November 28th – December 1st, 2025
Outdoor Ethnobotanical Conference
A forum for cultivating ethnobotanical plants, knowledge, and community
About Garden States: Regeneration
Entheogenesis Australis (EGA) will be holding an outdoor ethnobotanical conference in late 2025. For decades, our iconic outdoor events have earned a place in people's hearts and minds as unique gatherings run by and for the community.
The Garden States: Regeneration conference is scheduled for Friday 28 November to Monday 1 December 2025. Be sure to mark these dates in your calendar!
This is an outdoor educational conference where attendees can camp among the trees and under the stars, all on one site, 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 anticipated to gather at this one-of-a-kind 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, among the trees and under the stars…
This year, we’re excited to present a distilled event drawing on years of experience to provide a temporary academic space amongst the trees.
Our aim is to create a forum focused on bringing community together to share plants, seeds, and related knowledge, all while camping out in the Australian bushland. The event will feature lectures, workshops, discussion panels, music and art, all carefully curated to support your journey in cultivating ethnobotanical plants, knowledge, and community.
The EGA ethnobotanical conference is internationally respected and recognised as one of the longest-running in the world. Past conferences have drawn luminaries in their fields from around Australia and the planet. We invite you to join us once again to co-create something very special, while planting seeds for earth, body, and mind.
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 updated as things develop, with 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
Full details or to submit a program proposal (lecture, workshop, etc.) click here or go to the contribute tab in the menu. We’re currently accepting applications for international and local lecture speakers, workshops, panel facilitators, wellbeing content providers and art/performance applications.
The key deadline for applications is 1 August 2025, although we encourage early applications.
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 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.