In 1978, Gordon Hayward began writing for Horticulture Magazine, where he has since published over fifty articles. He now is a contributing editor for Fine Gardening Magazine. Gordon Hayward has also written nine books, six of which remain in print. *See below at the bottom of my post
L E S S O N S T O B E L E A R N E D
F R O M V I S I T I N G G A R D E N S
"Visiting a garden, whether public or private, is a rare treat, in part because it can help us see our own garden more clearly. What we get out of visiting a garden, however, is not up to the garden; it’s up to us to ask the right questions. Too often we don’t get all we could out of a visit because we walk into a fine garden looking to see what we like and don’t like about it. Our own judgmental attitudes get in the way of learning new principles of garden design. And once we pass judgment, we often limit ourselves to the question, “What’s that plant?” In this one-hour lecture, Hayward will show 40 pairs of slides he has taken of grand gardens through America and England. Throughout he will show you how to look at grand gardens so as to gather new ideas for your own more modest garden. This lecture comes out of an article Gordon Hayward wrote for the April, 2002 issue of Horticulture Magazine."
ABOVE: Rosemary Alexander’s Garden in England
Gordon Hayward
Planning,planning,planning.
T H E W I N T E R G A R D E N
When designing a garden that is interesting 12 months of the year, those of us who live in the northern half of the United States must carefully consider what our garden looks like in the winter. During the seven month growing season colors and textures abound, but in late October we cut back perennials, remove annuals and bring in delicate garden ornaments and furniture, thereby exposing the layout and structural elements of our gardens. Those elements form the backbone of the winter garden, and they lie in gazeboes, pergolas and garden sheds, as well as in paths, hedges, stonewalls, evergreens and lasting perennials such as ornamental grasses. Detail within that structure lies in winter-tolerant garden ornaments, as well as the form, line and color in twig and fruit of many deciduous trees and shrubs. Because we spend so much more time in the house in winter, view-lines from doors and windows into our winter gardens become especially important. In this one hour lecture, Gordon Hayward uses pairs of slides that both he and Richard Brown, a professional garden photographer, took to show around fifty different places in the Haywards’one and one half acre garden in both summer and winter in order to illustrate design principles you can apply to your own garden to give it greater winter interest.
ABOVE: A design for a garden in Southern New Hampshire.
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They think the North Cotswolds is the most beautiful part of England. Somebody must agree because the whole area, including Blockley, was designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty a few years ago.
His Books:
Gordon and Mary Hayward
508 McKinnon Road
Putney VT 05346
802.387.4766
email: gordonhayward@comcast.net
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