"Janet wrote in message :
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I'm not sure if any land plants will survive being totally underwater
for a couple of weeks :-(

Digging planting holes will loosen soil, which may lead to serious
erosion during a flood; apart from losing part of the garden this can
undermine walls, fences etc and may not be covered by their household
insurance. They may need to take specialist advice about protectng and
stabilising the soil surface.


I should have clarified that this year, around here, was rather unusual (we
all hope!) for the depth of the floods, but certainly their garden will
flood each winter to some extent.
It will always be damp near the stream and the garden rises up from there to
the road some 6ft or more above. The wrought iron fences either side seem to
have stood up well probably because the water can just flow through yet they
are strong, and I can see no evidence of any erosion of the soil, actually
quite the opposite. :-)
However I take your point, any attempt to "landscape" this plot would
probably be doomed to failure, better leave it as nature intended.
--
Bob

www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in
Runnymede fighting for it's existence.