The farm’s design balanced food production with ecological restoration. Native species, soil conditions and water flows guided zoning. Gently sloped and flat areas housed growing areas and buildings, while grasses and earthworks stabilised slopes.

The sediment-carrying stream passing through the site was treated as an opportunity, with silt-bag check dams placed at strategic locations to slow water, trap silt and aid recharge.

A clayey zone with native Dalbergia sissoo trees was redesigned as a food forest, with recommendations to prune existing Dalbergias into a canopy, thus preserving them as a long-term timber source while diversifying with fruit trees. An interconnected trench system was suggested for irrigation to avoid flooding near the roots.

A syntropic agroforestry zone was designed as the main tree-based food production zone, for maximising efficient use of space. Native food forest guilds were placed around the periphery, along with passive irrigation structures like boomerang bunds.

The home was split into two levels, with the upper level serving as the entry and living spaces, and the lower level as bedrooms and more private spaces. The lower level was stacked with a retaining wall, to stabilise the steep slope.

A steep precipice on the western section of the site was redesigned as a stepped drop, with native grasses (Kans) and native Acacias and Albizias to hold soil. The vegetable garden in this area was designed as sunken beds, thus reducing the need for irrigation. This was also done to mitigate veggie bed material losses in case of heavy rains and slope destabilisation. In other areas, raised beds were recommended for vegetables, considering the soil type and conditions, to aid in soil building. Native pollinator gardens were decentralised, to support both native zones and food production areas.