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. ...
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 “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...
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....
Little Sparta is a world-famous concept garden, and is widely acknowledged as the acclaimed Scottish artist Ian Finlay’s greatest work. ...
The 2010 Gardening Scotland show garden we created at Gardening Scotland won us a gold medal and the coveted Best in Show title. We designed and built an ambitious structure from rebar - reinforcing bars used in the construction industry....
This Edinburgh garden is the one passers-by can see from the Water of Leith Walkway and as a result it is very well known among Edinburgh dog walkers and residents. It is also the garden which won us the coveted Grand Award at the 2009...
