How to find us

 

Our farm is based at The Forge (Viewforth, Edinburgh EH11 1AL), a community maker space on a meanwhile brownfield site in Fountainbridge, between Dalry and Bruntsfield.

Walking & cycling: The easiest way to enter the site is a pedestrian gate on Viewforth, opposite the new Boroughmuir High School.

Train: Arriving into Haymarket Train Station, you can walk 12 minutes via this route (google maps).
Arriving into Waverley Train Station, the 1 and the 34 bus will take you to Fountain Park bus stop.

Bus: Nearest bus stops are: Grove St, Leamington Terrace, Fountain Park. Most Edinburgh buses stop at Bread Street, you can then walk along Fountainbridge to the Forge in around 12 minutes.

Car: Building Site gate on Dundee St opposite Lee Maley, beside the Edinburgh Printmakers

Hours: Most week-days from around 10am - 6pm, but give us a heads up if you plan on popping down!

How to find us… on video!

Accessibility

Our team includes a number of neurodivergents with very different accessibility needs - so we are open to suggestions about how we can make our space and gatherings more inclusive and engaging. Unfortunately our site is not particularly accessible. Although there are no steps, there is a fairly steep slope to walk down and the ground around the site is quite uneven. We do not have an accessible toilet but there are public accessible toilets a short walk away. 

If you need an interpreter, carer, or support worker to come with you to attend one of our ticketed events or workshops you do not need to pay for two tickets, but please get in touch by email so we can ensure there's space for everyone. If you have any other questions about accessability please reach out at info@rhyzemushrooms.org

 Contact us

We are a small team of v. busy people trying to run a mushroom farm so we can be a bit slow with emails. To help reduce our admin overwhelm and make sure you get the info you need, please have a read of this page before e-mailing us :)

Interested in Volunteering with us?

We host regular volunteer sessions from 2-5pm on Wednesdays and Fridays. Mostly these sessions involve supporting us with all aspects of mushroom cultivation, doing repairs and upgrades on the farm and contributing to the hive mind of problem solving that keeps things ticking over. Volunteers also sometimes support evening and weekend events, markets, workshops and community work outside of these Wednesday and Friday shifts. Volunteering with us is a great way to develop a solid understanding of indoor mushroom cultivation, we do our best to ensure our volunteering sessions are valuable learning experiences and are also very happy to give away spawn and other bits to help folk get started growing their own mushrooms at home.

Use this form to register to volunteer with us!

Want to work with us? 

We’re open to all types of collaborations whether you're a student looking for a project to research, a community centre hoping to host a workshop or a small business looking for some mushroom cultivation advice.

To help us keep track of the various requests we get and make sure you get the right information, please fill in this form.

Want to buy our mushrooms?

We sell our mushrooms at markets, in greengrocers and directly from our farm door.  Upcoming markets can be found on the ‘What’s on’ page. We advertise fresh mushroom Farm Door sales through a WhatsApp broadcast chat, you can join here.

The two grocers that most often stock our mushrooms are:

Want to stock our mushrooms or products? 

If you’d be interested in stocking our fresh mushrooms or any of our other products including artwork, grow kits and spawn please get in touch with us below. You can get an idea of our products and prices from our WebShop.