Tho­mas Puhl­mann, a trai­ned who­le­sa­le and for­eign trade mer­chant, is co-foun­der of the eco­lo­gi­cal­ly ori­en­ted plant data­ba­se Natu­raDB and gar­dens on his pri­va­te bal­c­o­ny with a focus on nati­ve wild peren­ni­als and sweet fruit for the fami­ly. The know­ledge he has acqui­red through Natu­raDB must be put into prac­ti­ce.

Con­tents:

In his pre­sen­ta­ti­on, Tho­mas Puhl­mann shows us how we gar­den­ers can use Natu­raDB to find the per­fect plants for our shady bal­c­o­ny pro­ject, crea­te a simp­le plan and even unco­ver poten­ti­al for ani­mals and insects. In addi­ti­on to pos­si­ble Sel­ec­tion cri­te­ria such as flowe­ring color, flowe­ring time, insect fri­end­li­ne­ss, win­ter gree­n­ery, edi­bi­li­ty and cul­ti­va­ti­on infor­ma­ti­on the eco­lo­gi­cal aspects. Is it a nati­ve or natu­ra­li­zed plant, a cul­ti­var or a neo­phyte? Natu­raDB cle­ar­ly shows how many wild bees and but­ter­flies as well as but­ter­fly cater­pil­lars, beet­les and hover­flies use this plant, so that the Eco­lo­gi­cal Wert easi­ly our Plant decis­i­ons can influence. The Plan­ning indi­vi­du­al plan­ters or beds is pos­si­ble, but Recor­ding in lists, out­put of quan­ti­ties, dis­play as Flowe­ring calen­dar and clear pre­sen­ta­ti­on, how much and which ani­mal spe­ci­es could bene­fit from this plan­ning.

New: With Com­po­si­ti­ons, Bal­c­o­ny here, Natu­raDB would like to show you projects/bed situa­tions that have been rea­li­zed in prac­ti­ce as inspi­ra­ti­on, which are valuable for insects, look (aes­the­ti­cal­ly) beau­tiful and are ide­al­ly also easy to main­tain.

New: Calen­dar of gar­den events

The Natu­raDB team is hap­py to recei­ve bug reports, sug­ges­ti­ons, oppor­tu­ni­ties for impro­ve­ment and good pho­tos — plea­se wri­te to them to make Natu­raDB bet­ter.

Anyo­ne who has tes­ted this data­ba­se will app­re­cia­te it and enjoy acces­sing it again and again, some­ti­mes even on a dai­ly basis. In respon­se to mul­ti­ple requests and thanks from the com­mu­ni­ty for this free tool, a “Sup­port func­tion (dona­ti­on opti­on)” set up.