15. Online Bio-Bal­kon Kon­gress vom 21. bis 30.09.24, Son­der­öff­nung 03./04.10.24

Air con­di­tio­ning in the plan­ter

Shrubs cool in the heat, warm in win­ter and also grow in con­tai­ners

21 experts (mas­ter gar­den­ers, sci­en­tists, bal­c­o­ny prac­ti­tio­ners) share their know­ledge and enthu­si­asm for high-yiel­ding autumn-win­ter cul­ti­va­ti­on of vege­ta­bles, per­ma­veggies and herbs on bal­co­nies, ter­races, win­dows­ills and an incre­di­ble varie­ty of shrubs for con­tai­ners online & free of char­ge. Let’s plant diver­si­ty for the future tog­e­ther.

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Nächs­ter Kon­gress ab 20.03.25. Sei dabei und ent­de­cke neue Mög­lich­kei­ten, Dich mit Gemü­se und Kräu­tern vol­ler Geschmack und Vit­ami­ne selbst­zu­ver­sor­gen und das Mikro­kli­ma zu beein­flus­sen! Natür­lich insek­ten­freund­lich!

Regis­tra­ti­on takes place as part of the Pri­va­cy poli­cy.

Bir­git Schattling’s Bio-Bal­kon-Kon­gress is known from:

The­se experts sup­port the orga­nic bal­c­o­ny move­ment

und tei­len in Inter­views und Vor­trä­gen für Dich kos­ten­frei für jeweils 48 Stun­den ihre bes­ten Tipps und Erfah­run­gen, ihr Wis­sen und viel Begeis­te­rung mit Dir. Wir gärt­nern im Ein­klang mit der Natur, ver­wen­den kei­ne gif­ti­gen Spritz­mit­tel, Torf, dün­gen ohne che­misch-syn­the­ti­sche Dün­ger und pfle­gen das Boden­le­ben. Wir för­dern bio­lo­gi­sche Viel­falt mit hei­mi­schen und öko­lo­gisch wert­vol­len Pflan­zen und lie­ben Gemü­se in Viel­falt.

Conrad Amber speaks at the Online Organic Balcony Congress: Rebellion: Urban greening for a liveable future
Con­rad Amber

Key­note Rebel­li­on: Urban gree­ning for a future worth living

Doris Kampas is the expert for raised beds.
Doris Kam­pas

Win­ter­ge­mü­se im klei­nen Pflanz­ge­fäß und im Hoch­beet — was noch aussäen/pflanzen?

Columnar and dwarf fruit for balconies and terraces will be presented by gardener and horticultural engineer Heinrich Beltz at the Online Organic Balcony Congress.
Hein­rich Beltz

Colum­nar and dwarf fruit for bal­co­nies and ter­races: varie­ties and pru­ning

Here is the picture of the inventor and CEO of vertical beds for year-round vertical cultivation.
Dr. Jür­gen Her­ler

Eco­lo­gi­cal ver­ti­cal gar­dens for cli­ma­tic ter­races with shrubs and clim­bing plants

Siegfried Tatschl presents 555 varieties of fruit for the permaculture balcony at the Online Organic Balcony Congress
Sieg­fried Tat­schl

In the mood for fruit. Back to the Fruits. New fruit delights for hot times.

Vegetable growing expert Wolfgang Palme presents four-season gardening on the balcony.
Wolf­gang
Palm tree

News on win­ter vege­ta­bles under the effects of cli­ma­te chan­ge

Wild plant expert and master gardener Friedhelm Strickler speaks at the Online Organic Balcony Congress
Fried­helm Strick­ler

Mas­ter gar­de­ner prac­ti­ce, gar­dening tips: Nati­ve woo­dy plants for the tub

Wild plant expert Berthold Daubner speaks at the Online Organic Balcony Congress
Bert­hold Daub­ner

Flowe­ring shrubs for con­tai­ners: snack plants and an insect para­di­se

Dr. Reinhard Witt, landscape planner and president of the Nature Garden Association, presents the new edition of the Wild Plants Pot Book and the new portal Stadtinsekten.com at the Online Organic Balcony Congress.
Dr. Rein­hard Witt

Super-Bestäu­ber-Pflan­ze Lauch — Kön­nen Wild­pflan­zen im Sied­lungs­raum zum Arten­schutz bei­tra­gen?

Butterfly expert Dr. Guy Pe'er speaks at the Online Organic Balcony Congress on the importance of woody plants as caterpillar food plants for butterflies
Dr. Guy Pe’er

Expe­ri­en­cing moths in the city: Woo­dy plants as cater­pil­lar food plants

Carolin Urban & Juliane Schultze speak at the Online Organic Balcony Congress on the diversity of woody plants that thrive in containers
Caro­lin Urban & Julia­ne Schult­ze

Varie­ty of shrubs for the plan­ter: soft fruit, wild fruit, semi-shrubs

Marco Schmidt speaks at the Online Bio-Balkon Congress on climate-adapted construction.
Mar­co Schmidt

Cli­ma­te pro­tec­tion at local and glo­bal level — gree­ning with troughs

Ramona from Balkongartenliebe presents shrubs in tubs on her roof terrace at the Online Organic Balcony Congress
Ramo­na Peters

Shrubs in tubs on the roof ter­race — expe­ri­en­ces from balkongarten_liebe

Expert Elisabeth Koppensteiner speaks at the Online Organic Balcony Congress on compost tea and mixed cultivation for balcony growers.
Eli­sa­beth Kop­pen­stei­ner

What (indoor) plants can do! With com­post tea for more vita­li­ty and beau­ty

Dipl.-Ing. architect, building biologist (IBN,) mediator Anke Plehn speaks at the Online Bio-Balkon Congress
Anke Plehn

How much does your bal­c­o­ny sup­port? Tips from archi­tects and buil­ding bio­lo­gists

Thomas Puhlmann is the founder of the plant platform Naturadb and speaks at the Online Organic Balcony Congress
Tho­mas Puhl­mann

Find eco­lo­gi­cal­ly valuable com­bi­na­ti­ons of shrubs for your bal­c­o­ny

Hortus gardener Sarah Beck speaks at the Online Organic Balcony Congress
Sarah Beck

Shrubs on bal­co­nies and ter­races — expe­ri­en­ces from Hor­tus Mira­cu­li­na

Allotment garden consultant, permaculturist and forest gardener Alexandra Müller, who has an allotment garden in Bremen, speaks at the Online Organic Balcony Congress.
Alex­an­dra Mül­ler

Shrubs in con­tai­ners in the allot­ment and on the patio

Biodiversity expert Sigrid Tinz speaks at the Organic Balcony Congress
Sig­rid Tinz

Spi­ders are fri­ends. Bio­di­ver­si­ty on the bal­c­o­ny, even in fall and win­ter

Biologist Prof. Dr. Aletta Bonn, Head of the Department of Ecosystem Services at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, speaks at the Online Bio-Balkon Congress.
Prof. Dr. Alet­ta Bonn

Pro­mo­ting bio­di­ver­si­ty, cli­ma­te pro­tec­tion and per­so­nal health

Andrea Jaschik from Hortus Aquis in Aachen speaks at the Online Organic Balcony Congress on organic gardening in small spaces.
Andrea Jaschik

Fasci­na­ting deve­lo­p­ment of plant com­mu­ni­ties in con­tai­ners or bal­c­o­ny boxes

Insects support ecological gardening in small spaces (balcony, terrace, windowsill, allotment).

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Kli­ma­an­la­ge im Pflanz­kü­bel. Jeder Meter zählt!

The con­gress is for you, whe­ther you have a small gar­den with a patio, bal­c­o­ny or even just win­dows­ills in the city. This online con­gress offers prac­ti­cal tips on how to grow your own fresh, poi­son-free, fresh­ly har­ve­s­ted vege­ta­bles and herbs all year round in a small space and pro­mo­te bio­di­ver­si­ty. 

Regis­tra­ti­on takes place as part of the Pri­va­cy poli­cy.

Orga­nic bal­c­o­ny move­ment

Die Bio-Bal­kon-Bewe­gung wächst ste­tig, beim letz­ten (13.) Kon­gress bereits über 30.000 Teil­neh­mer! Jeder blü­hen­de Topf, jedes Fens­ter­brett, jeder Meter Bal­kon zählt – Wohl­fühl­oa­sen für Mensch und Tier! Selbst­an­ge­bau­tes Gemü­se, Obst und Kräu­ter!

  • Beau­tiful­ly diver­se easy to clean Bio­to­pes for many dif­fe­rent ani­mal spe­ci­es. Bees and but­ter­flies fly to the 6th and 8th flo­or!
  • You only need the sui­ta­ble plants. Insects and birds can fly from bal­c­o­ny to bal­c­o­ny, to the gar­den, to the park …
  • For you a Feel-good place with own Micro­cli­ma­te and Natu­re expe­ri­en­cesthat will touch you and make you hap­py. 

Plan­ting bal­co­nies

Many of the 58 mil­li­on bal­co­nies in Ger­ma­ny are unu­sed or just a sto­rage room! Yet they could be bio­to­pes for ani­mals. A feel-good place for you to relax. You want to do some­thing. Right now.

  • You don’t even know, how to start. You have not lear­ned. You are no lon­ger in rela­ti­onship with natu­re.
  • Which plants are actual­ly Easy to clean and sui­ta­ble, To pro­mo­te ani­mals?
  • You think you have no green thumbyou have no luck with plants.

Easy even for beg­in­ners

Du brauchst kei­nen grü­nen Dau­men! Wir sagen Dir, wie Du Dei­nen Traum­bal­kon kre­ierst – es ist ganz ein­fach. 30+ Exper­ten tei­len ihr Wis­sen mit Dir! Sie ver­ra­ten Dir, wie Du ganz ein­fach Dei­nen Bio-Bal­kon ein­rich­ten kannst:

  • Simp­le, inex­pen­si­ve, easy to clean, in the Pro­ven in prac­ti­ce.
  • The experts and prac­ti­tio­ners will give you ple­nty of Inspi­ra­ti­on, Plan­ting recom­men­da­ti­onsn and Ins­truc­tions. They share their expe­ri­en­ces with you.
  • You sow, plant, water, enjoy and per­haps put out bird food. The ani­mals will come. Each addi­tio­nal plant spe­ci­es brings new ani­mals to you and even more magi­cal moments!

In the midd­le of para­di­se

Sit right in the midd­le of it and enjoy the scent, look and ani­mal visi­tors. Expe­ri­ence gre­at satis­fac­tion and health. Your green feel-good bal­c­o­ny pro­tects and pro­mo­tes the diver­si­ty of our nati­ve flo­ra and fau­na.

  • You sit in your sea­ting area with fresh air and relax in your green oasisthat attracts ani­mals and bene­fits them.
  • You use plant spe­ci­es with a high eco­lo­gi­cal value for our nati­ve wild­life with various Flowe­ring and crop rota­ti­on.
  • Your bal­c­o­ny is Easy to cleanYou need Water lessbecau­se you are using plants that can with­stand cli­ma­te chan­ge and that Pro­mo­ting bio­di­ver­si­ty and beau­tiful are.
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“I came across your site plus the ongo­ing event purely “by chan­ce”. Ever­y­thing is gre­at, very hel­pful and real­ly very prac­ti­cal. Many thanks for your excel­lent work. dk“ Dana K.

I have micro­greens in the kit­chen and am giving them away for bir­th­days this year. The­re is now a worm box in the kit­chen. I have pla­ced stones, bran­ches and emp­ty snail shells in the boxes. The rain is caught in them and various insects come to drink. Sting­ing nett­les and wild gar­lic are now also gro­wing in the soil ring.

The con­gress was such a gre­at inspi­ra­ti­on to me that I am pas­sing it on. At work, the gar­den is now mana­ged dif­fer­ent­ly, a col­le­ague is rede­sig­ning her gar­den.… .

The first thing I do every day is go out onto the ter­race to greet the new inha­bi­tants. It gives me so much plea­su­re to watch them grow. I water them with vege­ta­ble coo­king water and put out bird food.

At the moment I’m loo­king into EM and try­ing to find some­thing sui­ta­ble for me.Gabrie­le S.

“I’m thril­led and I’m real­ly blos­so­ming — so many posi­ti­ve emo­ti­ons are con­vey­ed here.” Grit S.

“By chan­ce I came across and into your orga­nic bal­c­o­ny con­fe­rence -
with a litt­le skep­ti­cism, but this dis­ap­peared com­ple­te­ly with the first lec­tu­re.
The pre­sen­ta­ti­ons beca­me more exci­ting with each day and I was blown away by your enthu­si­asm and what you have put tog­e­ther. Here in the Stutt­gart area, land is simi­lar­ly limi­t­ed and expen­si­ve as in Ber­lin. Now I know what I have in the “towel” that I own… and what else is pos­si­ble.
I now also have a ver­ti­cal bed and a worm box with hop­eful­ly hap­py worms.”
Susan­ne A.

“Thank you for sha­ring your immense know­ledge and net­work in such a loving and app­re­cia­ti­ve way.
Thanks for taking my hand when start­ing and/or rear­ran­ging the (bal­c­o­ny) plan­ting.
Thank you for encou­ra­ging me to “just get star­ted”.
You were, or rather are, an inspi­ra­ti­on for me and I was able to put asi­de my “fear” of doing some­thing wrong when gar­dening and I also feel so incre­di­bly moti­va­ted by the fact that I was and am able to expe­ri­ence at the con­gress and in the Face­book group that the­re are sooooo many gre­at peo­p­le who make the world a litt­le or a huge amount more colorful every day and who are any­thing but indif­fe­rent to the other per­son — no mat­ter how small a bug or bac­te­ri­um.”
Mir­jam W.

“I’ve heard a lot of con­gres­ses, but I’ve never seen orga­ni­zers respond so quick­ly to emails and be so pre­sent with ques­ti­ons and comm­ents! I think that’s very high qua­li­ty!
And your way of inter­vie­w­ing and your choice of inter­view­ees is total­ly bril­li­ant! Super!
I’ve been ill for over 1.5 years and sin­ce your last con­fe­rence I’ve been real­ly moti­va­ted to make my bal­c­o­ny beau­tiful — in small steps, but very lively. Thank you very much for that! It invi­go­ra­tes me, even if I have to be careful not to take on too much becau­se other­wi­se I’ll be over­whel­med … But that also comes across real­ly well in your con­fe­ren­ces. Thank you!
Kat­ja S.

“The enthu­si­asm was com­ple­te­ly trans­fer­red to me, and that at 01:25 at night. The pre­sen­ta­ti­on was real­ly gre­at and the most important thing was always empha­si­zed: try it out, it’s not bad if it does­n’t work.” Lut­zi F.

“I real­ly like this con­gress. The main topics, your inte­res­t­ing ques­ti­ons and your calm way of mode­ra­ting. It’s real­ly fun to watch the inter­views. Very pro­fes­sio­nal. ” Kaia L.

“Gre­at lots of good infor­ma­ti­on and stay crea­ti­ve and not too com­pli­ca­ted” Ton­ja R.

The con­gress orga­ni­zer

Hel­lo, I am Bir­git Schatt­ling

Bal­c­o­ny ambassa­dor with all her heart and con­vic­tion from Ber­lin City

My Visi­on is that more peo­p­le are using their bal­co­nies and win­dows­ills use — clo­se to natu­re, to the Self-suf­fi­ci­en­cyas Oases of peace and rela­xa­ti­on. For qua­li­ty of life in edi­ble cities, pre­ser­va­ti­on of the bio­di­ver­si­tyCli­ma­te pro­tec­tion and Oases of well-being with exci­ting Natu­re expe­ri­en­ces

I will help you with this con­gress, Your own dream bal­c­o­ny and at the same time Encou­ra­ge insects, birds and other ani­mals.

Vita

Bir­git Schatt­ling initia­ted the Orga­nic bal­c­o­ny move­ment in 2017. it helps (not only) City dwel­lers again More gree­n­ery and self-suf­fi­ci­en­cy into the cities. It gives prac­ti­cal ins­truc­tions for Lush, joyful bal­c­o­ny oaseswhich is a boon for Peo­p­le, insects and ani­mals are.

The Ber­lin bal­c­o­ny gar­de­ner, “Natu­re in the gar­den” ambassa­dor, Aut­hor and Orga­ni­zer of the 15 Online Orga­nic Bal­c­o­ny Con­gres­ses to date Bir­git Schatt­ling is Media award win­ner 2018 of the Ger­man Hor­ti­cul­tu­ral Socie­ty 1822 e.V. In 2017 and 2019, she was respon­si­ble for the “Euro­pean Award for Eco­lo­gi­cal Gar­dening” nomi­na­ted. In 2017, she was award­ed a pri­ze in the Green League’s “Toxic-free gar­dening” com­pe­ti­ti­on. Spe­cial pri­ce for Gar­dening in the smal­lest of spaces.

She is a uni­ver­si­ty-cer­ti­fied “Expert advi­sor for self-suf­fi­ci­en­cy with edi­ble wild plants”. Your Hor­tus Bio-Bal­kon is part of the “Hor­tus net­work. Diver­si­ty. Beau­ty. Bene­fit”. For four years she has been Juror for the “Deutsch­land summt!” plan­ting com­pe­ti­ti­on.

For the publi­shing house Grä­fe und Unzer, she wro­te the gui­de­book “My bio­to­pe on the bal­c­o­ny. Expe­ri­ence natu­re and har­ve­st hap­pi­ness in the midd­le of the city”. Published by Ulmer Ver­lag on May 19 in the #mach­s­us­tainable-series “My inge­nious orga­nic bal­c­o­ny. With gre­at plant com­bos & DIY pro­jects for more bio­di­ver­si­ty and a deli­cious har­ve­st”.

Ques­ti­ons & Ans­wers

The 2nd book by balcony expert Birgit Schattling: "Mein genialer Bio-Balkon. With great plant combinations & DIY projects for more biodiversity and a delicious harvest"

The con­gress will take place online in the com­fort of your own home. In the peri­od from 21. bis 29. Sep­tem­ber 2024 you will recei­ve a dai­ly e‑mail with the access links to the respec­ti­ve inter­views. 

You can watch every inter­view in the 48-hour peri­od on your com­pu­ter, cell pho­ne, lap­top or tablet free of char­ge.

Exch­an­ge of expe­ri­ence desi­red: The com­ment func­tion is acti­va­ted under every post. You have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to exch­an­ge ide­as with other con­gress par­ti­ci­pan­ts, experts and prac­ti­tio­ners — most experts and prac­ti­tio­ners will be loo­king to sup­port us!

Ja, die Teil­nah­me ist 100 % kos­ten­los! Du hast aber die Mög­lich­keit, das Kon­gress­pa­ket mit allen Inter­views für einen gerin­gen Preis zu kau­fen und Dir so alle wich­ti­gen Inhal­te dau­er­haft zu sichern, um die­se über den Mit­glie­der­be­reich oder über Down­load mehr­fach anzu­schau­en. Im News­let­ter you will recei­ve more detail­ed infor­ma­ti­on — also to the upco­ming pro­mo­tio­nal pri­ces.

No. The com­ple­te expert inter­views and ques­ti­on-and-ans­wer ses­si­ons can be view­ed exclu­si­ve­ly here as part of this con­gress. Regis­tra­ti­on for the con­gress with an e‑mail address is suf­fi­ci­ent.

Yes, if you would like to down­load the inter­views (video and audio), you can purcha­se the con­gress packa­ge at any time. About the dai­ly news­let­ter you will always get all the latest dates and infor­ma­ti­on, find out ever­y­thing about live work­shops and exclu­si­ve bene­fits.

If you have NOT recei­ved a con­fir­ma­ti­on e‑mail after regis­tering (also check your SPAM fol­der), then try regis­tering with a dif­fe­rent e‑mail address. With web.de, t‑online.de, gmail.com, googlemail.com, gmx.at/en and bluewin.ch the­re are deli­very pro­blems with the con­gress mails due to their ser­ver set­tings, over which we have no influence.

If the regis­tra­ti­on does not work with any of your e‑mail addres­ses, plea­se use the cont­act form or send an e‑mail to support@bio-balkon.de. We will then relia­bly send you ever­y­thing per­so­nal­ly by hand so that you don’t miss any­thing! 

Some­ti­mes emails end up in the spam fol­der. Plea­se check your spam fol­der and add me to your addres­ses to pre­vent this from hap­pe­ning in the future. 

Some­ti­mes, howe­ver, e‑mails are not deli­ver­ed by the pro­vi­der for various reasons. Unfort­u­na­te­ly, I have no influence on this

So if you do not recei­ve any e‑mails, plea­se cont­act me. I will then send you the e‑mails by hand.

Lec­tu­re pro­gram (each for 48 hours)

Vor­stel­lung des Vor­trags­pro­gramms mit Gärt­ner­meis­tern, Wis­sen­schaft­lern, Pro­du­zen­ten, Autoren und Bal­kon-Prak­ti­kern. Am zwei­ten Wochen­en­de geht es um oft vor­han­de­ne Beden­ken bezüg­lich der Trag­last. Außer­dem wird ein Tool vor­ge­stellt, öko­lo­gisch wert­vol­le Gehölz­kom­bi­na­tio­nen für Dei­nen Bal­kon zu fin­den, also ein­schließ­lich pas­sen­der mehr­jäh­ri­ger (ess­ba­rer, insek­ten­freund­li­cher) Unter­pflan­zung.

Almost all spea­k­ers have agreed to ans­wer ques­ti­ons. Use the com­ment opti­on under each post to exch­an­ge ide­as. We have the Bio-Bal­kon Kon­gress expe­ri­ence exch­an­ge group on Face­book.

We are pio­neers, we expe­ri­ment with joy and curio­si­ty and approach natu­re, and the­r­e­fo­re our­sel­ves, with app­re­cia­ti­on.

Sams­tag 21. Sep­tem­ber
Con­rad Amber Key­note, Doris Kam­pas (Win­ter­ge­mü­se), Dr. Jür­gen Her­ler (Kli­ma­ter­as­se mit Rank­pflan­zen), Hein­rich Beltz (Zwerg- und Säu­len­obst)

Sonn­tag 22. Sep­tem­ber
Sieg­fried Tat­schl (Obst­viel­falt), Wolf­gang Pal­me (Win­ter­ge­mü­se)

Mon­tag 23. Sep­tem­ber
Fried­helm Strick­ler (mit Pra­xis Pflan­zung), Bert­hold Daub­ner

Diens­tag 24. Sep­tem­ber
Dr. Rein­hard Witt (Alli­um), Dr. Guy Pe’er (Schmet­ter­lin­ge)

Mitt­woch 25. Sep­tem­ber
Caro­lin Urban & Julia­ne Schult­ze, Mar­co Schmidt

Don­ners­tag 26. Sep­tem­ber
Ramo­na Peters, Eli­sa­beth Kop­pen­stei­ner

Frei­tag 26. Sep­tem­ber
Anke Plehn (Trag­last!), Tho­mas Puhl­mann (Pflan­zen­fin­der)

Sams­tag 27. Sep­tem­ber
Sarah Beck, Alex Mül­ler

Sonn­tag 28. Sep­tem­ber
Prof. Dr. Alet­ta Bonn, Sig­rid Tinz

Kli­ma­an­la­ge im Pflanz­kü­bel. Jeder Meter zählt!

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