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
Redefine your summers with a custom concrete or stainless steel pool installed by our in-house pool builders. Your design may include pool decking and landscaping as part of a comprehensive outdoor living space. Visit our Pools page to learn more.
Landscape Design
With a deep understanding of the five distinctive historical garden styles, we create timeless designs that age with grace and beauty. Our experience-driven approach means we take everything into consideration: your lifestyle, existing architecture, personal preferences, practical requirements, and future goals for outdoor living. Visit our Landscape Design page to learn more.
Landscape Installation
The lushest landscapes begin with the healthiest soils. As part of our “Legacy Program”, we’ll lab test your soils and provide a comprehensive plan for building your soil health. Then, our horticulturalists will plant each plant with the care and nurturing even a Master Gardener would appreciate. (Seriously, Master Gardeners love us!) Visit our Landscape Installation page to learn more.
Outdoor Living
The experience-driven lifestyle starts outside! Your outdoor living space should be uniquely yours, with the colors, plants, and features—like built-in grills, outdoor kitchens, privacy panels, fireplaces, paver patios, pergolas, landscape lighting, sound systems and more—that meet your lifestyle goals. Visit our Outdoor Living page to learn more.
Landscape Maintenance
Customize an effortless landscape maintenance program with services like water feature maintenance, plant health care, tree pruning, fungus treatment, lawn mowing, weed control, and so much more. We show up on time, work with precision, and keep you updated on the condition of your property. Visit our Landscape Maintenance page to learn more.
Decks
As a full-service landscaping company, we have our own deck builders. Collaborate with us, and we will match your deck to your needs and home aesthetic. Visit our Decks page to learn more.
Holiday Lighting
Get in the festive spirit without climbing on any ladders! We have the tools and experience required to design exceptional holiday lighting displays that uplift the entire neighborhood—and we'll take those decorations down for you at the end of the season, too. Visit our Holiday Lighting page to learn more.
Spas
Nothing says relaxation like a backyard spa. We can design your spa to fit beautifully on your patio or amidst your garden, and you'll enjoy it for years to come. Visit our Pools & Spas page to learn more.
Sprinklers / Irrigation
Practical, responsible watering solutions give your lawn and plants the support they need without waste. Easy-to-use digital systems offer incredible water and cost savings and require minimal maintenance. Visit our Sprinklers page to learn more.
Drainage
Proper drainage is an investment in the longevity of your home and landscape. We address it as part of your landscape design and installation—or you can work with us to fix any drainage issues in your existing landscape.
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.