Nick is presenting a talk on the The Practical Aspects of Urban Waterbody Regeneration next week, at the UK & Ireland Lakes Network Annual Conference. He will talk about a practical approach to the problems, and focus on techniques we use and results we have achieved....
Nick Easterbrook, Rosie, Ronnie and Bruce started building a raft this week, in order to apply Phoslock to the Heritage Loch in East Kilbride. Phoslock is a bentonite based material that absorbs phosphorous thereby preventing it from being available to algae for growth. The work...
The above photo is of Nick standing in the boating lake in Rosyth during the launch of the new wetland and boardwalk project, that we designed and planted up. The picture Nick is holding shows how the pond was used many years ago, as a...
Rosyth boating lake was a bleak, shallow concrete pool which was drained most of the time. See the photo which looks more like a car park than a boating lake! We designed the wetland and boardwalk and planted it up. Although, on an early February...
Beautiful morning in Ormiston, East Lothian where we've been working for the local Countryside Ranger service. We have been working to dig out and clean up a pond that was badly silted up. We've also cleared out some of the trees to help give better access...
Gifford monk - not the fat jolly kind with the funny haircut, but the concrete pond outlet kind. A monk is a very old design for a pond outlet structure. It is believed to be so named because abbeys were the first places to keep fish...
Water Gems have been installing a Firestone EPDM liner in a pond near Stirling. The guys have been persevering to finish lining this big pool. There's been lots of tricky details to do and the team has had to cope with a certain amount of unhelpful...
The John Hope Gateway pools at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh are filling up. The water in the top pools highlights the outlines and as it travels over the weirs it darkens the granite, which gives an unusual and interesting effect. We would like to take...
National Landscaping Award for Water Gems Water Gems did it again! Another Principal Award for Edinburgh landscaper, Water Gems, at yesterday's glitzy BALI awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Our Merchiston Garden won high praise from the judge who said, 'The quality of the...
Water Gems were delighted to carry out much needed improvements to this popular pond in Dedridge, Livingston. Funding was secured by West Lothian Council with the aim to improve the pond’s overall appearance. This also provided addition benefits of increasing the pond's biodiversity, as well...