Planning Drainage before April Showers

Understanding how to work with the weather and rain patterns of your local environment can have long-lasting effects on the health of your Sacramento landscape design. Part of preparing your lawn for the coming spring is planning on how to properly drain and control flooding or pooling in your backyard.

Why does your Roseville landscape need drainage?

Poor drainage is the biggest killer of plants, next to not watering them, of course. Those two extremes will be the biggest battles you have to keep your landscape alive and healthy throughout the year. If your Lawn maintenance professional has not already spoken to you about drainage then let’s look at what happens when you allow water to pool in sections of your yard.

• Root Rot- The excess water will not be totally absorbed into your lawn and will instead sit between the roots and the top layer of earth. This will cause molding and rot of your landscape.
• Soggy Lawn- If you have a beautiful landscaping job in your Roseville, Sacramento, or Elk Grove home then you probably want to be able to walk on it. With pooling water it’ll become a sinkhole that inhibits you from stepping on your well groomed landscape design.
• House Foundation- The poor water drainage can mean that the excess water seeps into the foundation of your home. This is an extremely dangerous issue and a costly repair.

Soil drainage preserves your home, landscape, and entertainment ability. When this goes out the window, the residential landscape investment you made will become a complete and total waste.

Solutions for Soggy Landscaping

First and foremost, contact a professional landscaping company to come help you figure out the right drainage possibilities for your backyard. The solution to landscape drainage can vary depending on your location, budget, and landscape design or vision. Here are some common drainage solutions:

• Wet Plants- This means plants that need and absorb a high volume of water as a means of preserving your other plants. However, unless you live somewhere with a lot of rain, they require a lot of hose water which can affect you water bill.
• Install Drains- This is a more expensive option but it can help you direct water anywhere you would like in your backyard or landscape. There a several types of drains you may consider:
  • French Drains- This means pipe surrounded by gravel; this is an above ground or slightly above ground drain that moves water from one place to another.
  • Underground drains- This method involves installing a grate and moving the water to an outside drain.
  • Dry Well- This is an environmentally friendly option that allows for you to use the rain water for watering your lawn and landscape without sprinklers.

Concerns for Roseville and Sacramento Landscape Drains

• Telephone and Electrical Wires- When you install drains, it is important to establish where the underground wires are that link to your home and other homes in the area because when digging, you could damage both wire and yourself.
• Determine Where to Drain- For many of our DIY clients, they don’t understand where the water ought to go and they simply move the flood from one part of their landscape to another. This is both ineffective and an awesome reason to contact a landscape designer in the Sacramento, CA area.

Why Now?

Timing is everything, there is a great many reasons that people say this and when it comes to installing drains, now is a better time than ever. As we roll into spring and the rainfall picks up, installing drainage pipes now can make the difference between a green lawn and a rotted lawn come April.