Pro Landscaper Magazine - February 2013 issue. In 2012, Carolyn Grohmann of Secret Gardens and Water Gems (Alba) Ltd were awarded the BALI National Landscape Award. Designed by Carolyn and constructed by Water Gems, this Fife garden featured a pond with timber arbour in which to sit...
Scottish Gardener Issue 4 Spring 2015 New Town Garden Wins Major Award Tucked away behind a townhouse in New Town Edinburgh we find an award winning garden designed by Carolyn Grohmann and constructed by Water Gems. The British Association of Landscape Industries honoured this garden with one...
A Gold Medal Garden of Outstanding Quality The Reinforcing Nature Show Garden sponsored by Brewin Dolphin struck gold at Gardening Scotland in 2010. It scooped a gold medal but was also named Best Show Garden with a display which, according to RHS judge Lesley Watson, would...
Rachel and Graham Bucknall converted a neglected garden in West Lothian into an outdoor space that is perfect for children Four years ago, when Rachel and Graham Bucknall moved to a Georgian house in West Lothian, little had been done to the garden in the previous...
Four years ago, when Fiona Butler moved to a Victorian house on the south side of Edinburgh, she knew she would eventually have to tackle the back garden, which consisted of a sunken lawn on the west with a tennis-court running across the back. “It...
From children’s play areas to an outdoor dining space, this multi-tiered Edinburgh garden has all the bases covered Under a small arch in an old stone wall in Edinburgh there is a door. It’s exactly the kind of door an adventurous child might hope to stumble...