
This final card is one of the most important, because whatever we do towards a community garden, it will shrivel and die if nobody comes along to take it over. Which is true of all pastimes, but more literally true with a garden. The way to prevent this is simple, and today is being encouraged more than ever, and that is to bring children along to the gardens, even before they can walk.
Flowers are pretty, but what really brings delight, especially to the young, and the young of heart, is being able to grow something, pull part of it off, and eat it. So that is why so many community gardens give fruit and vegetables such prominence - as well as sections for wildlife, so that hopefully the young visitors will learn to have respect for such a thing, treat it kindly, and, most importantly, not to be so scared of it and think it must be killed.
The name on the card is "Les Groseilles", which actually means redcurrants, so this appears to be a set featuring fruits. However I have trawled the internet looking for others, and found none.
That means that we get to chat about the redcurrant, which is a very good fruit for children to consume - it gives slow release energy, and it contains iron, for growing cells, plus a huge amount of Vitamins C, to fight disease and infection, and K, which is good for growing bones. There are slight risks in eating too many (which I am certain is what is happening on this card), namely that they are high in sugar, and, like most fruit when eaten in a large enough quantity, can cause intestinal gripes.
They grow on canes, or, as shown here, trained on wires along a wall, and are happy in sun or shade. which is also shown on this card, with the right angled wall. They also require little attention, just water and feed, which children can easily do with supervision, though pruning is really an adult job.
Be quick picking them though, as birds love them.