Why growing fungi at home is beginning to mushroom

Home fungus growers can boost soil quality in small gardens and cultivate exotic varieties using coffee grounds and online kits

An increasing number of gardeners are growing mushrooms in their vegetable patches to improve soil quality and grow food in small spaces.

Mushrooms are now cultivated in the kitchen garden at Kew Gardens in south-west London and visitors have been keen to know how they might grow their own. Helena Dove, Kew's head kitchen gardener, says: Mushrooms have seen a great rise in popularity and we've seen a huge amount of interest from visitors since we installed our mushroom beds in Kew's kitchen garden this autumn.