Design is not purely about what to include on a site, but about how the different elements are connected.
Interconnection is the key.
It is important that elements interact positively and efficiently with each other and that they are not just randomly located. By making connections, we can save energy, create many functions for each element and recycle waste products. In a conventional garden it is common to hide a kitchen garden away from the house, behind a hedge. Composting systems are also regularly 'ghetto-ized' as far from human eyes as possible. Yet kitchen gardens do not have to be ugly, as Joy Larkcom and the late Geoff Hamilton have demonstrated.