I' live in Georgia(yay clay soil) on a hill second to last and I don't remember when but our neighbors put in a new gutter system that causes floods in our yard. We have always had floods but now they are getting worse than I remember from previous years.

Anywho someone(not naming) tried to dig a trench to redirect it, but they did a poor job as its very shallow and takes the water into the back yard as well as in the front. the backyard now turns into 50/50 of shoe-sucking muck and cartoon slipping slick.(Seriously ended up doing a split one time attempting to keep myself from falling).

I looked up some solutions and found out about french drain pipes but it looks really expensive. I was wondering if I could do a 50/50 raised flowerbed/ french pipe to redirect the water in the street. My plan was to have to use a barrier to cut off the water(or most of it) from the backyard and keep it in the front and then add the trench/

My plan was to have to use a barrier to cut off the water(or most of it) from the backyard and keep it in the front and then add the trench/bed .

Etc : Never gardened But desires a flower bed because this gal walked away from a home show with free flowers!(Red EnduraScape Verbena ) I really want to get this done because the man said their season is coming up and also they starting to dying in that pot.