Kate came across permaculture only at the beginning of 2008 but had been living and dreaming it for years without knowing it. As a secondary school teacher, the natural progression in her life is to teach permaculture so she did TOT '08 straight after her PDC in Frome and also attended the 2008 Convergence. Kate lives in the New Forest with her partner and cat and is forever on the lookout for a field or woodland to call her own.