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...
9th June 2020
A conversation with our Landscape Architect, Heath Urquhart
Read about Heath's inspiring journey so far, from farming in New Zealand to landscape design in Scotland - Gardening dreams and peonies. ...
1st May 2020
Edinburgh garden in progress
This beautiful garden in Edinburgh is in progress. As said by the client, they are going to have a ‘WOW’ garden! Well done team, great work and cant wait to see the finished result!...
Inverleith garden – 11 years on
Eleven years later, the pool is still crystal clear right through to the floor 2m down and the clients swim in it every morning. The rebar garden shed is doing well too – the green roof has thrived and the steel rebar rod has hardly changed...
21st April 2020
in Wildflower
Hedgerows and Wildflower Seed Planting
These don’t look very exciting at the moment but they will become hedgerows and patches of wildflower. Michael finished the work in Zetland Park in Grangemouth and Crownest Park in Stenhousemuir at the start of 2020. Once they have grown up the combination works really well...
11th September 2018
in Water
Re-opening of Kay Park Pond
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...
4th July 2018
in Water
Swans at the Lido Pool – Summer 2018
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...
BALI National Landscape Awards 2014
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...