The blackcurrant is a common garden shrub. It produces edible berries. 

Blackcurrant bushes can be grown with vegetative reproduction. This means that a branch of a blackcurrant bush can be cut and planted into soil. In time, the branch may well grow into a new bush.

The redcurrant is related to the blackcurrant. It, too, is a common garden shrub that produces edible berries. The berries of the redcurrant are also a favoured food of many birds, such as thrushes! 

Garden berries, such as blackcurrants and redcurrants, can be made into juice or preserved as jam. Both blackcurrants and redcurrants contain large concentrations of the important Vitamin C.

The gooseberry is also a popular garden shrub. It is a spiky plant that produces tasty berries, which are usually best when eaten fresh.

Raspberries and blackberries are also popular garden berries. These plants have been cultivated from their wild variants, and they usually produce bigger berries than the plants found in forests.

The picture on the right shows some of the most common berry bushes: 1. blackcurrant, 2. redcurrant, 3. gooseberry.