Cheese Vat Water Feature
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. ...
23rd October 2020
in Water
Callendar Park
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. ...
16th October 2020
Callander, Froglife
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...
4th September 2020
Inveresk Village
Struan has been out to the garden at Inveresk and it is filling out beautifully! Designed by Carolyn Grohmann of Secret Gardens Design. ...
2nd September 2020
in Water
Small pond and cascade
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...
19th August 2020
Rebar vegetable enclosure
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. ...
Wildlife Pond
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...
1st July 2020
Rewilding Roborough Fields
Rewilding Roborough Fields is a rewilding adventure started in May 2020 by Water Gems’ director Nick Benge. To find out more about the project aims and plans, click onto the Rewilding Roborough Fields page here and click on to Rewilding Roborough Fields website to discover even...
18th June 2020
in Gardens, Wildflower
Mummy hare and her two leverets
These are some photos from a client in Fife where we have done a lot of wildflower and hedgerow work. Mummy hare left her two leverets hiding in the garden while she hopped off for the day before coming back for feeding time at dusk. The garden also...