This proposal speculates Woodridge Solar’s future as an eco-educational and recreational hub. By partnering with surrounding landowners, schools, and the University of Virginia, this solar farm can host workshops, educational events, school trips, and community gatherings, making it more than an unsightly utility landscape, providing transparency for neighbors to understand where their energy comes from. Through the implementation of nature trails, educational space, pollinator gardens, a meadery, and recreational pavilions, Woodridge will become a Solar+ Farm that brings the community together in nature while providing education on the benefits of solar energy.

PURPOSE + GOALS
Increase access to solar education…
- By hosting tours for local schools and communities.
- Partner with local sustainability initiatives and the University of Virginia.
Provide outdoor recreational space…
- By incorporating nature trails and picnic spots to allow public engagement and foster better relationships with infrastructural landscapes.
Support local pollinator habitat and alcohol tourism…
- By designing pollinator gardens across the site to create a safe corridor for migrating pollinators.
- Housing a meadery for visitors to attend apiary and meadery tours and workshops.