PLOT Playing Cards - Native Plants and Pollinators

Would you like to be inspired by images of gorgeous plants or intriguing pollinators the next time you sit down to play cards? Every card in either of these 54-card decks shows off a different garden plant or pollinator that is native to much of the Eastern United States, and more specifically the Ridge and Valley region of Virginia. All the artwork is original and done by Virginia artist Maggie Johnson. The common name and scientific name of each species are included as well.

In the plant deck, the suits are made up of unique species that all grow well in the same conditions:

♥ Hearts / Meadow plants that like dry soil and full sun

♦ Diamonds / Marsh plants that like wet soil and full sun

♠ Spades / Creekside plants that like wet soil and shade

♣ Clubs / Woodland plants that like dry soil and shade

In each suit, the plants increase in height as the numbers increase from 2 to Ace. Cards 2-10 are perennials, J-K are shrubs, and A is a flowering tree.

The two jokers briefly refer to these elements of card organization to help players understand how they are arranged, and hopefully help them discover something new about the plants they encounter while playing.

In the pollinator deck, the suits are made up of individual species of the same type of pollinator:

♥ Hearts are all butterflies

♦ Diamonds are moths

♠ Spades are bees

♣ Clubs are an assortment of "others" including various flies, beetles, wasps, and hummingbirds

Two jokers are also included and contain brief information about these pollinators, their dependence on native plants, and their importance in the food chain.

These cards were inspired by PLOT: the native planting board game, and the artwork is a subset of the larger collection of images that will be used in that game, which I am currently working to publish. This deck of cards helps support the bigger project: my original dream of creating a board game to help people discover the joys of planting a native garden and become more familiar with native plants and pollinators than they were before they played! Find out more about the board game at home.plotnativeplantsgame.com.

During this crowd sale, both decks bundle together automatically. If you only want one or the other, make sure to change the number of games you want to the correct amount of each when you get to the ordering page.

Thanks for supporting PLOT!

Why buy this?

• Beautiful, original art by Virginia artist Maggie Johnson.
• Each suit contains plants that grow in similar conditions.
• Discover unique natives you could plant in your garden!

Requirements

Components

Component	Quantity	Photo
Poker Deck	1 deck of 54 cards
Poker Tuck Box (54 cards)	1

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