Waterlogged Garden Advice

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blueshoes

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Hi, Hoping someone can help. House is a new build. It wasnt even built when we bought it and even my mum commented on the type of soil that looked to be in the gardens..black boggy looking stuff.

When we moved it found breeze blocks and stones that kinda thing. Grass was all up. To be honest we didnt bother digging it all up and do a proper garden. We have since put a shed in for the mower and ive made a flower bed to the back on the garden, now one side of the flower bed is blooming ive a big palm tree (sorry dont know name mum planted them!) either side. Near the shed and to the right of the flower bed is so like how will i put it wet and damp even on dry days its like squelchy? Not even the grass seems to be growing over in that corner. My palm tree near the wet area isnt doing aswell. The rest of the garden is ok its just near the end. One of my nerighbours dug up his front and back garden because he said it kept flooding. I dont know what to do but i was wonderin if anyone had any ideas to help it?

Cant really dig up the garden its tiny enough so wouldnt be worth the hassle. big estate.
 
Dig a hole where the ground is most wet it need not be very big but it should be fairly deep say 2 feet make sure that the soil at the bottom is not compacted ,if it is push a fork in to rough it up. Fill the hole with broken crocks or big stones and just top off the last few inches with soil this method I think is called a"French Drain" worked very well for me
 
The Palm tree may be a 'coreline' tree... not sure of spelling but I had a palm tree in the garden and that what's the gardener called it..

I think the sink pit idea would work.. I wonder how far down is the permanent waterline?, i.e how far would you have to dig to create a well... if only a little bit then flooding may be a problem.. sinking pipes deep into the ground would be effective too but is a specialist job..
 
Hi, Many thanks for all the replies. I have googled that and my dad is going to help me at the weekend to dig! I will let ye know how it turns out :)
 
I'm guessing that a French drain will only work if drainage is the problem. If the garden is all clay/mud instead of topsoil. I don't think it will help much. Thats just a guess.
 
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