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IT’S IN the genes!

WHO LIVES HERE? Ian and Jessie Walton, their daughter Katie, son-in-law Matt Lotz and grandson Benjamin (18 months)

WHERE Restanwold Farm, Grabouw

SIZE OF GARDEN AND NURSERY About 1ha

TYPE OF SOIL Clay with a little ferricrete* * Ferricrete is a layer of sedimentary rock cemented by iron oxides

If your mother is rose guru Gwen Fagan, you can’t help but be passionate about old-fashioned roses.

“Although I have many roses in my garden these days,

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