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...
Chris and Michael have been doing a good job on Inveresk Village project, outside of Edinburgh. Designed by Carolyn Grohmann, this small courtyard has lots of tricky detail, with fanned granite setts, reclaimed Yorkshire flagstones, black slate, paving, Corten steel, and pebbles set into mortar being...
From mudbath to curving boardwalk and wetland – the Bearsden project is just about finished. These were pretty rough conditions for the guys building the boardwalk and wetland system for Balfour Beatty over in Bearsden. We needed our big wellies to work on this one! The biggest...
Wildflower seed planting at a large West Lothian garden project that we are involved in. Wildflower and hedgerows are a great combination for new wildlife habitat, and will look lovely too. An Autumn sowing has germinated really well and is looking like a (rough) lawn already....
The gabion wall construction in West Lothian has started. The baskets are filled with a facing layer of sandstone from CED Stone, then backfilled with a conventional quarry stone for gabions. Once finished this retaining wall will hold up the soil banking behind it. It makes a...
We've really enjoyed working on this project at Hailes Quarry Park in Edinburgh. Here's Nick Easterbrook, Hubert and Stephen putting the finishing touches to the boardwalk and wetland. It looks a bit of a mud bath just now but once all the big wetland plants go...
Today was a sad day as the Dedridge Environmental Ecology Project (DEEP) officially hung up their boots. Roley and Wilma and all their friends in the DEEP group have worked for years to improve the environment along the Dedridge burn in Livingston. We were lucky enough...
Great article written by John McMullan, Commercial Manager at EPDM roofing and lining specialist FirestonebpUK, about the Botanic Garden refurbishment project completed by Water Gems in conjunction with Firestone. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh commissioned us to carry out a refurbishment project of the trio of...
We are delighted that the shapely pond is finally nearing completion. We love the shape of this pond that we are building for a client off Dalkeith Road. The dark slate cladding is on and topped with light sandstone copes. We have now filled the super shallow...
