Mushroom Foraging

A Beginner’s Guide to Exploring the Fascinating World of Wild Fungi

Join Adi from URBAN MUSHROOMS – with his 40 years of foraging expertise for a free family foraging session. Learn to identify local fungi and enjoy being in nature. This session is funded by Croydon City of Culture as part of its GREEN FUND program and offers the opportunity to discover the magic of finding mushrooms and the different types.

This is a guided foraging walk so come prepared with a cloth bag, boots/wellies and wear long sleeves and bring a rain jacket.

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Funding Partner

The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The largest funder of UK heritage. We believe in the power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build pride in place and connection to the past.

We invest money raised by National Lottery players across the UK, in collaboration with a wide range of statutory bodies, as well as other National Lottery distributors. Our work is made possible thanks to the support of National Lottery players. 

• As The National Lottery Heritage Fund, we distribute National Lottery grants from £3,000 to £10million and over, funding projects that sustain and transform the UK’s heritage. 
• As The Heritage Fund, we distribute funding on behalf of the UK and devolved governments to heritage organisations.
• We provide leadership and support across the heritage sector, and advocate for the value of heritage.

Since we were established in 1994, we have awarded £8.8billion of National Lottery and other funding to more than 51,000 projects across the UK