Integrated Design
Synthesise all your site assessments, observations, and plans into one coherent permaculture design. This is the culmination of the design process — bringing together water, soil, plants, animals, buildings, and social elements into an integrated whole.
Version History
Version 1.0 Current
Effective: 2026-03-30Initial version
Procedure Details
No physical hazards in the design phase. When implementing, follow relevant safety guidelines for each element.
Before starting your integrated design, ensure you have completed:
- Site assessment and sector analysis
- Soil baseline (pH, texture, biology)
- Water audit
- Zone plan
- Climate risk assessment
- Plant system design (guilds, food forest)
- Animal integration plan (if applicable)
- Energy audit
Gather all your previous activities, maps, and observations in one place.
Procedure Steps (Version 1.0)
Create a master base map showing property boundaries, buildings, existing vegetation, contours, and access points.
Overlay your sector analysis: sun arcs, prevailing winds, water flows, fire risk, views, noise.
Overlay your zone plan: zones 0-5 with element placement based on frequency of use.
Integrate your water strategy: catchment, storage, distribution, greywater, earthworks.
Integrate your soil building plan: where compost goes, cover crop rotations, amendment schedule.
Place your plant systems: food forest layers, guild locations, annual vegetable zones, windbreaks, living fences.
Place animal systems: housing, rotation areas, forage zones, integration with plant systems.
Address built environment: building improvements, energy systems, sanitation, access paths.
Create an implementation staging plan: Phase 1 (Year 1), Phase 2 (Year 2-3), Phase 3 (Year 4+). Budget each phase.
Write a design rationale: why each element is placed where it is, what principles guided the decisions, how the design adapts to your local climate.
Record the entire design as an activity on Libre Grow, linking all previous assessments, plans, and elements. This is your design portfolio.
Prepare for presentation: select key maps, observations, and provenance chains to share with your peer reviewer and Hub.