Christmas 2020
Merry Christmas and have a safe, happy new year everyone! Thank you for all of the support throughout 2020! Water Gems is now closed until the 4th January 2021 and we look forward to seeing you in the new year! ...
Merry Christmas and have a safe, happy new year everyone! Thank you for all of the support throughout 2020! Water Gems is now closed until the 4th January 2021 and we look forward to seeing you in the new year! ...
In an unusual project for us Froglife asked us to cut a big patch of tarmac out of a Falkirk Primary School playground and plant it with wildflower. Just finished today and full of tansy, red campion, knapweed, meadow cranesbill and St John’s wort. Should be a...
What a French cheese vat can do for your garden if put in the right place! This is a pool and centrepiece we did for Fiona Budden Garden Design out in East Lothian. Surrounding paviours by Boxelder Landscapes. ...
The reflective properties of water illustrated by a pond we dug for Froglife in Callendar Park, Falkirk last winter. Apart from reflecting the sky, the trees and the local architecture it will be a great frog spawning pond too. ...
We spent the last few weeks in Callander renovating and constructing new wildlife ponds and a dipping platform for Froglife. With the site being so wet, we tried out a low ground pressure digger and it definitely did the trick. There was minimal impact to the surrounding...
Struan has been out to the garden at Inveresk and it is filling out beautifully! Designed by Carolyn Grohmann of Secret Gardens Design. ...
As well as large ponds and pools, Water Gems build many smaller ponds and cascades and this is a great example of these projects. Finished in August of this year, the project was a complete rebuild of an existing pond in a garden in Fife. Using...
This vegetable enclosure, built in a garden in Edinburgh, has woven and welded rebar raised beds and path edging. The enclosure metal frame and netting will protect the plants from birds but still allow the plants to be exposed to the sunlight and rain. ...
In the winter of 2019, Stuart and the team built this stunning wildlife pond on an estate in Perthshire. It sits within the beautiful garden designed by Carolyn Grohmann of Secret Gardens Design, alongside a new build house designed by Lorn Macneal Architects' Sula McEwan. The pond...
We have recently finished the renovation of this formal pond in Fife. It was finished and ready in time for the big day! The boardwalk that we installed at Kay Park, in East Ayrshire, has also been used for wedding and wedding photos! Best Wishes to the...