Landscape Drainage Solutions

Landscape Drainage Solutions for Sloped Yards in River Falls

If you live on a hill or have a backyard with any kind of grade, you’ve likely experienced standing water, runoff, or erosion during heavy rains. Sloped yards are beautiful, but without proper drainage systems, they can create frustrating problems that affect your landscape’s health and your property’s long-term value. At Earthworks Landscaping, we specialize in designing functional and attractive landscape drainage solutions for sloped yards in River Falls and surrounding areas. Whether your concern is erosion, foundation flooding, or soggy soil, our drainage systems are built to keep your yard dry, functional, and beautiful year-round.

Water problems tend to build slowly over time. At first, it might just seem like a little puddling or a patch of lawn that never dries. But left unaddressed, these issues often grow into bigger concerns. Soil erosion can wash away your plantings and topsoil. Water runoff may start flowing toward your home, putting pressure on the foundation. Retaining walls may lean. Grass may thin out or die. What starts as a minor inconvenience can turn into major damage if you don’t act early—and fall is the perfect time to get ahead of it.

Sloped yards are particularly vulnerable because they speed up water movement. Without intervention, that water will follow the path of least resistance—usually right into places you don’t want it. The good news is that proper drainage design can control and redirect stormwater while enhancing the look and function of your outdoor space. By using features like grading, dry creek beds, retaining walls, French drains, and underground piping, we can turn a runoff-prone slope into a well-managed, lush landscape.

Every successful drainage system starts with an expert site assessment. We examine slope direction, grade changes, low points, soil compaction, and how water flows during storms. From there, we develop a plan customized to your property—not just to fix the problem, but to improve how the entire yard functions.

We take into account things like nearby hardscaping, planting beds, roof runoff, and even traffic patterns. Drainage isn’t just about pipes and slopes—it’s about making the entire property more usable and more resilient. When properly integrated into the design, your drainage system will work quietly in the background without interfering with the beauty of your yard.

The best landscape drainage solutions don’t look like drainage at all. In fact, many of the systems we install are completely hidden—or double as beautiful features. A dry creek bed, for example, looks like a natural riverbed made from smooth stone, but it helps guide water across the yard during heavy rains. Rain gardens collect and filter runoff using native plants and pollinator-friendly species. Even retaining walls can be engineered to include built-in drainage channels.

These features not only protect your property, but they also increase curb appeal, support plant health, and reduce your overall maintenance needs.

Common Landscape Drainage Solutions for Sloped Yards

• Grading and soil reshaping to promote water flow

• Dry creek beds to mimic natural drainage paths

• French drains to move water underground

• Retaining walls with drainage backfill

• Rain gardens and plant-based filtration

• Catch basins and underground piping systems

Explore our Hardscape Design + Build services to integrate drainage into your landscape.

County Materials Corp. is our preferred hardscape supplier
for pavers and retaining wall block.