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Kezia Reynolds

3 ways homeowners are ‘sleepwalking’ into a flooding crisis – the common landscaping features that are making your garden more flood-prone

Driveway of single storey home next to established trees.

In light of all the recent wet weather, garden experts have revealed the three ways we’re making our gardens more flood-prone, as experts warn the UK is ‘sleepwalking’ its way into a flooding crisis.

When torrential rain rears its head, we all start thinking about how to flood-proof a garden. Sometimes this is for ‘just in case’ reasons, but with over five million homes in the UK now at risk of flooding, according to Flood Re, it’s an issue we should all be paying more attention to.

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