I would read Gaia's garden to start with. That will open up all sorts of ideas that you can research further. Feel free to ask any other questions and I will do my best to answer them.

Thanks, ordered it!

Yea I'd second gais garden, and David Holmgrens Retrosuburbia is also great. Geoff Lawton's videos on his website are also helpful to get started Not sure what country or climate zone you're in but general principles I follow: -Taller things (fruit trees and shrubs mainly) go around the edges or to the northside (in northern hemisphere) to not block southern sunlight -Make your main pathways wider than you originally think (things will spill out and having good access is key). I wish I had left a full trucks width to the back of my property so I could unload prunings directly to the wood pile for biochar and scraps for the chickens -Get as much free woodmulch from tree companies, leaves, prunings and other biomass as you can to mulch and compost with. Free fertility and soil enhancements -Direct sow seeds as much as you can since things will root better and keep your costs down (save seed from your best producers at the end of the season ) -Highly recommend to make your own biochar even if it's just in a pit and not a perfect final product. Charge it with minerals, molasses, kelp/seaweed, compost and even your own urine. We let our chickens eat it and work it into their run and sift that material as compost for the garden beds a few months later. I've even started selling our compost mix since its abundant and the highest quality I can find -After you plant keep the soil covered with straw, leaves or whatever you can find. Makes a huge difference here in Texas for water retention, soil temperature, microbial life, etc -Take cuttings of your best trees and print more trees -Keep some animals if you can. Just the compost they help produce is worth it alone Lmk if you have any questions or if anything doesn't make sense Enjoy!

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply, ive ordered both gaias garden and retrosuburbia and will take those as a startingpoint for our design.

Let me know what you think.