Lisa-Maria Trau­er lives and loves urban gar­dening with over 50 dif­fe­rent types of edi­ble vege­ta­bles, fruit trees and shrubs on a 10 m² bal­c­o­ny on the 6th flo­or in Vienna’s Sonn­wend­vier­tel dis­trict. Year after year, it gets wil­der and wil­der. The SPIEGEL best­sel­ling aut­hor and crea­ti­ve all-roun­der pro­vi­des infor­ma­ti­on via social media, her web­site and her rai­sed bed gui­des published by Kos­mos-Ver­lag: „Mein Bal­kon-Hoch­beet: Gro­ße Ern­te auf klei­nem Raum“ (My bal­c­o­ny rai­sed bed: a big har­ve­st in a small space) and, most recent­ly published in Janu­ary, „Selbst­ver­sor­gung aus dem Bal­kon-Hoch­beet: Was mache ich wann? Suc­cessful har­ve­s­t­ing in a small space“, becau­se she gar­dens in rai­sed beds that she built hers­elf. Lisa is also a pho­to­grapher and digi­tal artist, focu­sing on strong busi­ness por­traits and beau­tiful pro­duct pho­tos.

Con­tents:

Lisa shows won­derful pho­tos of her green oasis in Vien­na across all four sea­sons. She shows what grows par­ti­cu­lar­ly well in the rai­sed beds and tubs she built hers­elf and what she pays atten­ti­on to. How she mana­ges to crea­te a beau­tiful aes­the­tic effect on the bal­c­o­ny and how her young daugh­ter expe­ri­en­ces self-suf­fi­ci­en­cy and natu­re despi­te gro­wing up in the midd­le of the city. Open the bal­c­o­ny door, har­ve­st and your self-cate­ring din­ner is rea­dy — it can be that easy.