About

My name is Kate. I share my journey to a life in balance with nature in videos and words. I also write fiction to cope with the social and climate crises. I am an idealistic dreamer with a heavy dose of realism.

Over the past years, I've gone from simple balcony gardening to restoring a piece of neglected land and growing food there. I learnt how to preserve and store the harvest for winter, how to forage for food in the wild, and how to cook from scratch. By now, I help others regenerate their gardens while building a home on our own plot of land.

I haven't always appreciated nature. Honestly, I didn't even start appreciating nature until my husband and I moved to California--and adopted a dog.

When we started diving, I saw first-hand, the effects of humans interacting with nature: plastic at the bottom of the ocean, a fishing line and weight hanging from the lip of a fish larger than my husband, and sargassum seaweed taking over where beautiful giant kelp forests used to provide a playground for seals.

My bubble was burst and slowly my world view crumbled. I kept noticing how badly we are treating this beautiful planet we should be stewarding. What gives us the right? I got angry. I got sad. I tried to fill the void with stuff. And then I decided to change somehting. That something turned out to be everything.

After California, we explored New Zealand, then the Netherlands. After a year in limbo without a garden, we are now taking over a house with a large plot where we will grow food, maintain a tiny orchard, an provide a habitat for as many local species as possible. We'll be renovating our house this winter, a chapter I am eager and excited for.

Welcome to the journey!