Ecological Infrastructure · San Antonio

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Hill Country · Live

San Antonio · reading the resource…

Edibles · now
  • plant
  • forage
  • harvest
Zone 9areading the season
Sky · 7 days
NOAAreading the forecast
Sun · health
UV‑A · UV‑B
vit Dreading the spectrum
Phenology · now
Edwards Plateaureading the wild
Rain · 30 days
  • fell
  • norm
  • deficit
NOAAreading the rainfall
Conserve · today
SAWSreading the rules
Offset · plant this
  • shade
  • root
  • food
Edwards Plateauoffset the pressure
Your turn
Read your property.
60-90 min on site · from $299
Begin a Site Read
Start here

Name the one thing that brought you here.

Pick the closest match. We reply within 24 hours with the path forward. Free, and no, there isn't a catch.

Want depth instead? · § II Build a full property reading yourself. 30-chip ARBiter estimator · soil, water, sun, planting, build, tend. Reply within 48 hours. Free.
The Reading

Build your reading.

Check off what your property needs to become a living system. We read it back inside 48 hours. Free, and unembarrassed about it.

§ I Site Read

Read the land before you redesign it.

Start with where the property is. We'll pull soil, watershed, and aquifer data from public sources before we call.

Address locked
Reading your property Pulling data
Soil
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USDA Web Soil SurveyUSDA NRCS
Hydrology
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Nearest watershed featureUSGS NLDI
Climate
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Forecast office + gridNOAA · NWS
Terrain
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Ground elevationUSGS EPQS
§ II Plan

What should the property do?

Multi-select. Anything you check becomes a chapter of the plan.

Budget range · $10,000 $500 — $250k+
§ III Build

What gets built?

Click the things you'd like sourced and quoted. Don't worry about feasibility — Noon reads, then advises.

§ IV Tend

After the build, stays involved.

Optional. The relationship after the work. Most properties evolve into Tend within a year.

Click any item above to see what it becomes for your property.
The reading is yours to build — we read it after you send it.
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In your reading

Nothing committed. Noon reads what you sent, pulls public data on your property, and replies within 48 hours with a sourced budget range and a phased roadmap. The reading is free.

Reading the property

Pulling public intelligence.

Six data sources, six checks. Then your reading goes into preparation.

Aquifer Edwards Aquifer J-17 level EAA
Soil USDA Web Soil Survey USDA NRCS
Topography TNRIS LIDAR elevation TNRIS
Rebates SAWS WaterSaver eligibility SAWS
Climate NOAA conditions + drought stage NOAA
Flora LBJ native plant palette LBJ

Your reading is being prepared. You'll receive a sourced budget range and a phased roadmap within 48 hours.

i.

Source

What we know, given away.

  • +31 field-tested guides
  • +Open. Free. No paywall.
  • +Covers what consultants charge $1,500 to share
  • +Written from real Hill Country properties
Read The Source
ii.

Practice

Building living systems. Hand-built.

  • +Site Read from $299
  • +Plan from $1,500 (vs $6,000+ at architecture firms)
  • +Trades at direct rate — no 30-40% markup
  • +Signature work built by hand
Enter The Practice
iii.

Exchange

The network that keeps them alive.

  • +SAWS rebates up to $300
  • +USDA cost-share + TPWD match programs
  • +Free Hill Country ecological data
  • +Vetted local growers + trades
Enter The Exchange
The Entry

Pick your door.

  1. i. Property owner read your land
  2. ii. Architect technical capability
  3. iii. Nonprofit mission + grants
  4. iv. Researcher the Source
  5. v. Artist the archive
  6. vi. Writer / podcaster conversations
  7. vii. Builder / trade the practice
  8. viii. Collaborator the exchange
  9. ix. Work with us apprentice + apply
Living Systems · Beyond Landscaping

A property is a tap root.

Art and individuation are the crown everyone admires. Health and community are the trunk nobody photographs. Water, food, energy, and shelter are the root no one ever sees — which is precisely why they get neglected, and precisely why nothing above them lasts. Ecological infrastructure has to feed the whole length, or it isn't infrastructure at all.

§ III Soul · the crown What the property carries when foundation and vitality are met. Visible. Cultural. The reason anyone notices the place.
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Craft

Stone, wood, iron, mosaic. Built by hand.

ii.

Art

Artful infrastructure. Beauty as function.

iii.

Music

Sound, rhythm, ceremony as cultural texture.

iv.

Individuation

The self in relation to land. The land in relation to the self.

§ II Vitality · the trunk The relational tissue. Soil biology, biodiversity, neighbors, long-term care. What carries the foundation's nutrients up to the crown.
v.

Health

Soil microbiome. Clean air. Mental space.

vi.

Life

Pollinators. Wildlife corridors. Biodiversity that compounds.

vii.

Community

Gatherings. Workshops. Shared experience.

viii.

Stewardship

Long-term care. Long-term relationship.

§ I Foundation · the tap root The deepest, narrowest, most essential layer. Skip it and everything above is decoration waiting to die. Earth, water, food, energy, shelter.
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Water

Capture, slow, store, return.

x.

Food

Edible perennials. Native edibles. Small livestock.

xi.

Energy

Off-grid readiness. Solar. Resilience.

xii.

Shelter

Native canopy. Built shelter. Microclimate as architecture.

Services + free tools

Organic mosquito control. Drainage. Rainwater harvesting. Native landscape design. Compost & soil. Fire ants. Lawn-to-meadow. Plus eight free calculators.

Dorian Dégagé
Founder · Noon Systems Corp

Ecological designer, builder, and editor of The Noon Source. Runs a Texas Public Benefit Corporation out of San Antonio, working across the Hill Country. Building the practice he wished existed when he started reading land for a living.

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