Katrin Iskam - Gardening Without the Fuss

She's notorious, one of a kind, and 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 live tour.

Meet Katrin Iskam - a trained and working nurse, but above all the hottest discovery in the German gardening scene. Who else digs, shovels, and rummages around 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: nearly 200,000 on her Instagram page @katrinsgarten, which won 1st place at the German Garden Book Prize. This self-taught gardener is a successful gardening influencer and SPIEGEL bestselling author (2022: "Mit Witz, Charme und Methode - Das etwas andere Gartenbuch"; 2023: "Klotzen statt kleckern: Gartengestaltung mit @katrinsgarten"; book no. 3 follows in late summer: "Mit Herz & Gabel durch Katrins Gartenjahr 2025"). 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 ideas. And the seed of countless incredible stories. A late-night snail rescue once nearly ended at the police station. And when natural fertiliser accidentally lands on the Christmas tree, the only one truly 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 god-husband, who associates stonecrop more with the henhouse than the flower bed. And when Katrin recommends "cutting back", she always means it in the best possible way. In "Gärtnern ohne viel Geschiss", Katrin Iskam serves up plenty of practical tips alongside just as many funny anecdotes. "Happy Garden" - but not as you know it.