Kay Park Pond, complete with fountain

Re-opening of Kay Park Pond

The pond at Kay Park in East Ayrshire has been officially re-opened and is now being enjoyed by visitors, young and old alike. The naturalisation project that Water Gems has been working on, has involved installing a boardwalk, creating a wetland and constructing marginal beds. Plant...

BALI Landscape Awards 2014, Scorched oak bench, Urbis lily bowl, Edinburgh Eton Terrace garden, built by Water Gems, designed by Carolyn Grohmann, BALI award winning 2014

BALI National Landscape Awards 2014

The 2014 BALI National Landscape award winning garden that we built at Eton Terrace was featured in the news again. This month's ESPC Premier Living magazine features an interview with Carolyn Grohmann of Secret Gardens Design, who created the design for this garden. The garden, located in...

Shapely Pond – 1 Year On

Here are the latest photos of the 'Shapely Pond' we built last year for a client off Dalkeith Road, as part of a garden designed by New Dimensions. It is looking good surrounded by the spring green of the lawn with all the filtration that keeps...

Swan at the Lido

Spring at The Stenhouse Lido

The Stenhouse Lido pool is bursting into life now that spring has finally come, the swans are nesting again too. There are lots of things that you would expect : some bright yellow marsh marigold, the frog spawn amongst the flag iris, and willow catkins. The swans...

Kay Park panoramic

Kay Park

The boardwalk, wetland and marginal beds are nearing completion over at Kay Park in Kilmarnock. It has been a long slog for all the guys, in pretty difficult conditions, so thanks to all of the team for sticking it out! The formwork for the concrete pads,...

Inveresk Garden

Inveresk Village

Chris and Michael have been doing a good job on Inveresk Village project, outside of Edinburgh. Designed by Carolyn Grohmann, this small courtyard has lots of tricky detail, with fanned granite setts, reclaimed Yorkshire flagstones, black slate, paving, Corten steel, and pebbles set into mortar being...