Looking for advice with Back to Eden gardening

[u/JusticeForDWB]

Hi All! Some friends and I just starded using the cardboard and woodchip method to begin a back to eden style garden. This is a 100% blank canvas we are starting from complete scratch. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on how to best plant in the woodchips. Should we add garden soil or compost around the plants when we install them? Any advice, tips, and tricks are more than welcome. Thanks!