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...
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 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, as part of a garden designed by New Dimensions. The dark slate cladding is on and topped with light...
This is one of our design and build landscaped gardens in Ravelston. New photos show the garden now that the plants are starting to go in. All the elements of the space are now really beginning to come together in this design and build project. The stream...
National Landscaping Award for Water Gems Water Gems did it again! Another Principal Award for Edinburgh landscaper, Water Gems, at yesterday's glitzy BALI awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Our Merchiston Garden won high praise from the judge who said, 'The quality of the...
The 2016 awards season is already upon us! We are delighted to announce that Water Gems have once again become BALI award winners. The British Association of Landscape Industries awards ceremony takes place every December along with a champagne reception followed by a sumptuous lunch. This year...
Water Gems were privileged to be invited to the opening of the Huntercombe Hospital Garden that we built last Autumn. Author Ian Rankin carried out the honours to officially open the garden, which was designed by Carolyn Grohmann of Secret Gardens. Its aim is to give...
Water Gems has won another Gardening Scotland gold medal! This time it was for the garden we built for the charity ‘Freedom from Fistula Foundation’. The gold medal winning garden, designed by Carolyn Grohmann of Secret Gardens, was circular in shape. This allowed visitors to view...
The BALI National Landscape Awards are formally announced every year at a prestigious ceremony in London. Everyone at Water Gems was delighted to learn that we had won two awards at this year’s BALI ceremony. Both of our winning gardens are located in Edinburgh's New Town and...