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    May 27, 2019 4 minutes

    Elize and John Jackson

    Owners of Heritage Plants

    The Jacksons are not happy with the state of their gardens and ask nicely that we don’t take any photos there. Recent hail and wind have damaged the plants.

    “It usually looks far more beautiful,” says Jack, and one has to wonder exactly how much, because it is very beautiful. The Jacksons don’t want to be photographed either. They are shy people who believe their plants should do the talking.

    It eventually emerges that Jack, who grew up in Maun in Botswana, spent 32 years with SAA as a pilot, and that Elize, who grew up

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