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MW Lawn & Landscape fixes standing water and soggy yards across Olathe, Overland Park, Lenexa, and Johnson County. We diagnose where your water is actually coming from, then match the right fix regrading, buried downspouts, catch basins, French drains, or a dry creek bed and restore your lawn when we’re done. Warrantied work. Family-owned for 25+ years.
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Johnson County sits on heavy clay soil that holds water instead of letting it soak in. Add the hard, fast storms this area gets and you get the same story all over Olathe: puddles that sit for days, a low spot that never dries out, bare patches where grass won’t grow, and water running toward the house instead of away from it. Left alone, it gets expensive eroded beds, root rot, mosquitoes, a damp basement, and constant pressure against your foundation. Our drainage service starts with a diagnosis, not a sales pitch. We walk your property, find where the water is coming from and where it needs to go, and recommend the fix that actually solves it which isn’t always a French drain. Then, because we’re a lawn company, we put your yard back the way we found it
We walk your property and trace how water actually moves across it after a storm. A lot of “drainage problems” turn out to be a downspout dumping at the foundation or a grade running the wrong way no trench required.
Regrading, buried downspouts, catch basins, French drains, dry creek beds we match the solution to your yard instead of selling the same trench to everyone.
Correct slope, filter fabric, clean stone, and a real discharge point systems built to keep working through our clay and freeze-thaw cycles
Drainage crews dig a trench and leave. We’re your lawn company we grade it back, seed or sod the trench line, and repair your beds, so the fix doesn’t leave a scar across your yard.
From figuring out the real cause to putting your lawn back the whole job, one company.
We come out, walk the property, and look at your slope, soil, downspouts, and where water pools at no charge and no obligation.
We trace where the water is coming from and where it needs to go, so we treat the cause instead of the symptom.
A plan matched to your yard regrading, buried downspouts, catch basins, a French drain, a dry creek bed, or a combination.
Proper trench depth and slope, filter fabric, clean stone, and a discharge point that actually carries water away from your home.
We grade the trench line back in and seed or sod it, and repair any beds we worked through so your yard looks whole again.
We stand behind our drainage installations. If something isn’t draining the way it should, we come back.
Every yard is different here are the solutions we use, alone or in combination. Click any to learn more
A gravel-and-perforated-pipe channel that collects groundwater and carries it out to a safe discharge point the workhorse for chronically soggy ground. View Service →
Roof runoff dumped at your foundation is the most common drainage problem there is. We bury the line and pop it up safely out in the yard. View Service →
Sometimes the fix isn’t a pipe it’s reshaping the ground so water runs away from your home instead of toward it. View Service →
A stone channel that moves runoff away from low spots and looks like a natural feature instead of a drainage project. View Service →
25+ years working Johnson County yards we know this clay, and we know how to leave your lawn better than we found it
We’ve worked Johnson County’s clay soil since 2000 and know exactly how water moves through it.
The answer isn’t always a French drain. We find the real cause and if the fix is simple, we’ll tell you that.
Drainage specialists trench and leave. We seed or sod the line back in and repair your beds because your lawn is our job too.
We stand behind the work, and the same team can mow, feed, and maintain the yard afterward.
Three steps from soggy to solved.
Fill out the form or call (913) 829-4949. We come walk your property and see where the water goes free, no obligation.
We trace the source, recommend the right solution for your yard, and give you a clear written quote before any digging.
We install the system, then grade and reseed the trench line so your yard looks whole and we back the work.
What homeowners in Olathe and Johnson County ask us about standing water and soggy yards.
Still Have Questions? Call our team or request a free assessment we’ll walk your property and tell you what’s actually going on.
A good rule of thumb: if water is still standing in your yard about 48 hours after the rain stops, you have a drainage problem. Puddles that clear within a day or so are normal. Other signs worth acting on are spots that stay muddy or spongy long after everything else has dried, bare patches where grass won’t grow back, water pooling against the house, full window wells, and soil washing out of your beds. If you’re seeing any of those, we’ll come look at no charge.
Mostly our soil. This area sits on heavy clay that holds water rather than letting it soak in, so a hard Kansas storm leaves water sitting on the surface with nowhere to go. From there it’s usually made worse by something specific downspouts dumping roof runoff right at the foundation, a grade that slopes toward the house, a low spot with no outlet, or a neighboring yard pushing runoff onto yours. That’s why we diagnose before we dig.
Maybe not and that’s worth hearing before you pay for one. A French drain is the right call for chronically saturated ground that has nowhere to drain, but plenty of problems come down to something simpler: burying a downspout and running it out into the yard, regrading a low spot, or adding a catch basin where water collects. Sometimes it’s a dry creek bed that handles the runoff and looks good doing it. We look at your yard, tell you honestly what it needs, and don’t sell you a trench you don’t.
Installing drainage does mean trenching, so there will be a disturbed line across the yard but that’s the part most companies leave you with. We’re a lawn and landscape company first: we backfill, grade the line back level, seed or sod it, and repair any beds we worked through. Within a season you shouldn’t be able to tell where we dug. That’s the difference between hiring a drainage crew and hiring your lawn company to do the drainage.
It depends on what your yard actually needs burying a downspout is a small job, while a long French drain across a saturated backyard is a much bigger one. Trench length and depth, how accessible the yard is, materials, and where the water can discharge all factor in. We’ll assess your property free and give you a clear written quote before any work starts. Call (913) 829-4949.
It can. Water that pools against the house saturates the clay around it, and that soil expands and pushes against your foundation walls which over time contributes to cracks, seepage, and a damp basement. Getting water away from the house is the single best preventive step, and it costs far less than dealing with the damage later. To be clear on what we do: we solve the yard grading, downspouts, and drainage systems that move water away from your home. If you already have active structural damage or water coming through basement walls, that’s work for a licensed foundation or waterproofing contractor, and we’ll say so rather than sell you something that won’t fix it.
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Based in Olathe, KS, we solve standing water and drainage problems throughout the following cities in Johnson County and the greater Kansas City metro
River Rock Installation decorative stone and rock beds, including the stone we use in dry creek beds. Learn More →
Bed Weeding clear the weeds and prep your beds before rock goes down. Learn More →
Aeration & Overseeding relieve the compacted clay that makes water sit on your lawn Learn More →
Weekly Mowing reliable weekly mowing, trimming, and edging by the same crew Learn More →
Let MW Lawn & Landscape find out where your water is actually coming from and fix it. Free on-site assessment, honest diagnosis, warrantied work, and your lawn restored when we’re done.
