A day for the community to connect with nature and learn about local wildlife, inspired by the forests and Fungal Kingdom of Chingford.

The event was delivered as a collaboration between the London Fungus Network, the Friends of Pimp Hall Nature Reserve and London National Park City, and be part of UK Fungus Day, a nationwide series of events led by the British Mycological Society.

The event hosted a diverse programme of talks, workshops, and nature-based activities for all ages. It included guest lectures on growing native and medicinal mushrooms with Fat Fox Mushrooms, sessions on applied mycology, guided walks with fungi, tree, invertebrate, and plant experts, children’s arts and crafts with Walk The Loop, and storytelling (The Mouse and the Mushroom Blooms) with Sophie Bresnhan. Creative workshops ranged from watercolour painting and felt and clay mushroom making with Urban Forest Tribe to the Mycelium Movement workshop with Cat Jones, alongside Open-MYC performance, poetry and spoken word, and a self-guided nature trail.