Companies to help with yard drainage?

[Anonymous]

Has anyone had a great landscaper for dealing with drainage issues?

We have never had any problems with water in our yard - it's mostly flat with a very slight slope away from the house - and we don't have a basement to worry about. But the past few months, one corner of the yard has been really muddy, and when I went to plant some shrubs there, I found the end of a PVC pipe a few inches under the soil. WSSC and 2 different plumbers came, and each suggested it was probably some long-forgotten landscaping drainage and advised me to try to find the other end myself.

I did some digging, and found the other end about a foot from our foundation. It's all plugged with soil and roots, but obviously its presence is something of a problem, otherwise we wouldn't have the muddy spot at the other end. I want to get someone to come advise me what is actually needed for our (weedy, spotty) lawn. We have a lawn care company that has done sod and other garden stuff for us before, but since they managed to do all that without ever noticing this pipe, I'm skeptical of having them give us advice.

So I'd love any recommendations.

[Anonymous]

Raised bed garden with landscape timber for framing.

[Anonymous]

Clear out the end and run water through it and see if it works.

[Anonymous]

Check your neighbor's downspouts. Our neighbor had theirs too close to our property line which made our basement flood.

If the is not the problem, consider getting a plant that likes "wet feet."

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone. I couldn't clear the pipe myself - it's literally caked with dirt/mud. Presumably once upon a time (it's got to be more than 15 years ago given how long we've owned this house) it was connected to the gutters or some kind of French drain. But now it's just sitting in the dirt.

I'm guessing we could just get our garden guys to rip it out, since it's not actually doing anything to drain water at this time. But before I do that, I'd like to find landscapers who know about yards and water to look at it.

[Anonymous]

check out metro drainage pros. i found them on angies list and they seem to best in the area in this type of thing. we used them for french drains and had no complaints. good luck.