Before this garden was designed and constructed the customer mentioned that there was occasionally a problem with water collecting in the garden.  The customers asked for a maintenance free, sunken garden with steps down from a decked area.  The decking to be at the same level as the patio window; a design was made with these requests in mind. 

The decking was built and to create a sunken garden the whole area had to be dug down to a depth of 500 mm.  However, before the flags were laid heavy rain fell and actually flooded all of the sunken area.  The water level came right up to the decking and looked like a Harbour.

This was a much more serious problem than had originally been anticipated.  All work had to be suspended until a solution could be found.  To resolve the problem, a well had to be dug to create drainage.  A well was dug, about 4 ft deep x 2 ft wide in the corner of the garden and was camouflaged by a grid and surrounded by plants.  A suction pump could then be inserted when heavy rain came and the water was diverted to the house drain. 

The flagged area had to be refilled back to its original level before flags could be laid.  Flags were laid in a diamond shape design in the centre.

The garden has been softened by a variety of plants and small shrubs and a trellis fence at the side of the house to separate the garden and screen the customer’s shed and working area.