November 28th – December 1st, 2025
Outdoor Ethnobotanical Conference
A forum for cultivating ethnobotanical plants, knowledge, and community
About Garden States: Regeneration
Entheogenesis Australis (EGA) is pleased to announce that we will be holding an outdoor ethnobotanical conference in 2025. For decades, our iconic outdoor events have earned a special place in people's hearts and minds as special gatherings run by and for the community.
The Garden States: Regeneration conference is scheduled for Friday, November 28th, to Monday, December 1st, 2025. Be sure to mark these dates in your calendar! This is an outdoor, camping-based educational conference where attendees stay among the trees and under the stars, all on one site close to Melbourne, learning and growing together.
The conference will be held approximately 75 minutes southeast of the Melbourne CBD. The outdoor EGA conferences are legendary, occurring only once every few years. As the organisation celebrates its 21st year, attendees from across Australia are expected to attend this very special botanical gathering.
Tickets to the conference are strictly limited, with the number of camping attendees capped at 600 to preserve the intimate, village-style atmosphere that our community treasures.
All in one place, in the bushland and under the stars…
This year, we are excited to present a distilled event drawing on years of experience to provide a temporary academic space in the trees. Our aim is to create a forum for cultivating ethnobotanical plants, knowledge, and community. We hope to create a community gathering focused on bringing people together to share plants, seeds, and related knowledge, all while camping out in the Australian bushland. This in-person event will feature lectures, workshops, discussion panels/groups and art, all carefully curated to support your journey in planting seeds for earth, body, and mind.
The EGA conference is internationally recognised as one of the longest-running ethnobotanical conferences in the world. Past conferences have drawn luminaries from Australia and beyond. We invite you to join us once again to co-create something very special.
Get a feel for the outdoor EGA experience
Discover what past attendees have to say on our testimonials page, explore highlights from some of our previous programs to see the depth and diversity of past content, or visit our photo gallery for a visual experience of the event atmosphere.
Our website will be getting updated as things develop soon, with plenty of information that will answer most questions. For important inquiries in the meantime, please contact us at info@entheogenesis.org
Program submissions are open
Contribute to Garden States
Head to our website for full details or to submit a program proposal (lecture, workshop, etc.) by visiting the ‘contribute info’ tab on the Garden States website. We are currently accepting applications for international and local lecture speakers, workshops, panel facilitators, wellness content providers and art/performance applications.
The key deadline for applications is the 1st of August 2025, although we encourage early applications, as for some streams we will confirm applications ahead of the final deadline date.
There will be a second release of submission forms for operations (volunteers) and merchants (market stalls and info stalls), expected to go live from July 2025.
Explore the Roots of Garden States
For over two decades, Entheogenesis Australis (EGA) has hosted leading ethnobotanical conferences, fostering knowledge, research, and community around plant-based medicine, sustainability, and cultural traditions. Our past event programs offer a glimpse into the depth and diversity of our gatherings, featuring expert talks, panel discussions, hands-on workshops, and visionary arts. From groundbreaking research to ecological activism, explore how EGA’s conferences have shaped conversations on entheogenic plants and their role in modern society.
Browse some of our past programs and discover what makes Garden States a unique experience.
ENTHEOGENESIS AUSTRALIS
Entheogenesis Australis is a charitable, educational organisation established in 2004. We provide opportunities for critical thinking and knowledge sharing on ethnobotanical plants, fungi, nature and sustainability.
Through our conferences and workshops, we aim to celebrate the culture, science, art, politics and community around medicine plants, in the hope of improving wellbeing for both humankind and the planet.