RHS Urban, the first show of the year.
And we can’t wait to show you our stand and new kits on display
2024 has a lot in store for us and kicking of the show season is the first RHS Urban in the Mayfield Depot in Manchester. A stunning industrial setting in stark contrast to the fields and historical building traditionally associated with the more established RHS shows.
‘Along with the printworks, station and depot, Mayfield has been home to a Victorian bath house, the city’s morgue and innumerable semi-official beer houses. Its history is rich and diverse; troubling and industrious.’
And what the perfect setting for our mushrooms, although dark and damp as the perfect mushroom growing conditions is something we spend the other 360 days of the year trying to dispel.
When we say perfect, what we’re alluding to is mushrooms are perfect for urban growing. Indoor ready to grow kits give you all you need to grow your own harvest of fresh mushrooms regardless of your space, experience or budget.
We have teamed up with Michael Perry (@mrplantgeek) who, after a joining us at one of our Kew Gardens Mushroom Workshops, had a wonderful vision of fungi and ferns. So, this year at RHS Urban, you will find mushrooms nestled amongst a display of hostas and ferns. Beautifully displayed in pots made from reclaimed coffee grounds by the team at ELHO and all the plants have come from Wyevale Nurseries.
Companion planting is something we at Caley Brothers happily champion, and given our own use of used coffee grounds, to see them growing side by side in these pots made from recycled coffee ground is just so fitting.
At the show we are launching our bigger 'no frills' kits - giving you more mushrooms in as simpler way as possible. They are easy to set up and ready to grow you an impressive flush of delicious mushrooms. From our classic Grey Oyster mushrooms to our stunning Pink Oysters - and now we have an impressive variety including Lion's Mane, Shiitake, King Oysters, Pale Oysters, and the unique Tarragon Oyster mushroom kits - all native, all delicious and impressive in their own unique ways.
As we said, this is our fist show in the season, you can find us at many of the RHS and Gardener's World shows thought out the year, including markets and events - visit our 'In Person' events page to know where and when you can come and find us.
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