Gardening and Horticulture - Drainage

A project for our new home has been to build a new flower garden at the front of our home. We built it up using two layers of landscaping bricks. I failed to take into consideration the fact that there is a gutter downspout right dead center in the garden. Here in east Texas, when we get a good rain, the garden becomes a wading pool.

Now to my questions. I intend to attach flexible drainage line underground & take it to the side of the house where it will run off. You know, that 3 or 4" flexible stuff. I also want to add perforated black hose to catch any additional rain fall seaping into the garden. Can both of these issues be handled with the same line? In a nut shell, if I use perforated line off of the downspout, will it end up draining right back into the ground anyway or will the momentum keep it travelling? If this can be done, it will certainly take much less time & effort, however, I need to do this right the first time, so I don't have to dig the garden all up again.

Any & all advice is appreciated,

-Bill

Keep it sloped out away from the house and bed and tying them together should work fine.

the pipe your describing is called a.d.s.[advanced drainage system]. it comes in solid and perfforated. either one would work fine.