This is Scone Park Pond. We planted it many years ago and since then it has been invaded by narrow-leaved bulrush (Typha angustifolia.) The seed was probably brought in on the feet of water birds or blown in directly. It's a nice plant but not...
The pond at Kay Park in East Ayrshire has been officially re-opened and is being enjoyed by young and old visitors alike. The naturalisation project that Water Gems have worked on there has involved installing a boardwalk and creating a wetland and marginal beds. Plant establishment...
A couple of years back we did a pond renovation in a garden outside Livingston. (See before and after photos below.) We went back recently to see how it was doing and were very pleased to see how wonderful it is looking. Clearly the clients...
Remember the swans at the Lido pool that we planted up and look after for Falkirk council? We've got some lovely photos - aren't the cygnets gorgeous! They have had such a tough time this year with the female having to cope with dog and fox...
This is the Kay Park pond naturalisation project, which we carried out over the winter, is now looking good and all the plants have flourished with marsh marigold, flag iris, water mint and purple loosestrife all flowering at different points over the summer. The boardwalk is...
The 2014 BALI National Landscape award winning garden that we built at Eton Terrace was featured in the news again this month. Carolyn Grohmann of Secret Gardens Design was the designer and is interviewed in this month's ESPC Premier Living magazine. The garden, which is...
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...
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...
One of our clients has a house martin nest under their porch. In the winter it is used by wrens to sleep in and a whole bunch of wrens have been using it during the recent cold nights. You can see it takes them about 10...
