Dry creek bed with a French drain installed this late fall. This is designed to aesthetically move water away from the House foundation. This works well in an area with little other options. Our client has a side yard with negative grade and a neighbors house very close by not allowing for normal grade situation. So we are capturing all the water in a french drain (perferated drain tile with underlayment and a gravel filled trench sloping away) that was flooding their basement and moving it thru this dry creek.
