I grew up in a place with heavy clay soil to the point where you had to dig with an adze.
No experience with inground green houses but I would make a retaining wall out of half rounds. put a perforated drain pipe in the bottom, and back fill it with course gravel or scoria. Then along the base of the wall, bury another perforated drainage hose in a trench filled with more gravel / scoria so it catches the run off.
Something like this:
Here is the link to where I found this image:
http://homes.msn.co.nz/diy/mitre10megadiyprojects/8405593/how-to-build-a-retaining-wall
Now that you've captured the water, put it to it's duties
