GROUNDED FESTIVAL 2026

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In 2026, GROUNDED headed to Victoria for the third GROUNDED Festival, finding a new home at Yan Yan Gurt West Farm, just outside Deans Marsh on Wadawurrung Country. Run by Andrew and Jill Stewart and their family, Yan Yan Gurt West is a working farm shaped by decades of thinking about trees, water, livestock, biodiversity and how all those things fit together.

Over two days in April, the farm became home to our biggest festival yet. Farmers, researchers, chefs, health practitioners, land managers and curious people came from across Australia to talk soil, water, trees, grazing, food, health, biodiversity and plenty more besides. There were conversations in tents, demonstrations in paddocks, food, music and a fair bit of talking in between. Around 800 people joined us each day and once again, GROUNDED proved a pretty good place to bring people and ideas together.

FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

GROUNDED Festival 2025 played host to 80 odd talks and demonstrations from around 70 speakers. View the full festival programme below.