Planting beech hedge - how to improve soil, stop waterlogging in heavy clay site

[Cordata]

10 minutes ago, Steven P said:

 

Not a fan of lifeless new build identikit pig-ugly houses, for the garden though I'd also factor in that it might not all be soil under the turf - left over bricks, cement, all sorts, usually a thin top soil - from round here that all gets scrapped off the plot first thing, and the slop suggests to me heavy machinery driven all over the garden to create that.. so perhaps factor in a little extra digging time and perhaps something for compacted poor soil.

 

 

Yeah me neither, no character at all like the old stone houses nearby.

 

The client was pretty chilled out, he even mentioned the builders probably put loads of crap in the soil so it could be a case of changing plans after we started digging and problems arise

[daveatdave]

it sounds like next door has the same problem with water, it looks like most of the water is coming from the right of the photo from higher up. would a drain at the bottom of the terracing taking it down to the French drain help?