Katrin Iskam "Gardening Without Much Fuss"

She is notorious, she is unique, and she is definitely crazy. She doesn’t just have ONE green thumb, but two of them. “Gardening without much fuss” is not only her motto but also the title of her current live tour. The person in question is Katrin Iskam, a trained and active nurse, but above all, the hottest discovery in the local gardening scene. Because who else digs, shovels, and plants in rubber boots and a nightgown? Exactly, only “Katrinchen,” as she is affectionately called by her fans. And there are quite a few of them now—almost 200,000 on her Instagram page @katrinsgarten, which won 1st place in the German Garden Book Award. The self-taught gardener is a successful garden influencer and a three-time SPIEGEL bestseller author (2022 “With Wit, Charm, and Method - The Slightly Different Gardening Book”; 2023 “Go Big or Go Home: Garden Design with @katrinsgarten”; 2024 followed with Book No. 3: “With Heart & Fork Through Katrin's Gardening Year 2025”). Born and raised in Altmark, she now lives in Himbergen in the Lüneburg Heath. Can a place of residence sound more like a garden? Probably not. And that’s exactly where it is: her garden. Her retreat. The origin of all her creative katrinsgarten constructions. And the breeding ground for countless incredible stories. There was a time when a nighttime snail rescue almost ended up at the police station. And when the natural fertilizer accidentally ends up on the Christmas tree, only “head gardener” Tyson, Katrin’s dachshund, is truly happy. Together, the two form an unbeatable team when it comes to planning, caring for, and nurturing.