Katrin Iskam — Gardening without much fear

The live tour by bestselling author and garden expert Katrin Iskam.

She's notorious, she's unique, and she's definitely crazy. She doesn't have THE green thumb, but two of them. “Gardening without much ado” is not only their motto, but also the title of their current garden comedy live tour.

We're talking about Katrin Iskam, a trained and active nurse, but above all the hottest discovery in the local garden scene. After all, who digs, shovels and digs in rubber boots and a nightgown? Exactly, just the “Katrinchen” as she is affectionately called by her fans. And there are plenty of them now. More than 220,000 alone on their Instagram page @katrinsgarten, which won 1st place in the German Garden Book Prize.

The autodidact is a four-time SPIEGEL bestselling author (2022 — “With wit, charm and method — The slightly different garden book”/2023 — “Blocks instead of mess: garden design with @katrinsgarten”/2024 came book no. 3: “With heart & fork through Katrin's garden year 2025”/2025 followed by book no. 4: “With heart & fork through Katrin's garden year 2026”) and entertainer.

Born and raised in the Altmark region, she now lives in Himbergen in the Lüneburger Heide. Can a place of residence sound more like a garden? Hardly. And that's exactly where it is: your garden. Your retreat. The origin of all their creative Katrinsgarten designs. And the germ cell of countless incredible stories. According to the motto: The woman is herself, 25 fir trees are cut down with a hand saw. And when the natural fertilizer unintentionally ends up on the Christmas tree, “head gardener” Tyson, Katrin's Dachshund, is delighted. Together, the two form an unbeatable team when it comes to planning, maintaining and nurturing.

Then there is Waldemar, the goddess husband, who tends to locate the fat hen in the hen house. And when Katrin advises you to “cut off,” it's always with the best of intentions. In “Gärtnern ohne viel Geschiss” Katrin Iskam offers lots of practical tips and at least as many funny anecdotes. “Happy Garden” in a completely different way. And if someone ever gets lost in Himbergen and stands in front of their front door, the “Katrinchen” also has life-like and preventive advice ready for this case: Burglary is pointless for me, the money is in the garden.

All this and much more is available in “Gärtnern ohne viel Geschiss”, the live program by and with Katrin Iskam.

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