A couple of years ago we did a pond renovation in a garden outside of Livingston. We went back recently to see how it was doing and were very pleased to see how wonderful it is looking. The clients have done a great job of looking after...
The brief here was to create a pool with clean lines, two waterfalls and a pool hut. The work was done over the winter of 2018/19 in some pretty bad weather and we discovered various underground services that were not on any drawings but the end...
This is the result of several weeks' hard work in the hot sunshine in July in beautiful Elie in Fife. Water Gems Foreman, Michael, led a team to realise the design of Carolyn Grohmann of Secret Gardens and transform a long, sloping back garden. Using...
This is the “shapely pond” that we built over the summer of 2017. Apart from the pond we also re-laid the lawn and did various other work in the garden. The design originally came from New Dimensions Garden Designers where the brief was for a shallow, reflective,...
The cascade pools at the new John Hope Gateway had leaked from the time they were constructed and this required a large-scale re-lining project for the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh. Water Gems won the contract to redesign the lining system, and to create a walkway...
This Edinburgh garden is one of two 2016 BALI award-winning gardens and was built as part of the complete refurbishment of a Georgian property....
The aim of the Huntercombe Hospital garden is to give the young patients at the hospital a safe outdoor space in which to rest, play or simply get some fresh air....
Completed in 2016, this ambitious and hugely rewarding Dunfermline garden project involved the careful blending of the existing garden structures with a new design by Carolyn Grohmann. The existing, sloping garden included a very large cedar greenhouse, traditional herringbone brick paths edged with Victorian rope edgings, extensive...
Shepherd House is the home of Sir Charles and Lady Ann Fraser, and has been recognised as one of the best small gardens in Scotland....
Early in 2014 the charity Freedom from Fistula Foundation approached garden designer Carolyn Grohmann and asked her to design a garden at Gardening Scotland to help promote their cause. ...