Katrin Iskam - Gardening Without the Fuss

"Gärtnern ohne viel Geschiss"
The live tour of bestselling author and gardening expert Katrin Iskam

She's notorious, she's one of a kind, and she's definitely a little crazy. She doesn't have THE green thumb - she has two of them. "Gärtnern ohne viel Geschiss" (Gardening Without the Fuss) is not just her motto but also the title of her current garden-comedy live tour.

Meet Katrin Iskam - a trained and working nurse, but above all the hottest discovery in the German gardening scene. Who else digs and shovels in rubber boots and a nightgown? Exactly - only "Katrinchen", as her fans affectionately call her. And there are quite a few of them by now. Her Instagram page @katrinsgarten alone, which won 1st place at the German Garden Book Prize, has over 220,000 followers. This self-taught entertainer is a four-time SPIEGEL bestselling author. Born and raised in the Altmark region, she now lives in Himbergen in the Lüneburger Heide. Could a home address sound more garden-like? Hardly.

And that's exactly where it is: her garden. Her retreat. The origin of all her creative katrinsgarten creations. And the seed of countless incredible stories. There, single-handedly and by the motto "do it yourself", she once felled 25 fir trees with a handsaw. And when natural fertiliser accidentally ends up on the Christmas tree, the one who's most delighted is "head gardener" Tyson, Katrin's dachshund. Together they make an unbeatable team when it comes to planning and tending the garden. Then there's Waldemar, the godly husband, who associates stonecrop more with the henhouse. And when Katrin recommends "deadheading", she always means it with the best of intentions.

In "Gärtnern ohne viel Geschiss", Katrin Iskam serves up plenty of practical tips and at least as many funny anecdotes. "Happy Garden" like you've never seen it before. And if anyone does happen to wander to Himbergen and end up at her front door, "Katrinchen" has something in store for them too.