The organic nursery was established after the fall of the Wall on the site of a former agricultural production cooperative (LPG) in Watzkendorf. Since 1996, the company has been operating according to ecological principles and the Bioland guidelines. Sabine Kabath and Holger Kasdorf are the partners and managing directors. Together with 30 employees and three trainees, they grow a wide range of vegetables on 21 hectares.
The perennial cultivation of green manure is taken into account as an important element in the crop rotation.
Beginning in October, Bio-Gärtnerei Watzkendorf starts to plant young plants of lambs lettuce in foil tunnels or their own greenhouse. The young plants originate from their own bioland-certified young plant production. After eight to ten weeks the salad is harvested, washed and distributed to regional wholesalers and supermarkets.
Bio-Gärtnerei Watzkendorf grows different salad varieties all year round, which are then processed into their salad mix. Depending on the season, the salad mix can contain up to 13 different types of lettuce. In the months of January and February, however, there may only be three varieties, as (most types of lettuce are not winter-hardy) the majority of lettuce varieties do not grow in winter.
