[amoore5]

Hi

My garden is watterlogged all year round - most of the grass area is constantly damp !

Is there a cheap drainage solution or plants that love water!

We planted 10 trees last year and lost all but 4 !

They were 6 umbriciflerra?
And 4 Laburnums ! £300 in total

Help !:mad:

[tickle]

I am below the water table in my garden, right next to lake ontario and we have had monsoon rains for the last two weeks. Thankfully I have all perrenials, hostas, hydrangea,kiwi vines, cedars, maple, english and german ivy (which is going crazy and taking over everything!). etc. seem to take the dampness. I keep my fingers crossed and don't go out there, because if I do, I cry! No kidding. I hate to say this but all you can is raise a lot of it and install the black plastic pipe to take excess water away from the critical areas.

[Patriarch]

You could have drainage tile installed in your soil beneath the garden. Is the grading sloped toward your garden? Do you have clay soil? Perhaps you could plant a raised bed to increase drainage.