Instructor: Ezlyh Gutierrez
When: Saturday, October 18, 2025, 11 am
Where: Givens Recreation Center at 3811 E. 12th St, Austin TX 78721
Cost: Free with Registration
Join us for a special Roots & Wings Fest event in partnership with The Healing Project for an engaging session on the incredible world of fungi. We’ll explore how to grow mushrooms at home or in community gardens, highlighting low-cost, accessible methods for cultivating gourmet and medicinal species. Participants will also learn about the healing properties of mushrooms—from immune support to stress reduction and discover which varieties have been traditionally used in natural medicine. This interactive talk will include practical tips, local resources, and time for Q&A, making it perfect for anyone curious about adding mushrooms to their wellness and urban farming practices.
About Roots & Wings
The Roots & Wings Festival is an annual community-wide celebration of trees, pollinators, and all creatures.
The Festival is dedicated to celebrating nature in our neighborhoods. We embrace the fundamental concept that we are all connected to each other and to our local ecosystem. Growing these connections creates a stronger, more resilient and healthy community.
The Roots & Wings Festival is not one event, it is many, and it is led by the community in neighborhoods all over Austin. Community events feature celebrations of our urban forest ecosystem (trees, butterflies, plants, fungi, soil health, pollinators, birds, bats, and more)!
In 2024, the Roots & Wings Festival helped to support over 100 community-led events!
About the Instructor
Ezlyh Gutierrez is a mycologist, fiber artist, and mycology educator certified in medicinal mushroom education, she approaches cultivation as a sacred dialogue with the living world. Her work blends science and spiritual ecology, and she often experiments with gourmet and medicinal species at home. Ezlyh fosters curiosity, reverence, and hands-on learning through workshops and outreach.
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