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GROUNDED festival is held in a different location every year so each festival is a unique, unmissable event. In April 2026, the festival will be held on the beautiful Yan Yan Gurt West Farm in Victoria’s spectacular Otway Ranges.
Over two unforgettable days, Yan Yan Gurt West will come alive: bold conversations, standout speakers, hands-on workshops and paddock demonstrations across multiple stages. Add local food and drink, live music, on-site camping and starry skies – this is the gathering you’ll be talking about all year.
GROUNDED Festival was founded in 2024 by Matthew Evans. It is a cross between a roaming farming conference, field days and a food festival, with multiple talks, demonstrations, food vans, a bar and plenty of chance for social interactions.
Each year we pitch up on a different farm, in a new region, showcasing the landscapes, people and ideas that make Australian agriculture so unique. In December 2024 Fat Pig Farm hosted the inaugural event. 9 months later, in September 2025, it was hosted by Galloway Springs near Bridgetown in Western Australia, and in 2026 we will be visiting the Otway Ranges in Victoria, holding the festival at Yan Yan Gurt West Farm.
GROUNDED is for farmers, growers, soil lovers, food systems thinkers, nutritionists, school garden enthusiasts and their friends. How to grow food better is important for ecosystems, food systems, health systems, financial systems and communities.
We know that practical advice is always best shared by farmers with other farmers. Knowledge is easier to digest when done on-farm, in a casual and entertaining fashion.
Expect 2 days of exceptional speakers and workshops on a multitude of topics, with stalls, great food, the Lazy Springtail bar, live music and on-farm camping.
We want everybody to not only be inspired, but also emboldened to make change, both on their farm and in their community. Farming better and getting food to all parts of our community in the best shape and most nutrient dense condition is in everybody’s interest. Participants leave not only with the tools to do better, but the confidence and inspiration to make it so.
Phil Mulvey will be presenting 'Understanding Landscape Hydration at 11:45am in The Yarra Gum Tent on Wednesday the 22nd of April 2026. View the programme here.
With over 70 speakers, and over 85 sessions, including three speaker tents, a ‘How To’ tent, The Understory space, and walkshops, the packed two-day programme offers something for everyone (from farmer yoga to soil carbon testing) and the hardest part is deciding which session to choose when there are six cracking options on simultaneously.
See details on all the topics presented here
Otway Ranges
Ticket types to suit a range of attendees, with great discounts for returning participants, students, the local community, and groups.
Supported Tickets – To help make sure GROUNDED remains accessible, we also offer a number of free tickets. If you’d benefit from some support, please reach out – we trust you to know your own circumstances. Just send a quick expression of interest to hello@groundedaustralia.com.au, and we’ll get back to you with next steps.
Under 18s are free with a paying adult.
But fair warning – GROUNDED is designed for grown-up conversations. There won’t be activities for little ones, and let’s be honest… they might get a bit bored! Bring them along if you think they’ll love soil talk and food systems chat as much as you do.
View the full Program here!
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