Organic balcony by Birgit Schattling
Gardening in a small space — experience nature and harvest happiness in the middle of the city.
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Free online congress
Healing power from the balcony
Self-sufficiency, biodiversity, urban nature, climate and heat protection.
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Balcony school in Berlin
Workshops, seminars, lectures, team events and team hiking days.
Online course
Edible wild plants
Grow the most important edible wild plants yourself.
Vouchers & Discounts
Recommendations
Soil, seeds, plants, pots, bulbs and co.
Lectures
My biotope on the balcony. Experience nature and harvest happiness in the middle of the city (online & in person). Every meter counts!
Sigrid’s species consultation
Promoting biodiversity
Lectures on ants, birds, mosquitoes, foliage, snails and co.
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More informationBalcony expert Birgit Schattling, Organic Balcony Congress
Every flower, every meter counts to promote biodiversity, urban nature, self-sufficiency and being naturally connected!
My organic balcony project for organic gardening in a small space with two GuidebooksOnline Organic Balcony Congress, Balcony courses, Lectures and Presence balcony school in Berlin is an invitation for much more green, blooming, diverse Feel-good places for humans and animals with a pleasant microclimate and abundant harvests, especially in our cities. From my many years of experience as a Berlin balcony gardener inner-city balconies overheated by the extreme location (4 m² + 5 m² + 5 Window sills with 2 balcony boxes each) on the 6th floor in Berlin-City with Vertical cultivation, 24 bird species right here on the 6th floor, daily Squirrel visits, 5 x Squirrel offspring, founder of the organic balcony movement in 2017 and organizer of the so far 17 Online Organic Balcony Congresses I know very well how much is possible on the balconies and what great pleasure we get from every freshly harvested salad and Radish draw. My vision is that many more people will use their balconies and windowsills: designed close to nature as a place of well-being for people and animals and for self-sufficiency. Every meter counts!
My main focus:
- Urban gardening, rich harvest, healthy and sustainable living in the city, permaculture
- Sustainable gardening with nature, plant strengthening for healthy plant growth
- Edible and insect-friendly wild plants, herbal knowledge, closeness to nature, magic
Back to nature, to natural life, to our true nature, to being connected
Vertical bed: enjoyment and yield through vertical gardening
Plant walls and transform them into green oases from which you can harvest. Vertical gardening is the trend. I’ll show you my functioning, high-yield vertical bed on the wall of my narrow snack balcony.
Worm humus — the best fertilizer for your balcony
Successful gardening involves fertilizing and strengthening plants as well as an active soil life, just like in nature. My favourite fertilizer for the balcony is worm composting in a worm bin. Open the lid and put the organic waste in.
Sprouts and microgreens — year-round gardening on the windowsill
Grow sprouts and microgreens on your windowsill. Within 10 days you will have a large bowl of fresh organic greens full of vitamins, bitter and pungent substances, essential oils and chlorophyll. With current 10% DISCOUNT CODE!
Heilkraft vom Balkon: 18. Bio-Balkon-Onlinekongress zeigt, wie Balkone Stadtmenschen resilienter und gesünder machen
January 2026 Press release: From March 21 to 30, 2026, Berlin balcony ambassador Birgit Schattling invites you to the 18th Organic Balcony Online Congress „Healing Power from the Balcony“. 30 experts from gardening, science and balcony practice will present opportunities online and free of charge.
Balcony in March — opportunities for harvesting happiness and experiencing nature
In March at the latest, with its spring scent, the desire for a nice cozy balcony where you can relax increases. We can watch the plants grow. Now is the time to sow and plant summer vegetables.
Balcony in February — opportunities for harvesting happiness and experiencing nature
Do you also have that tingling sensation, that impatience, the desire to finally dig your hands in the soil again? Here you can read about what can be sown and planted for the balcony in February, what tasks need to be done and what can be harvested.
Who am I — Introduction for NaturaDB a plant database
In 2023, I will be introducing myself to the NaturaDB information portal, which helps enormously in finding plants that are suitable for your own balcony. Who am I? What makes me most proud? What have been the best experiences on my balcony? Not yet mentioned here is the Balcony and Climate Terrace School in Berlin, which opened in May 2025 for training in presence.
5 ways to add strength to old balcony box soil without buying new soil every year
In spring, you should give your plants a refreshment of the balcony box soil. Do I have to buy or mix new soil every year? No. There are various sustainable ways to spice up the soil.
Tips for a beautiful, easy-care balcony that attracts animals
Lilli Erasin from Berlin-Mitte shows us her easy-care, beautiful, animal-attracting balcony in the middle of Berlin and gives us some tips. Lilli raves about balconies, flowers and the animals that visit her balcony.
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