4th September 2020
Inveresk Village
Struan has been out to the Inveresk Village garden 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 2020, this project was a complete rebuild of an existing pond in a garden in Fife. Using Firestone liner...
19th August 2020
Rebar vegetable enclosure
This rebar vegetable enclosure that we built for an Edinburgh client, has raised beds made from woven and welded rebar. We also used rebar for the path edging within the enclosure. To protect the plants we covered the metal frame in netting. This will stop...
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...
9th June 2020
A conversation with Heath, our Landscape Architect
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
At the beginning of 2020, we completed the work involved in creating new hedgerows and wildflower patches in parkland at Zetland Park in Grangemouth, and Crownest Park in Stenhousemuir. These areas...
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 now being enjoyed by visitors, young and old alike. The naturalisation project that Water Gems has been working on, has involved installing a boardwalk, creating a wetland and constructing marginal beds. Plant...