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On national gardening day I'm stuck inside, bashing my head against a brick wall translating a minuscule topo and architect's drawings that don't match up. This is all in order to draw a particularly complicated base plan for a client. All the drawings were sent to me as A1 pdfs which I can't print off and trace having only an A3 printer. The architect is ill with covid so I can't obviously disturb the poor man. I've had to make a makeshift scale rule and translate every measurement and triangulation into a more easy to work with 1:75 scale to fit an A3. Even then, the garden is so large it's going to have to be on two pages. God I hate drawing base plans!
#capabilitycharlotte #gardendesigner #gardendesign #garden #gardener #baseplan #survery #topographicalsurvey

Today is National Gardening Day, in these tough times, more than ever, we have realised how important our gardens are to us for our mental and physical health. Hopefully property developers will make green space integral to every urban design. Even if you don't have a garden you can utilise a balcony or even windowsill. Don't worry about making mistakes. I thought I'd share my disaster with you, yes even professional gardeners make mistakes! This is my horrendous herb garden! Everything is either dead or dying or riddled with white fly. I just can't keep herbs alive! I've tried all compost mixes I've tried every moisture level of compost to no avail! If anyone has any tips send them my way!
#capabilitycharlotte #nationalgardeningday #gardener #ladygardener #embraceyourmistakes

Never lend a builder your tools! I loved these loppers. They've actually bent the anvil so I think they're irrepairable. I hate my tools being broken, when you're a professional gardener they become part of you.

Well that's the end of that then! Holiday over! 😂 Despite lashing it down at midnight in our dressing gowns the rope broke! No excuse its going to have to be housework today, Euch.

Day three in Hotel Machoward, Ourgate. A day of hard graft in the garden, cleaning the shade sail and putting it up and sweeping, weeding and styling the red garden beneath as well as loads of other odd jobs. Just time to enjoy a Long Island Iced Tea in the hot tub before a delicious lamb dinner cooked by @morayonkeys @ Capability Charlotte

Cleaning shade sails is a mind blowingly dull job! Unfortunately the washing machine didn't clean it so it's just down to elbow grease! What lesson have we learned Charlotte? Take them down in the winter!

Cosmopolitans on the sun terrace before we hit the pool.
#staycation #lockdown #stayhome #stayhomestaysafe

Happy Easter! Moray's mother sent us this card! So I thought it fitting to share with you all and embarrass my cool husband! 😂
That's @morayonkeys on the right and his brother @keir.macdonald1 in the middle! Sooo cute!
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We're on holiday for Easter in 'Ourgate', the weather is lovely this time of year. Just chillin' in the pool with Mojitos before spending the evening in the private 'Netflix' cinema. We have the honeymoon suite with a four poster and complimentary cats.
We never want to go home ... Oh hang on, we are home!. ..
... Gosh I'm so grateful we have a garden and a hot tub, even though it took all bloody day to clean and set up!
#lockdown #lockdown2020 #lockdownholiday #easter #easterholidays #easterlockdown #stayhome @ Capability Charlotte
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This is one of the nurseries I use, they are usually trade only, all bar a few public days, I can highly recommended them.

Not just men! 😂

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I've not had a great few days, nothing to do with lockdown, I'm enjoying not having to go out weirdly. So I took a walk around my mother's garden to find her beautiful Prunus 'Kanzan' is out! I could really do with her advice and support right now...🌸