The idea of creating a heritage vegetable garden in Beaumesnil emerged from a desire to harness sociocultural animation and gardening to serve a territory, fostering greater social cohesion and resilience. Naturally, the choice fell on a rural area facing economic difficulties, identified as a 'Rural Revitalization Zone'. The project captured the interest of various people involved on either a professional or volunteer basis. The association "1001 légumes" was established under French law 1901 in October 2006, and a heritage vegetable garden featuring traditional peasant varieties was created in 2008, along with organic market gardening production. The objective of the garden is to preserve, showcase, and promote traditional peasant varieties in order to pass them on to future generations and maintain precious cultivated biodiversity. Thus, it grows vegetables typical of the Norman region: Saint-Saëns cabbage, Pont-Audemer beans, Petit Carré de Caen beans, Carentan carrots, and so on. The garden also features aromatic plants, medicinal plants, utility plants, and some rarer or more unusual varieties. In 2019, the association was recognized as a "Permanent Centre for Environmental…