Private Classes & Tours

At Haw River Mushrooms, we believe mushrooms are more than food — they’re a symbol of what’s possible! We’re passionate about sharing their flavor, wonder, and potential with our community and the wider mushroom-verse.

🍄Host your group with us!

We offer custom tours and classes designed to spark curiosity and connection.

✨ Browse our standard packages below.

✨Looking for something unique? Review our typical rates and offerings, then reach out — we’re happy to craft a custom experience just for you!

Discover how sustainability and innovation come to life in every mushroom we grow.

Farm Tours

Description

Discover how sustainability and innovation come to life in every mushroom we grow.

Every ingredient has a story—and we’re opening our doors so you can experience ours first-hand. As North Carolina’s largest mushroom farm, we’re led by first-generation farmers committed to sustainable practices, care for the land, and strengthening our local food system by producing nutrient-rich food that supports both people and planet.

What You’ll Experience:

  • See how a backyard experiment became a thriving farm.
    Learn how two first-generation farmers built a modular farm, scaling from a small home setup to a high-impact operation producing over 50,000 pounds of mushrooms each year—with more expansion planned for 2025.

  • Explore the full lifecycle of a mushroom.
    From substrate to harvest, you’ll walk through each stage of cultivation. We’ll share how we source materials from local soy and lumber byproducts and maintain ideal conditions in our climate-controlled rooms to support healthy, flavorful mushrooms.

  • Taste the difference.
    Sample our national award-winning oyster mushroom jerky—a savory, shelf-stable way to enjoy more mushrooms, even on the go.

This 45-minute tour is educational, inspiring, and family-friendly. Kids 16 and under can join for free with an adult.

Pricing Options

Pricing:
Group Sizes 1-20: $250
Group Sizes 21-35 $300
Group Sizes 36 -50 $350

Larger groups would need to be structured into sessions.  We can provide a high quality tour experience for up to 50 participants per hour.

Available Themes

We can customize our tours to your groups learning needs. Tours can be customized by:

👧🏻 👨🏽 👵🏼 - Age groups & mobility. We can limit walking, standing, stair use, etc. We have a fast-paced, sensory focused tour just for kids, and can adjust focuses to match particular curriculum interests for different aged school groups or special interest clubs.

🤓 🥳 - How deep is the dive? Our standard tour is a balance between a science-lovers deep-dive and a fast and fun farm tour - but we can dial it up or down according to your groups preferences.

🌱👩‍💼🏢 - Special interest focus. We have customized tours to talk about our entrepreneurial journey, speak to aspiring farmers or homesteaders, or address the special interests of garden groups, extension, economic development teams, and more. Let us know!

Log Classes

Variety Choices 

- Shiitake

- Lions Mane

- Oyster

Pricing if choosing all 3 varieties (participants will inoculate 4 logs).  Class length 2.5 hours

  • $75/person Minimum 10 participants (a smaller group may pay $750 and inoculate 40 logs during class)

Single Variety, 1 log/participant.  Class Length 2 hours

  • $45/person Minimum 10 participants (a smaller group may pay $450 and inoculate 10 logs)

Interested in Booking an event? Contact us: