Kitchen Garden Journal — Max Richter 1936 Köksväxter Skolplansch

In 1936, Max Richter gave the root vegetables and brassicas of the Nordic kitchen garden their most beautiful educational portraits — carrots, parsnips, beets, radishes, leeks, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kale, and kohlrabi depicted with the scientific precision and visual directness of the skolplansch tradition, published by Bengtson and Norstedt in Stockholm and used by generations of Swedish schoolchildren to learn the deep beauty of growing food; the front cover features Köksväxter I, showing root vegetables with their above-ground foliage and below-ground structures in full chromolithographic detail, while the back cover presents Köksväxter II, devoted to the Brassicaceae family — cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kale, and kohlrabi — together wrapping the journal in a complete portrait of the Nordic kitchen garden at its most productive and beautiful.

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Product Details

• Format: Hardcover journal with matte laminated full-wrap cover
• Pages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets) with perforations for easy removal
• Binding: Casewrap sewn binding — flexible and lay-flat
• Dimensions: 5.75 × 8 inches
• Weight: 250 g (0.55 lbs)
• Cover: Matte laminated full-wrap print

Perfect For

• Vegetable gardeners and kitchen garden enthusiasts documenting planting schedules and harvests
• Swedish heritage and Scandinavian design lovers
• Vintage educational chart and skolplansch collectors
• Gift for anyone captivated by the beauty, tradition, and joy of growing food
• Students and researchers of Scandinavian botanical education and food culture
• Cooks, foragers, and food writers inspired by the Nordic kitchen garden tradition