There are over 22,000 species of plants in South Africa, and Anna Leggatt set out to see them all. Leggatt shared her recent journey with the East York Garden Club, as well as her encounters with other life forms along the way. 

Gayla Trail doesn’t have the luxury of a yard, so she tries housing her plants in just about anything. Shallow-rooted plants such as lettuce, radishes and strawberries get grown in wooden drawers, and deeper-rooted plants such as chives, in metal garbage bins.