[1] The first ZDF Fernsehgarten was broadcast on 29 June 1986 and was hosted by Ilona Christen who had a trademark of wearing unusual spectacles and a yellow raincoat.

[4] On 29 June 2014, the ZDF Fernsehgarten appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running live open-air entertainment show.

Total airtime to date is 49,507 minutes and 31 seconds and were broadcast live, equivalent to 34 days at a stretch.

I don't have to.’[6][7][8] As a result of the high popularity of ZDF Fernsehgarten, the programme went on tour for the spring and winter Sunday broadcasts of 2014 before returning to the open-air studio in Mainz for the summer.

Three winter productions took place in Obertauern, Austria, with a fourth special in Kitzbühel featuring Hansi Hinterseer.

Further to the tour in spring, the show was broadcast from R2 Hotel Rio Costa Calma in Fuerteventura.