Garden benches

When we bought a house with a yard, the first impulse is to have a garden with a bench. That is like simulating a park so that when you are seated and there are plants everywhere, that is a good place to relax the mind especially when there is a tree that can give a shade during summer.

Some homes hae such a garden that with a benches and there are also a garden with a gazebo with not only the chairs but also the table. But with our intended mini park, it turned out to be an orchard of sorts with the edibles all around. So which is better now, the edibles that we can harvest or the bench to sit on?