Have also been reading Patrick Whitefield's splendid book The Earth Care Manual. He outlines the stages of design as: * Base Map * Site Survey * Questionnaire * Evaluation * Design/ Proposals * Re-evaluation We've got the ball rolling on the map, need to be there for site survey, but I'd suggest Alastair and I work on putting together a Questionnaire for you both and then meet in London soon to go through it (or go through it together at Quadrangle, but needn't be there for it).