To keep water from puddling and hatching mosquitoes, for the terrace wildlife habitat we made a fountain. It has a solar pump, but this requires direct sunlight, so there's also a back-up pump for nighttime electricity. We decided to make this fountain out of a material that matches the planters so Tiffany search for aluminum scraps to recycle, (though for the next project, she's hoping for copper to work with, as the aluminum was tough to bend.) Small white marble chips weigh down the base of the fountain and create a shallow, rough surface for birds to walk on. Finally, she attached a driftwood perch for birds just above the wading area.

Next to it we planted two serviceberry shrubs--the flowers for the bees, the fruits for the birds. It's a smaller, prettier, and more sustainable version of the free-for-all I've got going on next door--which is slated to be torn down any day and rebuilt as a luxury condo.