Eliminate Water Worries with Landscape Drainage Solutions in Kansas City
Is your backyard a swamp? Do you get embarrassed to invite people over, especially after it rains? Are mosquitoes setting up camp keeping you from enjoying your backyard? Is water settling around the base of your home threatening your basement foundation?
No one likes to deal with water issues. They create big headaches. And when you look at them and the expensive problems and property damage they can create, all you see are dollar signs.
Time for landscape drainage solutions to banish water woes for good.
Permeable Paver Patios & Driveways
Need to control water flow on your property? One stormwater management solution that works to control excess runoff is permeable paver walkways, patios, or driveways. This means standing pools of water will disappear.
Permeable pavers, made from fired clay brick or concrete, have gaps between them that we fill with crushed aggregate. These gaps allow water to pass through to the layers beneath, filtering it as it makes its way back to the water table or sewer system. This makes it a greener solution for your landscape.
Bonus: Fewer standing pools of water mean fewer mosquitoes, eliminating more than one problem in your yard.
Landscape Drainage Solutions: French Drains, Grading & Dry Wells
During rainstorms, the torrents of water rushing through the gutters and out your downspouts can contribute to flooding. Low spots could be to blame.
Rerouting rainwater through a French drain — a perforated underground pipe that collects and directs surface water — can take water to curbside storm drains so it doesn’t sit on your property. We top the flexible pipe that directs your water with gravel and then soil and grass.
Another option that can help is examining and repairing the slope in your yard through proper grading. For effective grading, you want a precise degree of slope away from your home so water doesn’t pool or back up along your home foundation.
And if after rain storms, your property experiences flooding that soaks into the ground within a couple of hours, your yard may benefit from a dry well, which is positioned in a low-lying area to collect water and then slowly release it into the surrounding soil.
Try a Rain Garden or Bioswale
If the low-lying areas of your yard are consistently under water after storms, consider turning these swamps into attractive rain gardens — all-natural solutions to your water woes.
Rain gardens use plant beds of porous soil and plants that thrive in standing water to fill depressions in the ground. A rain garden is versatile, meaning it can be as big or small as you need for correcting your runoff issues. And you can even opt to direct water from other low-lying areas to your rain garden with a French drain.
Another option called a bioswale uses thick grasses in a narrow ditch-like planting to help collect and filter stormwater.
Dry Streams: Places to Let Water Flow
Do you usually prefer to just go with the flow? Since water always finds its way down a hill, an attractive solution to go with water’s path is to create a dry stream.
A dry stream uses gravel, rocks, and boulders to line water’s path. Excavating the path and introducing water-loving plants can make the dry stream more efficient.
The High Prairie Process
An Experience-Driven Process
Our processes create customized solutions to help you master the art of the experience-driven lifestyle. This is what to expect when you work with us on Design/Build projects or all-inclusive Maintenance:
Get In Touch
Fill out our online form to get started. We'll be in touch to discuss the details of your project to make sure we're a good fit for you. If so, we'll set up your Discovery Meeting and provide a pricing guide to help you know what to expect.
Discovery Meeting
This is a free meeting at our design studio, where you'll select a design package. You'll have an opportunity to meet your designer and share details about your unique design style. We'll learn about your priorities and preferences as we help you discover your many options and possibilities. At this time, we'll collect half of the design fee.
Site Analysis
The Site Analysis breaks down the three pillars of memory making: how you relax, play, and connect. It includes measurements, drainage and grading considerations, architectural and existing element analysis, soil analysis, and a review of design opportunities, all seen through the lens of your three pillars.
Concept Reveal Meeting
At our studio or remotely, this is where you'll review your detailed design and discuss material options with your designer. If there are budget considerations, we can discuss phasing the project as needed.
Final Design Reveal and Proposal Presentation
We'll finalize the materials and order your selections upon your approval. Your Prairie Power Team will create a project plan, complete with milestones and target tasks. As we work through planning and permitting, you'll receive weekly updates, and after you sign, we'll get you on the schedule.
Crafting Your Space
The team will work diligently and according to schedule. You can track our progress and watch your landscape unfold via our project web platform.
Final Walkthrough + Ongoing Maintenance
You'll do a final walkthrough with the designer, and we will accept the final payment. You’ll learn more about our worry-free maintenance program options and we can schedule your Lawncierge project check-ins for proactive attention and monitoring of your new space.
Year-Round Services for Comprehensive Property Care
All of our services are completed by highly skilled crews equipped with specialized tools and landscaping know-how. With stonemasons, pool builders, horticulturists, and more on our team, we can complete 95 percent of our projects completely in-house, which means you’ll enjoy a stress-free build! As certified General Contractors, we can bring in electricians and plumbers as required, eliminating the need for you to juggle multiple contractors. This is what we can do for you:
Pools & Spas
Custom pools, spas, and water features designed as part of a complete outdoor environment. Our team creates spaces for relaxation, recreation, and connection while integrating every element into a larger vision for your property. Through our Legacy Program, your aquatic environment is cared for and improved long after construction is complete. Visit our Pools page to learn more.
Landscape Design & Installation
Thoughtfully designed and expertly built outdoor environments tailored to the way you live. From landscape design and planting plans to outdoor living spaces and hardscapes, every element is created as part of a cohesive vision that grows more beautiful and functional over time. Visit our Landscape Design page to learn more.
Estate Stewardship
Our Estate Stewardship System is like property management for the outdoors. One dedicated team manages everything from fine gardening and irrigation to pool care and seasonal enhancements, helping your property improve year after year instead of gradually declining. Visit our Landscape Maintenance page to learn more.
Habitat by High Prairie
Complete your outdoor environment with premium furnishings, shade solutions, fire features, and accessories. Habitat by High Prairie helps transform beautiful outdoor spaces into comfortable, inviting places where family and friends gather and lasting memories are made.
Holiday Lighting
Extend the beauty of your outdoor environment into the holiday season with professionally designed lighting displays. Our team handles design, installation, and removal, creating a festive experience while protecting your property and saving you time. Visit our Holiday Lighting page to learn more.
Outdoor Systems & Enhancements
Support and enhance your outdoor environment with the systems and features that improve its beauty, functionality, and enjoyment. From irrigation, drainage, landscape lighting, outdoor audio, and custom decks to professionally designed holiday lighting displays, our team provides the details that help your property perform better and create memorable experiences throughout the year.
Providing Exceptional Landscape Maintenance in Kansas City, MO, and These Area Communities
We offer our comprehensive landscaping services to homeowners throughout the Kansas City area:
- Parkville, Missouri
- Belton, Missouri
- Lee's Summit, Missouri
- Liberty, Missouri
- Blue Springs, Missouri
- Westwood, Kansas
- Fairway, Kansas
- Olathe, Kansas
- Mission Woods, Kansas
Visit our Service Area page to get a closer look at where we work.
