Erstein. Lily of the valley harvest under the supervision of the municipal police

"Every year on May ^1st , we meet here as a family," confide Virginie and her husband Albert, having just parked in the Erstein polder parking lot. "There are our children, our son-in-law, our grandson Gabriel, and the dogs. We come from Fegersheim, Witternheim, and even Kuttolsheim."

Like the number of pickers present each year on May 1st in the forest massif of the Erstein polder

Harvesting is not prohibited but is supervised

Why? "Because this place is beautiful and there's a lot of lily of the valley there. We pick it for our own consumption: they say it brings good luck all year round. And then, we...