The centre piece of this garden is an impressive glasshouse from Hartley Botanic around which the design is based. Carolyn Grohmann of Secret Gardens asked us to build her design which includes new patios and paths, gravel areas, a small wildlife pond and a natural stone...
On the shores of the River Forth, Bo’ness sits looking North over to Fife and the Ochil Hills. The clients were seeking to improve their garden, which we carried out in two stages, working with Carolyn Grohmann of Secret Gardens Design. The driveway was re-built using a...
Designed by Carolyn Grohmann of Secret Gardens Designs, 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 just a few of the elements of the project. A lead water...
Built in 2018 and designed by Carolyn Grohmann of Secret Gardens Designs, this garden near the Hermitage required a patio built to wrap around a large conservatory. New paving, stone walling and steps were installed along with a sunken patio area to allow the owners a...
A note from Nick Benge, Water Gems’ founding director. . . "These are some of my favourite water features that we have done. I love the way the water surface sits higher than the edge of the trough and the curved meniscus edge to the water. ...
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,...
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....