Excess of anything is bad. Floods and long-standing water can be devastating to a garden. So, if you have had heavy rain for an extended period, or have experienced a flood, there are things you can do to help your garden recover. After a flood, the health of the garden probably doesn't rank highly in most people's priority list! However, a few timely actions will vastly improve your garden's prospects for recovery. The initial impact of flooding on the landscape is obvious — with broken branches, defoliated plants, soil loss, debris and sediment everywhere — but the long-term damage may take a while to become visible.

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