Today was a sad day as the Dedridge Environmental Ecology Project (DEEP) officially hung up their boots. Roley and Wilma and all their friends in the DEEP group have worked for years to improve the environment along the Dedridge burn in Livingston. We were lucky enough...
Great article written by John McMullan, Commercial Manager at EPDM roofing and lining specialist FirestonebpUK, about the refurbishment project completed by Water Gems in conjunction with Firestone. The Botanic Gardens commissioned us to carry out a refurbishment project of the trio of terraced ornamental pools which...
We love the shape of this pond that we are building for a client off Dalkeith Road, as part of a garden designed by New Dimensions. The pond is nearing completion. The dark slate cladding is on with light sandstone copes and it has been filled...
This is one of our design and build landscaped gardens in Ravelston. New photos show the garden now that the plants are starting to go in and the space is really coming together. The stream that runs through made the landscaping work quite tricky, as at...
This is a very interesting "algae" that started cropping up in ponds in Scotland about ten years ago. It's Latin name is 'nostoc commune', but it has some wonderful old common names - star jelly, rot of the stars, star slime and witches butter for...
We were asked to build this stream for a client in East Lothian. It was a very challenging project as about 200T of stone was needed, so big machinery and strong guys the order of the day! As well as that, though, it needs a good...
This is the Oxgangs SUDS (Sustainable Urban Drainage System) pool that we look after, which takes the water from the roofs and roads around it. Now, a few years on from when we planted it, it has turned into a proper wetland area. We look after...
Some photos from last week's RHS Chelsea show gardens: the Zoe Ball Listening Garden featured water patterns produced by feeding music into underwater speakers; the Welcome to Yorkshire Garden had waves in the pool created by a bobbing buoy and the Morgan Stanley Garden had...
The frog, the toad, and the goldfish. There are probably more small ponds in Britain now than at any time in history. Modern liners mean that small garden ponds are easy to make. This is a godsend for goldfish and frogs. They love small ponds, and...
The female swan at the Lido pool in Stenhousemuir has decided to nest on the bank this year. This means she has no protection at all from passing dogs or people. While I was there today I noticed passers by putting their dogs on the...