As this design did not get the opportunity to be implemented, this review is only able to cover the design process itself.

 The design process itself I remember going pretty well, without many of the complications of the School design.

 Information resources: I learned a bit more about plants along the way & found out how useful some of my available resources were in tracking down the information I needed. The Plants for a Future database was particularly helpful & I did a bit more background reading on elements such as swales & treebogs, which left me much more informed about them than when I started.

 Client interview: Sue was very keen to have a Permaculture design on the land & was very clear about what she wanted from the site. It was also handy to be able to make any additional queries that I might subsequently have quickly & easily.

 Drawing board: Getting a free technical drawing board a couple of days after asking the universe for one please!
 

 Living conditions: The most challenging thing of all was trying to live & work in a tiny shed at Holmbush. Sue & Steve were kind enough to give me somewhere to stay at a difficult time for me, but it was a period of instability that went on far too long.

 Hooke Court School design: I was doing this design for free, but also needing to earn some money somehow. Then the School design came along & it was the opportunity for me to do just that while doing something that I really enjoyed. As you have seen no doubt from the School design pages, this involved a lot of work for me & this design got relegated to second priority.
 

 It's been a few years now since I did this design & I can see potential problems with one or two of the aspects of the design.

 Camping: While there was only one obvious flat area to be used on the site, I may have needed to design in a bit more drainage for the camping area; maybe a horseshoe drain. I could also foresee problems with midges in tents maybe... I needed more time there to do this sort of observation. I wasn't there long enough to see it right through the seasons & this kind of information could have helped me avoid such potential mistakes.

 Reedmace: I have since learned quite how invasive this plant is & perhaps placing it in such a relatively small pond was a little optimistic.

 Shade: The east end of the lower slope is particularly shaded by the existing line of trees; planting dwarfing fruit trees to the north of this was perhaps optimistic too, not just from the lack of sunlight, but from the damp air likely to linger there.

 Frost: I suspect that I would have done well to have left a gap in the hedge for descending cold winter air to escape & not create a frost pocket at the bottom of the slope.