Design the site plan to provide generous space for native wildlife.
• Problem: Conventional developments fragment or eliminate wildlife habitat.
• Opportunity: Cluster buildings, preserve corridors, and connect natural areas.
• Prompt: What’s one design move that would maximize space for local wildlife?

Ensure animals can move safely through and beyond the agrihood.
• Problem: Barriers like roads and fences block animal movement.
• Opportunity: Plan connected greenways, hedgerows, and underpasses.
• Prompt: What’s one idea for creating safe wildlife corridors on this site?

Provide natural food for diverse wildlife year-round.
• Problem: Lawns and non-native plants often offer poor nutrition.
• Opportunity: Plant native trees, shrubs, and wildflower meadows.
• Prompt: What’s one way the agrihood can supply healthy food for local wildlife?

Include safe, accessible water for animals and birds.
• Problem: Urban areas often lack natural water features.
• Opportunity: Add ponds, rain gardens, or bird baths.
• Prompt: What’s one water feature that would benefit wildlife here?

Offer animals protection from weather, predators, and disturbance.
• Problem: Cleared lots and manicured yards limit safe cover.
• Opportunity: Preserve brush, logs, native thickets, and nesting structures.
• Prompt: What’s one feature that could shelter wildlife or support breeding?

Prioritize native plants and animals to strengthen local ecology.
• Problem: Invasive species crowd out native life and disrupt balance.
• Opportunity: Restore native plant communities and manage invasives.
• Prompt: What’s one native species or habitat that should be highlighted here?

Use nature to manage pests instead of chemicals.
• Problem: Pesticides harm non-target species and ecosystems.
• Opportunity: Design habitats for beneficial insects, birds, and bats.
• Prompt: What’s one strategy for natural pest control on this land?

Close nutrient loops through composting.
• Problem: Organic waste often goes to landfills, losing valuable nutrients.
• Opportunity: Turn food scraps and yard waste into healthy soil amendments.
• Prompt: What’s one way to make community composting easy and inviting?

Support organisms that naturally build healthy, living soil.
• Problem: Development and chemicals can disrupt soil life.
• Opportunity: Encourage earthworms, beneficial fungi, and thriving soil microbes through regenerative practices.
• Prompt: What’s one practice or design idea that could boost healthy soil life here?

Let natural cycles recycle nutrients on-site.
• Problem: Hardscapes and tidy yards limit organic matter breakdown.
• Opportunity: Allow fallen leaves, logs, and brush piles to decompose naturally.
• Prompt: What’s one spot or method for encouraging natural decomposition here?

Minimize factors that interfere with plant growth.
• Problem: Pollution, heat islands, and artificial lighting can stress plants.
• Opportunity: Limit fossil fuel burning, chemicals, and excess outdoor lighting.
• Prompt: What’s one action to protect plants’ ability to photosynthesize fully?

Adopt practices that keep soils alive and fertile.
• Problem: Erosion, compaction, and chemicals degrade soil health.
• Opportunity: Use cover crops, no-till, organic amendments, and managed grazing.
• Prompt: What’s one soil health practice the agrihood should commit to?

Design spaces where pollinators can thrive.
• Problem: Loss of flowers and nesting sites hurts bees, butterflies, and birds.
• Opportunity: Plant diverse blooms and avoid chemicals.
• Prompt: What’s one way to create thriving pollinator habitat in this community?

Back up good design with protective policies.
• Problem: Good habitat can be undone by lawn chemicals or poor mowing.
• Opportunity: Adopt rules to protect flowering plants and nesting sites.
• Prompt: What’s one policy that would safeguard pollinators here long-term?

Support recovery of locally threatened or endangered species.
• Problem: Development can erase remaining habitat for vulnerable species.
• Opportunity: Protect nesting sites, food sources, or specific microhabitats.
• Prompt: What’s one idea for creating or protecting habitat for local endangered wildlife or plants?

Use plant species that support a wide web of other life.
• Problem: Landscapes without keystone species have low biodiversity.
• Opportunity: Plant native oaks, willows, or other trees that feed insects, birds, and mammals.
• Prompt: What’s one keystone plant or tree that should be included here to benefit many species?

Use plants that naturally enrich soil fertility.
• Problem: Reliance on synthetic fertilizers can harm soil life.
• Opportunity: Integrate legumes, clovers, or native nitrogen-fixers into gardens and fields.
• Prompt: What’s one nitrogen-fixing strategy that could boost soil fertility naturally?

Track how well the agrihood supports ecosystem services over time.
• Problem: Good intentions need proof and improvement.
• Opportunity: Use biodiversity counts, soil tests, or wildlife monitoring.
• Prompt: What’s one practical way to measure the success of our efforts to support nature here?

Design planting plans so something is blooming or fruitful year-round

• Problem: Gaps in seasonal blooms and harvests limit food and beauty for wildlife and people.

• Opportunity: Choose a mix of native plants, shrubs, and trees that flower or fruit at different times of the year.

• Prompt: What’s one plant, shrub, or tree you’d love to see here that provides color, blooms, or food in fall, winter, or early spring?