Trees/plants to mitigate standing water in yard after heavy rain

Post date: 2020-09-16 02:51:58

My area had record-breaking rain last week, with the result that water pooled in various spots around our yard - notably the garage, which ended up with 4 inches or so of water in it. Can we do anything with plantings such as trees or shrubs to reduce this impact in the future?

This image shows a photo of our street (in Maryland, US). Unlike nearby streets which had fast flowing runoff from overflowing storm drains, this was rain water that accumulated and could not drain away fast enough. It did all subside within 24 hrs. Given that heavy rain seems likely to occur more often in future, could landscaping with trees or shrubs help reduce this effect? There is one area we have earmarked for a rain garden and we have lots of other space where we could plant more (native) shrubs and smallish trees. The yard is mostly grass now, and we definitely want to change that. Is there anything else we could look at? Not intending to do major earth-moving or reconstruction of the garage, and am not expecting huge changes with plantings. (The cinder block garage was pretty prepared for this already, with most things up on bricks or pallets.)

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