Books by Gordon Hayward

In 1978 I began writing for "Horticulture Magazine", where I have since published nearly fifty articles. I have also written six books:

1. My first book, which is now out of print, was titled DESIGNING YOUR OWN LANDSCAPE (Whetstone Press, Brattleboro, VT 1989). It was a compilation of those articles as well as others that appeared in "Fine Gardening, "The American Horticulturist", and Harrowsmith".

2. My second book, GARDEN PATHS: Inspiring Designs and Practical Projects (1997, Firefly Books, Ontario, Canada), has sold over 40,000 copies nationwide and had its third printing in 1999. It is in bookstores and available at Amazon.com.

3. My third book, titled GARDEN PATHS: A New Way to Solve Practical Problems in the Garden (1998 Houghton Mifflin), had its second printing in Spring, 2001 for their Taylors Weekend Gardening Guide series. It is now in bookstores and is available at Amazon.com.

4. My fourth book, titled STONE IN THE GARDEN; Inspiring Designs and Practical Projects (2001, WW Norton) is in bookstores nationwide and in selected National Trust Shops in the UK. It is also available through Amazon.com. Go to the http://www.WWNorton.com for an overview of the book.

5. My Fifth book, YOUR HOUSE, YOUR GARDEN A Foolproof Approach to Good Garden Design (2003, WW Norton) It is also available through Amazon.com. Go to the http://www.WWNorton.com for an overview of the book.

6. My Sixth book, THE INTIMATE GARDEN, Four Seasons and Twenty Years in Our Garden, will appear from WW Norton in Spring 2005.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Gardens at the front of the house

2. Gardens along the sides of the house

3. Back terraces, patios and gardens

4. Gardens in the ell or courtyard of a house

5. Gardens between buildings

6. Gardens around outbuildings

In the June 3, 2001 book review section of The New York Times, reviewer Verlyn Klinkenborg wrote that this book is "easily the best and most useful book on stonework to come along in several years." With over 200 color photographs and over 100 line drawings by garden illustrator Gordon Morrison, the book is meant to inspire and be useful, no matter where you garden or what size your garden is.

SECTION ONE: INSPIRING USES FOR STONE IN THE GARDEN

• Chapter 1: Garden Walls, both freestanding and retaining
• Chapter 2: Stone underfoot — paths and steps, terraces and patios
• Chapter 3: Boulders and bedrock
• Chapter 4: Water and stones
• Chapter 5: Standing stones and benches

SECTION 2: THE "HOW-TO" OF STONE IN THE GARDEN

• Chapter 6: Building dry-laid stone walls
• Chapter 7: Building stone walkways, patios and terraces
• Chapter 8: Setting sculptures, benches and standing stones
• Chapter 9: Gardening on bedrock — setting boulders
• Chapter 10: Stone and natural pools or small fountains
• Chapter 11: Stone from across North America

APPENDICES: A. Sources of stone across North America B. Sources of stone benches, sculpture, garden ornaments and details C. Associations

This book has over 125 color photographs by some of the nation’s best garden photographers along with over 50 illustrations by the garden illustrator Elayne Sears.

See the author’s review and a summary of the book at Amazon.com . Above all, it is a useful, practical garden design book that will help you design your own landscape.

Part 1 – Model Gardens

• Chapter 1: Four inspiring designs: an urban garden; a small suburban garden; a large suburban garden; an estate garden

Part 2 – Paths to Your New Garden: A Way to a Unified Design

• Chapter 2: Cut stone paths: the most formal paving material for paths to the front door.
• Chapter 3. Brick paths for warmth and versatility
• Chapter 4: Stone carpets that are informal fieldstone walkways
• Chapter 5: Lawn, the living alternative
• Chapter 6: Concrete, a liquid and therefore highly flexible material, embedded or precast
• Chapter 7: Stepping stones for an informal path that determines pace
• Chapter 8: Wood for boardwalks, bridges and stairs
• Chapter 9: Hard loose materials: gravel, crushed stone and other crunchy surfaces
• Chapter 10: Soft loose materials such as bark mulch, pine needles, leaves and earth

Part 3 – Making the Path, including tools and materials lists

• Chapter 11: Laying a cut stone and fieldstone walkway
• Chapter 12: Laying a brick path and the many patterns you can use
• Chapter 13: Sowing seed or laying sod to make a lush lawn path
• Chapter 14: How to make a concrete path; embedding pebbles; score lines
• Chapter 15: Laying a stepping stone path, and many patterns to consider
• Chapter 16: Designing and making boardwalks and stairs
• Chapter 17: Creating the base for and then laying well-drained mulch, leaf and soil paths
• Chapter 18: Planting in the gaps between and at the edges of the paving

Appendices: Sources; indigenous materials; associations and manufacturers, public gardens worldwide where you can see fine path making

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Part 1 – Paths – Where to Put Them; How to Make Them

• Chapter 1: Welcome to our home: primary paths to the front door; secondary paths to and through the side and back gardens; tertiary paths to the edges of your garden.
• Chapter 2: Choosing the right materials for your paths for safety and mood
• Chapter 3: Building the Path: complete directions for building paths of cut stone, brick, stepping stones, sod, gravel and other materials.

Part 2: Using Paths to Design Your Garden

• Chapter 4: Starting with Nothing: Where to Begin – the entrance garden, side gardens and back gardens
• Chapter 5: Starting With a Bit of Garden Here a Bit of Garden There: how paths can help you pull your garden together into a coherent whole.
• Chapter 6: Alternatives to Foundation Planting: paths as a way to new gardens along the front and sides of your home.
• Chapter 7: The Small Garden: how paths can help make your small garden feel bigger.
• Chapter 8: Perennial Gardens: how paths can help you decide where to put them.
• Chapter 9: Putting it All Together: how a small outbuilding can be a springboard for a garden design.

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