Ramona Peters
Shrubs in tubs on the roof terrace — experiences from balkongarten_liebe
Amateur gardener Ramona Peters designed two large balconies (75 square meters in total) on the 5th floor in Siegburg. In addition to vegetables, fruit and flowers, a worm box, insect nesting aids and bird nesting boxes, she has many native trees and shrubs on her balcony. Since 2023, she has also had an allotment garden.
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Native shrubs or fruit trees on the balcony? YES! Buckthorn, buckthorn, cherry, plum, elder, hawthorn, blackthorn, field maple, rock pear, snowball, cornelian cherry and peacock have each been on the balcony for 2–3 years. Some in 40x40cm pots, others have a little more space. However, they all have to share the space with perennials, bulbous plants, etc. The shrubs are great for the local fauna and are also beautiful to look at. Especially in winter, the pots are not so empty.
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Dear Ramona,
Thank you for the great presentation and the beautiful pictures. Now I’ve seen again that it’s possible to keep a rock pear in a pot. I never dared to do that.
I’m going to go out and try it this weekend!!!
Thanks for the inspiration!
That makes me happy! The rock pear is really great, especially when it’s full of beautiful flowers!
Thank you for the beautiful presentation. That looks like the nettle-leaved bellflower to me. It likes it in the shade.
I’m glad you enjoyed the presentation! Yes, nettle-leaved bluebells grow very well in shady corners where I live, they just grow quite tall. One of them once stood next to my alder tree and grew taller than the alder tree over the course of the year 😄
Have you noticed any damage to the trees after virus or fungal infestation?
Question results from the observed fungal infestation of a black elder Black Beauty, which hardly formed any flowers or fruits in 2024 and thus hardly helped any insects. Does anyone know the harmful fungi on Sambucus nigra?.
My mistakes were, for example, the incorrect positioning of a dwarf fruit tree after its purchase instead of an ordinary tree or the positioning of a very lame (10 to 20 cm per year) growing Amelanchier alnifolia „Greatberry Farm“ in a place where I want a tall tree in the foreseeable future.
Hello Holger, I haven’t had any fungal infestation on any trees yet. Is the elder already older or only recently planted? If a shrub doesn’t really want to grow right from the start, I would take the root ball out of the soil again and see if it has grown at all. However, it is normal for woody plants to be busy rooting in the first year and not much happens at the top.
Thank you for sharing your mistakes. I still haven’t put some of my woody plants in the ground either, because I’m struggling to decide whether they should stay in the garden 😀
Dear Mrs. Peters,
Yes, you can make your home more beautiful, you just have to have ideas and the courage to try them out. Thank you for sharing this with us. It was nice to see the variety of different plants and the growth of your plant pots and generally how you can express something creatively. If this is accepted by the wildlife, what could be better? Cats: (Sigh) I miss my „Stubsi“ (Carthusian cat) but it’s been a long time. All the best and continued success…
Dear Mrs. Peters,
I thought of something else: I had piled up my planters in raised bed style with wooden sticks or raised bed wood chips plus worm humus and fed the compost worms with vegetable scraps using a worm vase, and these worms are sooo industrious and have formed magnificent worm humus — unbelievable how industrious they are. This year I had to replenish the substrate and everything because everything had sunk down several times. This is what it looks like in my containers.
But my question is actually — oh well, I fertilize with Snoek liquid fertilizer every 10 days and had actually thought that I was now in a good position and that everything should grow magnificently??!!!!
Or not? As underplanting for the various columnar fruit trees (plum, cherry, pear, apple), I only took a little at first so that the roots could develop well. So: The nasturtium had not produced any flowers. Daisies on the apple tree. Many aphids caused it to stop flowering.
I actually thought I had done everything right, or did I not? How should I fertilize? And: How can I tell if I’m not fertilizing the right amount after all, or if I’m fertilizing enough, or er — yes — whatever!!!! Phew, that’s difficult! How do you do it?
Thank you again for the nice presentation and your time to answer our questions.
In terms of fertilizing, I would differentiate between native wild shrubs and fruit trees. Wild shrubs hardly need to be fertilized, but fruit trees do of course, as they need energy for the fruit. I have always fertilized my cherry and my plum once a year with slow-release fertilizer such as horn shavings. During the course of the year, I only added a little worm tea, leftover yeast or effective microorganisms to the irrigation water. Unfortunately, I don’t know much about columnar fruit. I think that pruning is also quite important here, so that the energy goes into the right shoots. Heinrich Beltz said something about this in his lecture. If you are completely unsure about the nutrient content of your soil, you could also have a substrate sample sent in. The nutrient content (N‑P-K ratio) can then be determined in the laboratory. However, I have not yet done this myself. If all the flowers fall off, they may not have been pollinated. If all the fruits are dropped, then the tree is lacking something. If it’s not the water, then it could be the nutrients. The N‑P-K ratio may not be right. Phosphate, for example, is particularly needed for flowers. If you use compost or let it rot, the N‑P-K ratio is difficult to estimate. Soil analysis might help here. Unfortunately, as I said, I have no experience with columnar fruit. I hope it helps anyway!
Dear Mrs. Peters,
Yes, it does — but it still helps me — now I have a lot to think about and my thoughts will be spinning, but it’s for our nature and wildlife as well as for me.
Thank you very much and good luck with all your activities…
Best regards
Thank you for the feedback! And yes, the gap that our animals leave behind can never be closed! I still miss my cat Putzi from my childhood and especially my goat Sissi, who I raised with a bottle back then ❤️
Dear Mrs. Peters,
It is something very precious that you were able to experience — hold on to it.
Much love…
Dear Ramona
Thank you for this great talk. I’m celebrating right now.
You have explained and shown so much.
Which I personally found really great:
That you have so many native trees and above all that they are really more stable, even in pots. This is in line with our experience at Hortus. I could also pick up a few things from you. And then you’re not that far away. That means you have pretty similar climatic conditions. I’ve seen a few things that don’t go so smoothly for me and I think I know why. You’re also a really great example of native trees and shrubs on our balconies and terraces. You often run into walls there. Many, many thanks for this lecture. The photos would also be great. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I could just cuddle you rhetorically. Really only rhetorically. I just don’t know how else to express my joy.
I’m so pleased that we can all inspire each other here! I sometimes despair too, especially when you see that, for example, cherry laurel is always planted in new buildings (probably without giving it much thought) 😬 but we can change that bit by bit!
what’s the deal with figs? are they valuable in any way? I’m wavering between a fig tree (small because it’s a small balcony) or a gooseberry/raspberry tree. but as I haven’t heard anything about them in the whole congress, maybe they’re not quite so valuable?!
Hello Ina,
Figs are plants from the south — overwintering can sometimes be difficult, so native berries are easy to care for (and certainly more valuable for our insects). But if you could really enjoy a fig, why not treat yourself to it and plant something native underneath it?.
Best wishes and happy gardening!
Markus Fuchs from Leipzig has already harvested many figs again. His figs spend the winter outside on the wall of his house.
Hi Ina, I actually had a very small fig on my balcony too. As Sabine already said, the native trees are more valuable for the local fauna, but if you would like to have your own figs, it is definitely possible and a nice thing to do! The woody part of a fig usually survives the winter without any problems, only the green branches may freeze back. As the fig loses its leaves over the winter, you could also overwinter it in a dark, frost-free place (e.g. in the cellar).
Hello to the fig tree community 😋, I also have a fig in a pot, no bountiful harvest, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating…
I initially overwintered it indoors, but after a congress — I think it was Markus Fuchs — said that he overwintered it outdoors, I tried it out last winter too. She had a few years under her belt in the meantime. .
It worked. However, I didn’t have any fruit this year…but I don’t know if that has anything to do with it… Have fun trying it out…
Thank you for all the answers 🙂 the wintering could actually become a problem. but I’ve also heard from neighbors in the immediate vicinity that they leave them outside.
maybe I’ll do as I always do with plants: just try both 😜
Hello.….I’m immediately in a bad mood when someone talks about 2 balconies over 75 square meters and even in the past, because he probably now has a huge garden where he can generously plant out his “former balcony trees”.…or perhaps buy new and very large ones.….Why always big, much and more? I think we’re talking about balconies and windowsills here, not terraces and gardens!
I’m sorry you feel that way! Of course, I was able to plant more in total on my 75 square meters than someone with 10 square meters and was able to show so many trees and shrubs. But that doesn’t change the fact that someone with 10 square meters can be inspired by these shrubs and see which ones they like best. After three years, I’ve now moved house and don’t just buy everything new, but plant what I already have, as I don’t have a 75 m² balcony or terrace here. Some of the tubs fit on the patio, so some things, like the cornelian cherry, stay in the tub.
Dear Verena,
Of course a roof terrace is bigger. Nan has more options. But it’s still gardening in pots for us. Of course, we can accommodate more species due to the size, but this wealth of experience can certainly be helpful for small balconies. I can tell you, for example, that a hanging catkin willow can also work on a balcony with a few square meters. But that an elderberry can get too big in the long run. That broom and blueberry are great as native varieties. Just because you have more space on a roof terrace doesn’t mean you can’t have the same experience. Even small balconies can benefit from this. And she cultivated the trees on balconies. At the beginning, I also had options for planting trees outdoors if they get too big. At the end of the day, a roof terrace is a large balcony. And we also have windowsills. 😁 Every meter counts. Don’t let the size put you off. Or spoil your mood. For example, I’ve often taken more from the small balconies and have been able to increase biodiversity as a result.
Dear Verena, I am intervening as the organizer. An appreciative tone is very important to me, that’s why I’m asking you. Ramona shares her experiences with us, for which I am very grateful. Her experience, gained over years on a 75 square meter roof terrace, can be used on small balconies. Ramona has selected ecologically valuable shrubs, chosen a suitable ecological underplanting, great photos, gives a great presentation. We exchange experiences. Show possibilities. In appreciation, please. At least one native shrub fits on every balcony. We also garden in containers in gardens and on terraces. Native plants also make more sense there than oleander, angel’s trumpet and cherry laurel. Kind regards Birgit
Dear Birgit, OK then perhaps the name “balcony congress” is not so appropriate if it’s not about that, but about native shrubs somewhere. PS: only native plants grow on my BALCONY in Berlin, in small pots, so a tub won’t fit. I originally thought that was your point. Well, I was wrong. Best wishes from the balcony Verena
Dear Verena, would you like to introduce yourself and your balcony at the next congress? We would love to learn from you and your experiences. It’s not so easy to find outstandingly planted, ecologically valuable small balconies whose designers are also prepared to show themselves in public. For the congress in March, I have a commitment for a 2 m² north-facing balcony and a 2.7 m² south-facing balcony. I would be delighted if you would also introduce yourself. I am aware of the great potential of the many small balconies. Kind regards from Birgit
…well, 10 square meters of balcony is already very generous.… think of standard balconies in cities in categories of 2 square meters.
For a “balcony congress”, I think 75 square meters of terraces are out of place.
Dear Verena, thank you for your opinion. In appreciation, please. We will show you the possibilities. Kind regards Birgit — congress organizer
According to Wikipedia, terraces are originally open spaces on the first floor of a building.
My parents, like me, didn’t know the difference for decades, which led to mistakes, as we referred to a terrace as a balcony.
Like Verena, I was annoyed by the high investment of the speakers, but their experience was valuable.
We have enough space for plants in the garden on a terrace, but a lot of locations under trees, next to buildings are complicated to cultivate due to their root pressure and microclimate.
Why shouldn’t Ms. Peters use what she has? Others throw their money away on all sorts of environmentally harmful things. But of course you can also create beautiful balconies with little space and little money. I have a „columnar birch“ growing in a hanging container that is actually home to a strawberry. The great thing is that you can also garden on a balcony with little money. As Mrs. Peters had a lot of space, she also has a lot more experience with shrubs than the rest of us. It’s great that she shares it with us.
Honestly, I admire the people who can do that. I really have respect for them. I think we can all benefit from each other.
inspiring, encouraging and low-threshold and very well done, thank you very much.
Dear plant friends, thank you for all the information, but unfortunately it’s not for a balcony.
Dear Eileen, with pleasure. I have chosen the focus of this congress — woody plants. A wide variety of woody plants that work well in containers. I believe that the many balconies can be planted in a more ecologically valuable and edible way. We are highlighting opportunities here. For me, this also includes thinking about woody plants, as there is a lot of good experience with this. We have compiled a list here https://www.naturadb.de/listen/n830j2nm/, which woody plants have proven themselves in containers for at least 2–3 years. As most people cannot imagine this, we are sharing our experiences here. Of course, this is pioneering work. These are opportunities. Opportunities for the climate, our well-being, a better microclimate on the balcony, animal visitors, snacking, … Those who garden with woody plants in containers find that it is quite easy to care for, because the planting works and delights for several years. We garden vertically, making multiple use of the space, as there is still room for underplanting in the container. Master gardener Friedhelm Strickler shows how many other plants can fit in. Enjoy the contributions. Kind regards Birgit
Thank you very much for the presentation! It’s very cool to see that things go wrong for others too 🙂 Everyone learns from it — and as a hobby gardener you don’t feel quite so sad the next time something goes wrong 😁
With pleasure! That makes me happy! Yes, something always goes wrong. Even if you do the same thing, the result of gardening is sometimes still different because there are simply many variables that you have no control over! My first year on the balcony, for example, was totally dry, so I switched almost completely to succulents for some of the containers because I didn’t want to water so much. In the second year, it was really wet and I removed the saucers from some of the boxes too late 🙈 I can recommend regular “check-ups”, cuttings and collecting seeds 😄 so you can react quickly enough and have a backup!
Plan B always sounds good 😁
Thank you for the lecture, very inspiring. I plant trees and shrubs directly in the ground, not in pots or containers. On the one hand, it’s not good for the plants to be so constricted and on the other hand, it makes more sense to give plants the space to develop fully. So my appeal is to simply plant outside, directly in the ground, let’s make everything green again. Let’s put self-climbing plants on all the houses, let the green spread everywhere. Think big! Sincerely, Ricardo
yes Ricardo, you hit the nail on the head, why should we allow ourselves to be constricted any further, go out to pots and tubs.…..raus, plant the cities!!!!! thanks for your contribution, Ines
Dear Ramona, dear Birgit,
Thank you for the inspiration. I have a balcony and will now dare to plant the passageway between the house and garage with shrubs in tubs. I really like the rock pear and hawthorn. And I’m going to plant a wild maple seedling in a larger pot and see how it develops over time.
Kind regards
Dear Ramona, what a lot there is 😅. I have a lovely low-maintenance gravel garden. I can recommend it, you don’t even have to water it if you don’t feel like it, just like you write. Light-colored large stones are best, I blow everything away easily with the leaf blower. 😅 My neighbors have copied me. What a great idea. Try it out. Micha
Hello Ramona and Birgit,
Thank you for sharing your experiences and pointing out possibilities. I enjoyed it, even though my garden situation is quite different, and I will now think again about where and how I can accommodate a peacock 🙂
Best regards, Sabine
Hello Ramona and Birgit, I don’t know how all this would work on a balcony🤔?
Greetings Heidi
Hello Heidi,
Who is asking you to do *everything* on a balcony? The congress is free of charge, you can simply leave aside what is not an option for you. With so many congress participants, even *one* suggestion for every 20th participant is a success! Let it grow with you 🙂
Very nice presentation! I always find it inspiring to see other balconies. Thank you also for sharing your „fails“. Some mistakes don’t even occur to you… and some you know, but it takes longer to get them under control… this season I unfortunately killed 2 plants again because I watered too much and the substrate was probably not permeable enough… In other places where unwanted seeds have settled on their own and I don’t water, I can see how long they make it without watering… (my balcony is covered)
Your way of getting things across is also very likeable. You are a good tree-on-the-balcony ambassador 😁
Kind regards
Thank you very much for the practical presentation of the various woody plants and their possible underplanting. The beautiful pictures really whet the appetite,
to plant a tree.
Dear Ramona, thank you very much for this inspiring talk. Your „just sprinkle in some bluebell seeds…“ alone has encouraged me to be more daring and experiment again. I’m not the typical balcony owner either, but have been gardening for 30 years on a 35 square meter, paved and walled courtyard. With ups and downs… What unites all of us taking part in Birgit’s congress is that we want to create as much natural habitat for our insect world in pots and tubs as possible. If a snack bucket, a vegetable bucket or even a fruit tree works, so much the better. Learning by doing… A rock pear and a cornelian cherry are definitely on my list of things to try next year. Thanks for your inspiration.
LG, Bianca P.
Dear Ramona, dear Birgit 😊
Thank you very much for this great contribution, it shows impressively what is possible. I have learned a lot and last year I also planted an apple tree in a pot on our small balcony… it was also after Birgit’s congress. My goal was privacy protection.
Now, after your great talk, I’m going to think about the underplanting (I have lady’s mantle) and will definitely put in bulbs for next spring.
Dear Ramona, I wish you continued joy, thank you for your generously shared knowledge and all the best 🌳Thank you dear Birgit, you are great 💚💚
Best regards Jana
Dear Ramona, could you also observe that the lemon butterflies live on the deciduous tree? Thank you! Mareike
Thank you two dear ones, what a beautiful dialog!!!
We share the experience that we learn from mistakes! And you just have to start somewhere! As a perfectionist, I tend to think more than I act. And I think this lecture invites you to get started and gain experience! That’s what makes the whole thing so exciting, don’t you think? Plants are a dialog 🙂
Please tell me your biggest pot that has worked for you. I also like to plant trees and as soon as the pot gets bigger, i.e. really big, the price rises dramatically. I’m prepared to pay that if it’s worth it. Do you have any recommendations?
My largest container was the cherry. Plastic in terracotta is generally the cheapest. My cherry was in this tub https://www.amazon.de/greemotion-Pflanzk%C3%BCbel-Terrakotta-UV-best%C3%A4ndiger-Pflanzen-Zubeh%C3%B6r/dp/B01FFW5F7A/ref=sr_1_4?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=30UUDMHCZ6D6C&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.slcWtXyLhenEoL9cLRvcY3oSYiKPw4Ut_ghzeEaGNNWL5rqk84Oh_yurBraUwnRcSlCJ2a5lYsLl3a38TU-x884hH-lTOo3lGaZQISnUecU3R34fwceJxHlCB5a2DY1yeYdrofew0IWn94wRsHmZahBklZsiAxbEzu2iv8yWpBYOqNu5HCnYQUJFqVAy6GvT339PkQoKrEY_tDem_EE1eNavRDE448g9kz6zltlKhmrh6fMu9ffVIlFLt-LKh-ghSg7FyVxkQunvYHZ03cnaOivdLgs3vYjrH0Rie0Au83k._‑LOhoiOTFNrGQy6TG_g0V9Xr5HCFSdWhBtGaDSnFDY&dib_tag=se&keywords=greemotion+Pflanzk%C3%BCbel&qid=1727459570&sprefix=greemotion+pflanzk%C3%BCbel+%2Caps%2C98&sr=8–4
If you live in the Rhein-Sieg district or nearby: I currently have a few tubs left over from my planting out campaigns. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to send them because of their size.
Dear Ramona, dear Birgit,
Now that I’ve read all the comments, thank you very much for the presentation and for what you’ve done.
It’s so nice that there are people like you who share this ‚gardening knowledge‘ and, above all, their experiences and feelings about it with the world.
I’ve been watching Birgit’s organic balcony conferences for years, even though I don’t have a balcony, can’t garden on windowsills and the former loading ramp at the house next to a paddock is a constant challenge for planting. I am full of gratitude when the slugs don’t devour every strawberry and lettuce leaf and recently hollow out tomatoes, when the flowers delight me with their colors and shapes for the eyes, nose and sometimes the palate, when easy-care (aromatic) plants such as sage, thyme, lemon balm, mint, rosemary and chives enrich the kitchen and medicine cabinet…
I take away tips from every congress, am delighted at the increasing interest in experiencing nature outside the window, the balcony and patio door, can share in the happiness of others about their harvest, their observations, their feel-good experience… — about reading appreciative and inquiring comments. THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart.
We should focus more on what is possible and not allow ourselves to be constantly slowed down by what does not seem possible!
Many wild plant greetings
Thank you for the wonderful comment! I recently learned that ground beetles eat snails (the Naturgucker Akademie has a great video on this). In other words, more ground beetles = fewer snails. Dead wood is very important for ground beetles!
Dear Ramona,
Thanks for the tip about the ground beetles. The Naturgucker Akademie site is currently being revised; I’ll be sure to watch the video later. I have no shortage of deadwood, as many insects enjoy it.
Keep on experimenting! We learn more by doing rather than just from books.
And it’s true: if you spend a lot of time with a plant or shrub over the year/over the years, you become friends with it — just like a rose is not just a rose in the book ‚The Little Prince‘. I really have both feet on the ground, but at some point I started to communicate with the plants (‚thank you for the great flowers‘, ‚oh, your raspberries taste particularly good this year‘, ‚I’m sorry that I’m only watering you now‘, ‚welcome dog rose, that you’ve found your way to me‘, ‚the brown leaves worry me — what are you missing?…’) — crazy? — No, certainly not! Plants are not just there to be looked at and harvested! They are intelligent co-inhabitants of this earth, as research results from recent years have shown. We can have a friendly/familial relationship with them — for the benefit of all!
Many wild plant greetings
Dear Ramona,
I would also like to thank you very much for the lecture. If you have a lot of space, you also have a lot of opportunity to try things out and „mistakes“ may not hurt as much as if you only have one single tree on a small balcony that then dies.
I also thought it was great that you didn’t just test balcony varieties but everything possible (and lots of local ones!), that takes away the fear.
Our apricot in the tub died this year due to the frost. Underplanted with margarite, kidney vetch and yarrow — how can I replace it without the underplanting suffering too much? And is it better to do this in the spring or now in the fall?
Autumn is ideal for transplanting perennials, as the soil is usually nice and moist and they are therefore not stressed by drought. But spring is also good. Only if it is very warm do you need to water well at the beginning. Plants with a taproot, such as horned clover, don’t usually like being transplanted, so dig them up as generously as possible. Good luck!
Hello Ramona,
Thank you very much for your presentation! I enjoyed watching it very much.
My little balcony is getting fuller and fuller and I always enjoy watching the wildlife that comes in. Of course, there are also sometimes unwelcome guests and I’m happy to receive tips and useful insects. Do you happen to know who likes to eat fungus gnats? There are always masses of them in my garden.
And I have another question about foliage as fall mulch: Which trees’ foliage is particularly suitable for tubs in addition to linden foliage?
Thank you in advance for your answer!
Best regards, Aline
Hello Aline,
You can buy nematodes against fungus gnats. These must always be bought fresh and added to the irrigation water. Never use sticky boards outside, as other animals can also stick to them.
As a preventative measure against fungus gnats, you should make sure that the soil is not always completely wet and you could, for example, sprinkle a layer of sand on top.
Leaves from poplar, ash, lime, alder, birch, willow, apple, elder and robinia rot quickly and are therefore well suited.
I hope this helps!
A great lecture and a pleasant woman. Thanks to you both. 💖
Dear Ramona, dear Birgit,
Thank you very much for this lovely, practical, sympathetic presentation!
My little balcony is overflowing, but if a gap opens up or I can do without tomatoes, I’ll put a gooseberry without thorns and a dwarf rock pear on my balcony.Thank you also for the inspiration for underplanting, great ideas! And we all know the „fails“ and learn from them again and again.Thank you, dear Ramona, for sharing your experiences with us so refreshingly honestly! I am happy for you and your trees that you now have space to „let them loose“.If my blackcurrant gets too big, it can go to my son in the garden.I hope there is still time, I love it so much, just the scent of the leaves.In the 3rd year I have now even harvested a whole pound of berries this summer. Your observations of nature are the same as mine, it’s amazing what is growing, I especially love the grasshopper and the cross spiders.
Sorry for the long text, but you have inspired me so much and saved the gloomy day.
Wild plant greetings from the „bee jungle“ (3sqm south) in Upper Swabia!
Sincerely, Christa
Dear Ramona, all my pots are currently full, but if my largest pot (10 l) should become available, is there anything for this size in partial shade or full sun in winter as there is no shade from a tree?
Best regards
Dear Ramona, dear Birgit,
Thank you for this wonderful presentation. Although I only have a balcony of 3.6 square meters, I have been able to see valuable things here, especially to dare to grow shrubs.
I think it’s a pity that there is so much criticism of this lecture, if you don’t like it, you don’t have to watch it in its entirety.
I liked it very much overall!
LG Deva
Dear Deva, Ramona gave a great talk about her experiences on her roof terrace and responded to the comments with confidence. She shared her own experiences, which can/should set an example for roof terraces and balconies of all sizes, if their owners dare to do so. I am infinitely grateful to Ramona for this lecture. And for putting up with the comments, all of which came from people who only wanted to be here at this lecture or who disturbed it out of ignorance and out of old belief patterns that this is not possible and who were not even registered for the congress. That was a deliberate disruptive action that we in the group were able to withstand. We didn’t put any more energy into it. Ramona’s lecture is a huge inspiration to plant woody plants in containers, because this is easier gardening due to the permanent planting, gardening in the vertical, woody plants above, planting partners below, and due to Ramona’s clever plant selection, her woody plants benefit many insects. Thank you Ramona, you are a role model. Kind regards Birgit
Thank you, dear Birgit, I feel the same way about the lecture, it doesn’t matter whether I can place one or 25 trees.
I wasn’t even thinking about a deliberate disruptive action.
Thank you also for getting Ramona to give the talk.
All the best Deva