About the Author

Melanie Öhlenbach

Melanie Öhlenbach has transformed her dreary city balcony into a colorful mini-garden. In the summer of 2013, she harvested her first own tomatoes, fresh basil, and potatoes from a flowerpot. Since then, various vegetables, herbs, fruits, flowers, and wild plants have thrived on her six-square-meter balcony – all year round. The Bremen native teaches sustainable gardening on her blog "Kistengrün", in lectures, workshops, and books. She is well-known to a broad audience in Northern Germany through the radio show "Grüner wird’s nicht" on Bremen Eins.