diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Handlers/LayoutPartHandler.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Handlers/LayoutPartHandler.cs
index 7e32d286e..53530f962 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Handlers/LayoutPartHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Handlers/LayoutPartHandler.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Orchard.ContentManagement;
+using Orchard.Caching;
+using Orchard.ContentManagement;
 using Orchard.ContentManagement.Handlers;
 using Orchard.Data;
 using Orchard.DisplayManagement;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Layouts.Handlers {
         private readonly IContentPartDisplay _contentPartDisplay;
         private readonly IShapeDisplay _shapeDisplay;
         private readonly ILayoutSerializer _serializer;
+        private readonly ISignals _signals;
 
         public LayoutPartHandler(
             IRepository<LayoutPartRecord> repository, 
@@ -19,16 +21,19 @@ namespace Orchard.Layouts.Handlers {
             IContentManager contentManager, 
             IContentPartDisplay contentPartDisplay, 
             IShapeDisplay shapeDisplay, 
-            ILayoutSerializer serializer) {
+            ILayoutSerializer serializer,
+            ISignals signals) {
 
             _layoutManager = layoutManager;
             _contentManager = contentManager;
             _contentPartDisplay = contentPartDisplay;
             _shapeDisplay = shapeDisplay;
             _serializer = serializer;
+            _signals = signals;
 
             Filters.Add(StorageFilter.For(repository));
             OnPublished<LayoutPart>(UpdateTemplateClients);
+            OnPublished<LayoutPart>(InvalidateLayoutZones);
             OnIndexing<LayoutPart>(IndexLayout);
         }
 
@@ -45,6 +50,10 @@ namespace Orchard.Layouts.Handlers {
             UpdateTemplateClients(part);
         }
 
+        private void InvalidateLayoutZones(PublishContentContext context, LayoutPart part) {
+            _signals.Trigger(Signals.LayoutZones);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Recursively updates all layouts that use the specified layout as its template.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Services/DefaultModelMaps.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Services/DefaultModelMaps.cs
index 43f3ebdca..819adf52c 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Services/DefaultModelMaps.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Services/DefaultModelMaps.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ namespace Orchard.Layouts.Services {
             element.IsTemplated = (bool)(node["isTemplated"] ?? false);
         }
 
-        protected bool? ParseBoolean(string value) {
+        protected bool? ReadBoolean(JToken node) {
+            if (node == null)
+                return null;
+
+            var value = node.Value<string>();
             if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
                 return null;
 
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Layouts.Services {
             element.Width = (int?)node["width"];
             element.Offset = (int?)node["offset"];
             element.ZoneName = (string) node["zoneName"];
-            element.Collapsible = ParseBoolean(node["collapsible"].Value<string>());
+            element.Collapsible = ReadBoolean(node["collapsible"]);
         }
 
         public override void FromElement(Column element, DescribeElementsContext describeContext, JToken node) {
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Services/ILayoutManager.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Services/ILayoutManager.cs
index ea9e26b4f..7ca114ca8 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Services/ILayoutManager.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Services/ILayoutManager.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,16 @@ using Orchard.Layouts.Models;
 
 namespace Orchard.Layouts.Services {
     public interface ILayoutManager : IDependency {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns all content items with a LayoutPart whose IsTemplate setting is set to true.
+        /// </summary>
         IEnumerable<LayoutPart> GetTemplates();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns all content items with a LayoutPart.
+        /// </summary>
+        IEnumerable<LayoutPart> GetLayouts();
+
         LayoutPart GetLayout(int id);
         IEnumerable<Element> LoadElements(ILayoutAspect layout);
 
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Services/LayoutManager.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Services/LayoutManager.cs
index 34a83932f..9ae999b06 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Services/LayoutManager.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Services/LayoutManager.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using Orchard.Caching;
 using Orchard.ContentManagement;
 using Orchard.Layouts.Elements;
 using Orchard.Layouts.Framework.Display;
@@ -16,12 +17,23 @@ namespace Orchard.Layouts.Services {
         private readonly ILayoutSerializer _serializer;
         private readonly IElementDisplay _elementDisplay;
         private readonly IElementManager _elementManager;
+        private readonly ICacheManager _cacheManager;
+        private readonly ISignals _signals;
+
+        public LayoutManager(
+            IContentManager contentManager, 
+            ILayoutSerializer serializer, 
+            IElementDisplay elementDisplay, 
+            IElementManager elementManager, 
+            ICacheManager cacheManager, 
+            ISignals signals) {
 
-        public LayoutManager(IContentManager contentManager, ILayoutSerializer serializer, IElementDisplay elementDisplay, IElementManager elementManager) {
             _contentManager = contentManager;
             _serializer = serializer;
             _elementDisplay = elementDisplay;
             _elementManager = elementManager;
+            _cacheManager = cacheManager;
+            _signals = signals;
         }
 
         public IEnumerable<LayoutPart> GetTemplates() {
@@ -35,6 +47,16 @@ namespace Orchard.Layouts.Services {
             return _contentManager.Query<LayoutPart>(templateTypeNames).List();
         }
 
+        public IEnumerable<LayoutPart> GetLayouts() {
+            var templateTypeNamesQuery = from typeDefinition in _contentManager.GetContentTypeDefinitions()
+                                         from typePartDefinition in typeDefinition.Parts
+                                         where typePartDefinition.PartDefinition.Name == "LayoutPart"
+                                         select typeDefinition.Name;
+
+            var templateTypeNames = templateTypeNamesQuery.ToArray();
+            return _contentManager.Query<LayoutPart>(templateTypeNames).List();
+        }
+
         public LayoutPart GetLayout(int id) {
             return _contentManager.Get<LayoutPart>(id);
         }
@@ -61,18 +83,21 @@ namespace Orchard.Layouts.Services {
         }
 
         public IEnumerable<string> GetZones() {
-            var layouts = GetTemplates().ToList();
-            var zoneNames  = new HashSet<string>();
+            return _cacheManager.Get("LayoutZones", context => {
+                var layouts = GetLayouts().ToList();
+                var zoneNames = new HashSet<string>();
 
-            foreach (var layoutPart in layouts) {
-                var elements = LoadElements(layoutPart).Flatten();
-                var columns = elements.Where(x => x is Column).Cast<Column>().Where(x => !String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(x.ZoneName)).ToList();
+                foreach (var layoutPart in layouts) {
+                    var elements = LoadElements(layoutPart).Flatten();
+                    var columns = elements.Where(x => x is Column).Cast<Column>().Where(x => !String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(x.ZoneName)).ToList();
 
-                foreach (var column in columns)
-                    zoneNames.Add(column.ZoneName);
-            }
+                    foreach (var column in columns)
+                        zoneNames.Add(column.ZoneName);
+                }
 
-            return zoneNames;
+                context.Monitor(_signals.When(Signals.LayoutZones));
+                return zoneNames;
+            });
         }
 
         public dynamic RenderLayout(string data, string displayType = null, IContent content = null) {
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Signals.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Signals.cs
index 6ea01ffa8..b2f23982a 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Signals.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Layouts/Signals.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 namespace Orchard.Layouts {
     public static class Signals {
         public static readonly object ElementDescriptors = new object();
+        public static readonly object LayoutZones = new object();
     }
 }
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