Garden listings: find an allotment or pass yours on

Every week, Facebook groups and classifieds sites carry gardens looking for a new tenant. Almost every one of those ads leaves out the questions that matter: What is the annual lease? Which levies come on top? Is there water only in summer? How many hours of work does the club expect?

That is why Gartenkern now has Garden listings, called “Gartenbörse” in German. Here you will find allotments, leased gardens, seasonal gardens and garden plots for sale across Germany. You can offer your garden, look for one, or post a wanted ad so the right people find you.

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Offers and wanted ads for gardens across Germany, readable without an account, with a map and radius search.
Every listing shows the annual lease, levies, club fee, joining fee and valuation separately, plus the running costs per year as a total.
With a free saved search, you get an email as soon as a matching listing appears, at most one a day.
A listing costs €4.90 for 60 days. Book a Gartenkern plan within twelve months and the full fee is credited to you.
We review every listing before it goes live. Your phone number and exact address stay hidden until you share them.

If you are looking for a garden

An allotment ad needs more than one price field. Annual lease, levies, club fee and valuation are different amounts, and you want to know each of them before you pick up the phone. That is why every listing asks for each one separately and adds up the running costs for you.

What every listing tells you

All costs, one by one and as a totalAnnual lease, levies and club fee make up the running costs per year. Joining fee and valuation are shown separately as one-off costs on entry. If a figure is missing, the listing says so instead of quietly leaving it out.
Water and power as they really areNo water, summer water or water all year. For power: no electricity, a power connection or a meter of its own. Plus how waste water is handled.
The club and its dutiesHow many mandatory work hours there are per year, what a missed hour costs, and whether you have to join the club.
Photos of the shed and bedsUp to twelve pictures per listing, with a full-screen view. You see the state of the garden before you travel there.
Approximate locationA circle of about 150 metres on the map. Below it, the listing shows more gardens nearby.

Search by postcode or town, within 5 to 50 kilometres, and on a map that shows prices right on the gardens. Filters for type, water, power, area and availability narrow down the list. Save what you like with the heart. Without an account, your saved list stays in your browser. With an account, you have it on every device.

Saved searches: let the listings come to you

Free allotments go quickly in many cities. So you do not have to check every day, save your search. When a matching listing comes in, you get an email in the morning, at most one a day, even if several new gardens match.

Garden listings is new, and the first listings are only just coming in. So set up a saved search for your area right away: search for your postcode, set the radius and tap “Save search”. A free account lets you keep up to five saved searches.

Or post a wanted ad

A wanted ad turns the search around. You describe what you are looking for, and people giving up their garden find you. In cities with long waiting lists, it pays to be visible. On every club page in the club finder, you can create a wanted ad for that area directly.

Whether you can take over an allotment is up to the club in the end. A wanted ad does not replace your application to the club committee. It connects you with the person giving up their garden. How applying works is explained under Find an allotment.

If you are giving up your garden

Anyone giving up a garden usually answers the same questions again and again. In Garden listings, the answers are already in the listing. People who get in touch know the lease, levies, water and mandatory hours, and they ask because the garden suits them.

Enquiries arrive in your Gartenkern inbox, and you are notified as soon as someone writes. You only share your phone number, email or messenger if you want to. The exact location of your garden is never shown publicly. Private individuals, commercial providers, clubs and associations can all post listings.

Valuation, not a transfer fee

An allotment is not sold. It is passed on.

You give notice on your lease with the club, the club leases the garden to someone new, and your successor buys the shed and plantings from you. The amount is usually set by an assessment report, the valuation (“Wertermittlung”). It is a ceiling, not a price, and it expires: in Saxony, for example, it is valid for one year. That is why every listing asks for its date and flags when the report is out of date. Anyone getting in touch can see at a glance whether the figure still holds.

Read more about the rules in our article on the Federal Allotment Garden Act.

How to post a listing

Create your listing
Choose offer or wanted ad and the type of garden, then fill in the details. Photos of the shed and beds help more than any text.
Pay
A listing costs €4.90 and runs for 60 days. It does not renew on its own. To keep it up longer, it costs €2.90 for another 60 days.
Wait for the review
We look at every listing before it goes live, usually within one working day. If something is missing, you get a note and fix it, with no new fee.
Answer enquiries
Interested people write to you through your inbox. Once the garden is taken, you withdraw the listing and it disappears straight away.

Why a listing costs €4.90

Free garden ads attract fake offers and advance-payment scams. The small fee keeps them out, and the review before publication does the rest.

We do not want to make money from it. After paying, you get a personal credit code by email, and you can also find it under “My listings”. Book a Gartenkern plan within twelve months and we take €4.90 off your first payment. What else Gartenkern does for your garden, from bed plans to the planting calendar, is on our pricing page.

Getting in touch safely

Listings are open to everyone, contact details are not. Anyone who wants to reach you has to be signed in and only sees what you have shared. Contact details can only be revealed a few times a day, so nobody can collect them in bulk. If a conversation feels off, end it with one click and report it to us.

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Do I need a Gartenkern account?

Not for browsing, the map or your saved list. To get in touch, keep a saved search or post a listing, you create a free account.

What does a wanted ad cost?

The same as an offer: €4.90 for 60 days, with the same credit. Saved searches, on the other hand, are free.

What if my listing is not approved?

Usually just one detail is missing. You get a reason and fix it, with no new fee. If we reject a listing for good, you get the fee back.

Can I withdraw from the purchase?

Yes. Before the listing goes live, you get the full amount back. After it goes live, you can withdraw for 14 days and get back the share for the remaining days.

What if my garden is taken early?

Then you withdraw the listing. It disappears from Garden listings straight away, and nobody asks about a garden that is no longer there.

How many listings can I have at once?

Two with a free account, five with a Gartenkern plan.

Can I also sell a garden plot?

Yes. Besides leased gardens, there are garden plots for sale and commercial plots.

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