The Noon mark reads five living systems — water, soil, shade, ecology, wildlife — and grades land by ecological succession, from Pioneer to Climax.

Noon Institute Living systems, built & measured.
Ecological landscape design — San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country

Read your resource.

A preliminary reading — soil & geology, climate, watershed, the birds and insects moving through. Free, immediate, no account.
Edibles · now
  • plant
  • forage
  • harvest
Zone 9areading the season
Phenology · now
Edwards Plateaureading the wild
Rain · 30 days
  • fell
  • norm
  • deficit
NOAAreading the rainfall
Read your property.90 min on site · free Book a Site Read
The Work · Records 01–07 · methods →
01Live
Land Art · 28-ft cast concrete

The Lotus

The oldest symbol of emergence, struck by hand into Hill Country caliche — eight concrete petals you can walk into and sit inside.

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02Live Huerta de Atrio — the mission courtyard garden, tiered fountain and stone terraces, planted with natives and heritage food.
Culinary Garden · Heritage · 20+ native species

Huerta de Atrio

Native and heritage food in a mission courtyard. Grown in common.

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03Live A curbside bioswale catching street runoff in the rain.
Stormwater Infrastructure · 13-ft channel · ~200 gal/hr · ~200 gal/hr, field-observed

The Curbside Bioswale

A 13-foot channel that takes the street flood and lets the caliche drink.

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04Built
Dryland Garden · Hill Country

Dry-Creek Xeriscape

05Built A finished stone-veneer foundation retrofit in warm Hill Country limestone against tan stucco.
Stonework · Hill Country

Foundation Retrofit

06Pro Bono
Civic Restoration · three fountains on 100 W solar

A Supportive Senior Community

Three self-cleaning fountains on 100 watts of solar — for formerly homeless seniors.

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07Pro Bono A young hand feeding a goat at the 702 ecological field.
Ecological Training Center · pilot: 4 trained, 2 into green work

702

A dead charter school, brought back by hand — with veterans, youth, and goats.

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Modern ground starves the senses we evolved for. We read that deficit — and build it back.

From first look to built

Three steps.

The read costs nothing. The design is measured before it is priced. The price is fixed before we build.

San Antonio · Boerne · New Braunfels · San Marcos · Wimberley · Dripping Springs — the Texas Hill Country.

  1. 01 · Free

    Preliminary Read.

    Soil, water, light, the lay of the land — a written read inside 48 hours: what to do, what not to do. Yours to keep.

  2. 02 · $300, credited in full

    3D LiDAR Design.

    A drone-LiDAR scan and a measured 3D design — exactly where the water flows, drawn to the inch.

  3. 03 · Priced clear

    We build it.

    Curbside bioswales from $300 a linear meter, plus fountains, native landscapes, and water systems — designed and built by the same hands.

Measurement before investment

A place changes the body.

Put us on your ground.

A Texas Public Benefit Corporation · Bonded · Practice since 2020

Noon Institute · A Texas Public Benefit Corporation · Bonded · Practice since 2020 · Open library · ORCID

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