The OBOD 2025 East Coast Gathering is returning to the apparent world.
We hope the memories we've made in prior years live on in your hearts and minds.
Stay tuned for a few surprises this year!
Information for 2025
WHEN: September 25-28, 2025
WHERE: Camp Netimus, Milford, PA
(Yep, heading back to our original site!)
THEME: Tools of the Trade
REGISTRATION: Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 12:00 pm, EST
Special Guest:
Kristoffer Hughes
(Head of the Anglesey Druid Order)
Fee:
ONSITE 3 OVERNIGHT-STAY (includes food): $270
Full payment will be required by September 1, 2025.
Prior to registration, please read the Code of Conduct and Camp Rules. You will be required to sign a waiver when registering onsite confirming you have read and will abide by both.
After submitting your registration, click the "Donate" button on the Payment/Donations page to submit your payment via PayPal. OR send a payment via PayPal to [email protected]. If you need to send a check instead, please email us for the address to which to mail it. We will be in touch with you as time grows nearer to the event.
Registration will be limited to 75 onsite spaces with offsite registration of 30
maximum including day passes. Please indicate your choice on the registration form. When the onsite spaces are filled, we will open registration strictly for offsite spaces. There will also be a waiting list registration, no deposit required for the waiting list.
Please be patient, this is a manual process and there is a lag time.
Parking space is limited so please carpool if you can.
Tents and Campers may be allowed onsite this year.
Location: Camp Netimus, Milford, PA
We hope the memories we've made in prior years live on in your hearts and minds.
Stay tuned for a few surprises this year!
Information for 2025
WHEN: September 25-28, 2025
WHERE: Camp Netimus, Milford, PA
(Yep, heading back to our original site!)
THEME: Tools of the Trade
REGISTRATION: Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 12:00 pm, EST
Special Guest:
Kristoffer Hughes
(Head of the Anglesey Druid Order)
Fee:
ONSITE 3 OVERNIGHT-STAY (includes food): $270
Full payment will be required by September 1, 2025.
Prior to registration, please read the Code of Conduct and Camp Rules. You will be required to sign a waiver when registering onsite confirming you have read and will abide by both.
After submitting your registration, click the "Donate" button on the Payment/Donations page to submit your payment via PayPal. OR send a payment via PayPal to [email protected]. If you need to send a check instead, please email us for the address to which to mail it. We will be in touch with you as time grows nearer to the event.
Registration will be limited to 75 onsite spaces with offsite registration of 30
maximum including day passes. Please indicate your choice on the registration form. When the onsite spaces are filled, we will open registration strictly for offsite spaces. There will also be a waiting list registration, no deposit required for the waiting list.
Please be patient, this is a manual process and there is a lag time.
Parking space is limited so please carpool if you can.
Tents and Campers may be allowed onsite this year.
Location: Camp Netimus, Milford, PA
- The mission of the OBOD East Coast Gathering is to engender three things:
2. provide a safe, nurturing environment for OBOD members and friends to connect to each other, to the land, and to their own personal spirituality;
3. provide a venue where OBOD members and friends can share beliefs, experiences, and lore that unite them in the deep wisdom learned in the practice of druidry.
FACILITIES/MEALS
Facilities - Camp Netimus, Milford, PA
Offsite Lodging
Lodging is also available around Milford for those preferring to lodge offsite or if all available spaces are filled. A Search provides the following suggested nearby Campsites and Hotels/Motels. Please note this is not a comprehensive list. The links are for convenience and not an endorsement of any facility.
For offsite lodging, there will be a daily fee to cover food and other expenses
Meals
As always, we will have Vegetarian and Gluten Free options for meals. (These meal options can now be requested on the Registration Form.) If you have any dietary restrictions, please advise us so we may take them into account when planning meals.
Registration includes meals but those preferring to prepare their own food will have access to kitchen facilities before or after Kitchen Staff had prepares meals... are we doing this?
For more information contact us at [email protected]
Facilities - Camp Netimus, Milford, PA
Offsite Lodging
Lodging is also available around Milford for those preferring to lodge offsite or if all available spaces are filled. A Search provides the following suggested nearby Campsites and Hotels/Motels. Please note this is not a comprehensive list. The links are for convenience and not an endorsement of any facility.
For offsite lodging, there will be a daily fee to cover food and other expenses
Meals
As always, we will have Vegetarian and Gluten Free options for meals. (These meal options can now be requested on the Registration Form.) If you have any dietary restrictions, please advise us so we may take them into account when planning meals.
Registration includes meals but those preferring to prepare their own food will have access to kitchen facilities before or after Kitchen Staff had prepares meals... are we doing this?
For more information contact us at [email protected]
The OBOD East Coast Gathering (known for a few years as the DragonOak OBOD Retreat) is a private event for members of the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids and their families and friends. If you are not an OBOD member but have a friend or relative who is and will attend with you (sponsor you) for this gathering, please provide their name and contact information when you register. All membership and grades are verified with the OBOD office prior to the event. Please plan accordingly for initiation as we will need to verify your current grade status around August 19, 2025.
Activities: Rituals, Workshops, Initiations, Eisteddfod and the famous Silent Auction!
Initiations - Group initiations are available to any OBOD member who has not already had a group initiation in his or her current grade. If you would like to be initiated at the Gathering, please indicate this on your registration form, or request by separate e-mail. (In our 'group initiations" each candidate is initiated individually by a group of fellow OBOD members.)
Vendors - there is no official vendors' area, but space will be available for those who wish to offer items for sale.
Volunteering - we ask that participants volunteer with camp duties such as clean-up and fire-tending. Sign-up sheets will be posted.
Mead- the mead is being purchased this year, so any additional donation to defray the cost is appreciated.