Andrea Heis­tin­ger is a gar­dening book aut­hor and con­sul­tant for self-suf­fi­ci­en­cy & urban gar­dening and inspi­res with her books on orga­nic gar­dening. Tog­e­ther with Arche Noah (Asso­cia­ti­on for the Con­ser­va­ti­on of Cul­ti­va­ted Plant Diver­si­ty and its Deve­lo­p­ment), Ms. Heis­tin­ger has writ­ten basic lite­ra­tu­re on orga­nic bal­c­o­ny gar­dening: “Hand­buch Bio-Bal­kon­gar­ten”, “Hand­buch Samen­gärt­ne­rei”, “Kräu­ter rich­tig anbau­en”, “Bio­dün­ger sel­ber her­stel­len”, “Basis­wis­sen Grund­ver­sor­gung aus Bio­gär­ten”. Her books are read by many orga­nic gar­den­ers and are valued as basic lite­ra­tu­re. 

Con­tent of the pre­sen­ta­ti­on:

The “Seed gar­dening” hand­book has been reis­sued with even more pho­to gal­le­ries. The lec­tu­re pro­vi­des an intro­duc­tion to seed gar­dening and what seed gar­dening actual­ly is. It cla­ri­fies the ques­ti­on of the actu­al pur­po­se of seed pro­duc­tion and pro­pa­ga­ti­on for our hob­by gar­dening. She intro­du­ces vege­ta­ble varie­ties from which we can easi­ly coll­ect seeds and what to look out for. Andrea explains what is bree­ding, what is adapt­a­ti­on of plants to the loca­ti­on, becau­se cul­ti­va­ted plants are cha­rac­te­ri­zed by local con­di­ti­ons and varie­ties are never ful­ly bred. Let’s pre­ser­ve the diver­si­ty of our cul­ti­va­ted plants.

Cur­rent dates: Andrea Heis­tin­ger runs com­pre­hen­si­ve work­shops on orga­nic gar­dening as part of the GEA Aca­de­my.

Orga­nic gar­dening I — Orga­nic gar­dening basics: May 23 to May 25, 2025

Orga­nic gar­dening II — All-year-round self-suf­fi­ci­en­cy: April 30 to May 02, 2025

Work­shops Orga­nic gar­dening at Stu­dio Gold­blick / Berging near Schön­bü­hel on the Danu­be

Satur­day, March 29, 9 a.m. — 5 p.m.: Crea­ting & plan­ning self-suf­fi­ci­ent gar­dens
Satur­day, April 5, 9 a.m. — 5 p.m.: Simp­le and pro­duc­ti­ve gar­dening
Satur­day, April 12, 9 a.m. — 5 p.m.: Vege­ta­ble and herb varie­ty sale