Reader garden: The flower and the glory – and it's good for your soul!

WHO LIVES HERE? Heather and Colin Batchelor with their son Jamie and their dogs, Joey and Rosie
WHERE Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
SIZE OF GARDEN 1 500m²
AGE OF GARDEN 14 years
TYPE OF SOIL Mainly clay, supplemented with compost and peanut shells for drainage

“A garden should be for picking, whether it’s flowers, fruit or vegetables,” says translator Heather Batchelor.

And in Heather’s case, she’s lucky enough to have all three options: flowers from the meadow garden in front of her house, veggies from the patch outside the kitchen and ‘Catawba’ grapes from the vines that shade the dining patio.