Ulla Schuch founded the Deutsche Gartenakademie with the aim of systematically integrating garden culture, education, and sustainable development. The academy positions itself as a platform for exchange among experts and enthusiasts, urban designers, educators, and landscape architects. It has developed its own structure – comprising curated educational formats such as Berufung Garten and Sehnsucht Garten, inspiring networks, and interdisciplinary learning opportunities. Rather than focusing on isolated expertise or singular design concepts, the academy promotes a holistic understanding of gardens as cultural, ecological, and social spaces.

What distinguishes the Deutsche Gartenakademie is its transformative educational approach: gardens are not only viewed as sites of recreation or aesthetic value but as learning environments and living spaces with ecological significance. Through seminars, workshops, and excursions, the academy integrates theory and practice, craftsmanship and mindset.

Ulla Schuch addresses a fundamental challenge of contemporary urban and living environments: the growing detachment from nature, declining biodiversity, and loss of design awareness. Municipalities, educational institutions, and individuals benefit from a platform that unites knowledge, vision, and practical implementation. With this model, the Deutsche Gartenakademie makes a significant contribution to the sustainable transformation of our living environments – bridging ecological responsibility with aesthetic ambition.

To build the website, implement marketing campaigns, and hire staff, Ulla Schuch received a EUR 50,000 loan from the Frankfurter Gründerfonds. Today, her seminars are officially recognized by the German Central Office for Distance Learning (ZfU), eligible as educational leave, and accredited by employment agencies as certified continuing education programs.