, hawthorne, elder (to name a few) and mushroom-rich forests of Beech, Black Pine, Spruce, Kernes Oak, Hazelnut, Ironwood and more.
All in the gorgeous Pindus Mountains and Zagori region in the Epirus prefecture of northern Greece, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. The flora and biodiversity of this region in May is just stunning.
Early Bird ends March 15th!
Topics Include:
🌹Identification of Mediterranean Plants, Trees, and Mushrooms
🌹Ethical Harvesting + Gathering of Plants and Mushrooms
🌹Truffle-hunting
🌹Common uses of Mushrooms + Plants of Greece
🌹Making our own herbal medicine including Botanical Hydrosols, Incense, Oxymels + Honeys
🌹Cooking wild mushrooms + local dishes + MORE
