Author - Kriz Henkel

Who is Kriz Henkel ?

Kristina Henkel was one of Sweden's first gender equality consultants and has worked for a long time educating preschools and schools about practical work with gender equality and normative creativity. Kristina loves to create change for gender equality, equality and inclusion. She also likes to farm.

In 2021, Kristina published the book Plants love poo! which deals with cultivation for children and adults. Kristina cultivates with preschool children on the Hötorgterrassen in Stockholm, a roof terrace between the skyscrapers. There, children and adults meet among worms, seeds, super tall sunflowers and tasty sugar peas. Kristina has previously worked as a gardener and was an organic cultivation advisor at the Linnéa cottage area.

What was the most fun about writing Plants Love Poop?

I really like being with children and explaining clever things in an easy to understand way. It is important to find symbols such as that the roots of the plants are straws - then the children understand exactly! I like text and coming up with funny headlines, then it has been fantastic to work with the illustrator Linda Blåfors Carlsson.

How will we with non-green fingers start farming?

Take a bucket and fill it with soil, throw in some seeds and water. See what comes up. I also like pallet collars they are so very easy to grow in. You can put them anywhere and just fill with soil, drop some worms in and you have a grow! Cultivation is not that meticulous and the best thing is that when we fail, we can just try again next year. In this way, cultivation is very forgiving.