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Meet us in St. Augustine!
August 1-3, 2025



We are excited to hold this year’s 2025 Bartram Trail Conference in St. Augustine, Florida, visited by both John and William Bartram in October 1765. Our venue is historic Flagler College. All events will be held at the Ringhaven Student Center, 59 Sevilla Street. Room locations for events are listed below. The conference begins on Friday with a “Trail Workshop” sponsored by the Bartram Trail Society of Florida. Saturday’s symposium features leading scholars on William Bartram whose presentations will feature William Bartram’s time in East Florida. The conference concludes Sunday morning with optional field trips. We hope you’ll join us in exploring local history and wonderful outdoor activities, all inspired by William Bartram’s incredible journey through the region. 


Registration is open


FRIDAY August 1, 2025

1:00-4:00:  Building the Trail Workshop. The workshop will feature presentations by numerous county organizations working to establish a unified trail in Florida as well as other participants. This workshop is free, but you will need to answer yes or no when registering. (Virginia Room) To sign up for the workshop only go to the registration page.

5:00 -6:30 Opening Reception (Jay’s Place on the first floor)

6:30: Cultivating the Wild, a documentary featuring six modern-day environmentalists, artists and researchers who carry on the legacy of America's first naturalist, William Bartram. The one-hour film will be shown in the Gamache-Koger Theater.


SATURDAY August 2, 2025 

8:00 BTC Auction Room opens (2nd floor classrooms across from the Virginia Room)

8:30-9:00 Registration and Coffee 

9:00-9:15 Welcome, Matt Jennings, President, Bartram Trail Conference (Virginia Room)


BARTRAM IN East Florida  

9:15: Dr. Matt Jennings, Bartram’s Adventures in East Florida

9:45: Dr. Taylor McGaughey, Governor James Grant of East Florida

10:15: Q & A

10:30 BREAK


EAST FLORIDA

10:45: Dr. Denise Bossy, Bartram as a Window into Indigenous Florida

11:15: Dr. James Hill, The Long Warrior and Cowkeeper

11:45: Q & A


12:00-1:00 LUNCH  


BARTRAM and Botany  

1:00: Adam Arendale, The Ixia  

1:30: Dr. Kelly Enright, Memory and the Franklinia


2:00-2:15 Q & A


2:15-2:45 BARTRAM Remembered

"My Favorite Bartram Moment in Ten Minutes"

Sam Carr Finding Satsuma Springs

Mike Adams The British Natural History Museum

Kathryn Braund: The Picolata Powder Horn


3:00-5:00  Special Tours and Displays. Visit the BTC Auction, which closes at 4:00. A tour of campus is also available.


6:00-8:00 Banquet and Keynote Address: Dr. Elizabeth Athens (Virginia Room)


SUNDAY August 3

We will convene at historic Fort Mosé.  It is a short drive to the site from downtown St. Augustine if you prefer to travel by car. Or bring your kayak and paddle to the site or rent a kayak from our outfitter.

Tour Historic St. Augustine sites-Bus tour of Bartram sites in and around St. Augustine. Register here.


Kayak Tours

Earth Kinship Ecotourism and Naturalist School is offering two kayak tours to conference attendees. They are,


Salt Run Kayak Experience

Friday, August 1st, 9:00–11:30 am


Castillo Waters Experience

Sunday, August 3rd, 9:00–11:30 am


To register for either or both of these kayak tours please go to https://www.earthkinship.us/event.