A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term ''garden'' has traditionally been a more general one. Zoos, which display wild animals in simulated natural habitats, were formerly called ''zoological gardens''. Western gardens are almost universally based on plants, with garden often signifying a shortened form of ''botanical garden''.

The etymology of the word refers to enclosure: it is from Middle English ''gardin'', from Anglo-French ''gardin'', ''jardin'', of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German ''gard'', ''gart'', an enclosure or compound, as in Stuttgart. See Grad (Slavic settlement) for more complete etymology. The words ''yard'', ''court'', and Latin ''hortus'' (meaning "garden," hence horticulture and orchard), are cognates—all referring to an enclosed space.

The term "garden" in British English refers to an enclosed area of land, usually adjoining a building. This would be referred to as a yard in American English.

Some traditional types of eastern gardens, such as Zen gardens, use plants such as parsley. Xeriscape gardens use local native plants that do not require irrigation or extensive use of other resources while still providing the benefits of a garden environment. Gardens may exhibit structural enhancements, sometimes called follies, including water features such as fountains, ponds (with or without fish), waterfalls or creeks, dry creek beds, statuary, arbors, trellises and more.

Some gardens are for ornamental purposes only, while some gardens also produce food crops, sometimes in separate areas, or sometimes intermixed with the ornamental plants. Food-producing gardens are distinguished from farms by their smaller scale, more labor-intensive methods, and their purpose (enjoyment of a hobby rather than produce for sale). Flower gardens combine plants of different heights, colors, textures, and fragrances to create interest and delight the senses.

Gardening is the activity of growing and maintaining the garden. This work is done by an amateur or professional gardener. A gardener might also work in a non-garden setting, such as a park, a roadside embankment, or other public space. Landscape architecture is a related professional activity with landscape architects tending to specialise in design for public and corporate clients.

Garden design

Garden design is the creation of plans for the layout and planting of gardens and landscapes. Garden design may be done by the garden owner themselves, or by professionals. Most professional garden designers are trained in principles of design and in horticulture, and have an expert knowledge and experience of using plants. Some professional garden designers are also landscape architects, a more formal level of training that usually requires an advanced degree and often a state license. Elements of garden design include the layout of hard landscape, such as paths, rockeries, walls, water features, sitting areas and decking, as well as the plants themselves, with consideration for their horticultural requirements, their season-to-season appearance, lifespan, growth habit, size, speed of growth, and combinations with other plants and landscape features. Consideration is also given to the maintenance needs of the garden, including the time or funds available for regular maintenance, which can affect the choices of plants regarding speed of growth, spreading or self-seeding of the plants, whether annual or perennial, and bloom-time, and many other characteristics.

The most important consideration in any garden design is, how the garden will be used, followed closely by the desired stylistic genres, and the way the garden space will connect to the home or other structures in the surrounding areas. All of these considerations are subject to the limitations of the budget. Budget limitations can be addressed by a simpler garden style with fewer plants and less costly hardscape materials, seeds rather than sod for lawns, and plants that grow quickly; alternatively, garden owners may choose to create their garden over time, area by area.

Elements of a garden

The elements of a garden consist of the following:

Natural conditions and materials:

Soil

Rocks

Light

Wind

Water from Precipitation or other source

Air

* Pollution

* Proximity to ocean (salinity)

Plant materials

Constructed elements:

Garden beds

Paths

Pool, water garden, or other water elements such as drainage system

Terrace, patio, deck

Lighting

Sculpture,

Buildings such as gazebos, pergolas and follies

Uses for the garden space

A garden can have aesthetic, functional, and recreational uses:

Cooperation with nature

* Plant cultivation

Observation of nature

* Bird- and insect-watching

* Reflection on the changing seasons

Relaxation

* Family dinners on the terrace

* Children playing in the garden

* Reading and relaxing in the hammock

* Maintaining the flowerbeds

* Pottering in the shed

* Basking in warm sunshine

* Escaping oppressive sunlight and heat

Growing useful produce

* Flowers to cut and bring inside for indoor beauty

* Fresh herbs and vegetables for cooking

Types of gardens

[[File:Villa garzoni 3.jpg|thumb|right|A typical [[Italian Renaissance garden| Italian garden]] at Villa Garzoni, near Pistoia]]

Gardens may feature a particular plant or plant type(s);

Back garden

Bog Garden

Cactus garden

Fernery

Flower garden

Front garden

Herb garden

Mary garden

Orangery

Orchard

Potager

Rose garden

Shade garden

Vegetable garden

Vineyard

White garden

Wildflower garden

Winter garden

Gardens may feature a particular style or aesthetic:

Alpine or rock garden

Bonsai or miniature garden

Children's Garden

Chinese garden

Dutch garden

English landscape garden

French formal garden

French landscape garden

Italian garden

Japanese garden

Knot garden

Korean garden

Mughal garden

Native garden

Persian garden

Roman gardens

Spanish garden

Terrarium

Trial garden

Tropical garden

Water garden

Wild garden

Xeriscaping

Zen garden

Types of garden:

Botanical garden

Butterfly Garden

Butterfly zoo

Cold Frame Garden

Community garden

Container garden

Cottage garden

Cutting garden

Forest garden

Garden conservatory

Green wall

Greenhouse

Hanging garden

Hydroponic garden

Rain garden

Raised bed gardening

Residential garden

Roof garden

Sacred garden

Sensory garden

Square foot garden

Vertical garden

Walled garden

Windowbox

Zoological garden

Watering gardens

See rainwater, sprinkler system, drip irrigation, tap water, greywater, hand pump and watering can.

History

In art and literature

The Garden of Eden

''Romance of the Rose''

Nathaniel Hawthorne's short-story "Rappaccini's Daughter"

Frances Hodgson Burnett's ''The Secret Garden''

''Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil''

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera ''La finta giardiniera''

John Steinbeck's short-story "The Chrysanthemums"

Other similar spaces

Other outdoor spaces that are similar to gardens include:

A landscape is an outdoor space of a larger scale, natural or designed, usually unenclosed and considered from a distance.

A park is a planned outdoor space, usually enclosed ('imparked') and of a larger size. Public parks are for public use.

An arboretum is a planned outdoor space, usually large, for the display and study of trees.

A farm or orchard is for the production of food stuff.

A botanical garden is a type of garden where plants are grown both for scientific purposes and for the enjoyment and education of visitors.

A zoological garden, or zoo for short, is a place where wild animals are cared for and exhibited to the public.

See also

Bāgh

Bottle garden

Community gardening

Garden centre

Garden tourism

Gardener

Gardening

History of gardening

Hortus conclusus

List of botanical gardens

List of companion plants

List of gardens

List of public gardens

Museum of Garden History

National Public Gardens Day

Paradise, originally from an Iranian word meaning "enclosed," related to Garden of Eden

Walled garden

Water garden

Notes

External links

Garden Wiki

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Coordinates	33°55′31″N18°25′26″N
Name	Jim Reeves
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	James Travis Reeves
Alias	Gentleman Jim
Born	August 20, 1923Galloway, Texas, U.S.
Died	July 31, 1964Williamson County, Tennessee, U.S.
Genre	Country, Nashville sound
Occupation	Singer-songwriter, musician
Years active	1949–1964
Associated acts	Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer, Dottie West
Label	RCA, Fabor, Macy, Abbott
Website	}}

James Travis "Jim" Reeves (August 20, 1923July 31, 1964) was an American country and popular music singer-songwriter, record charting from the 1950s to the 1980s, who, since the end of the 1950s, is well-known for being a practitioner of the new established, so-called ''Nashville sound'' (a mixture of older country-style music with elements of popular music). Known as Gentleman Jim, his songs continued to score the charts for years after his death. Reeves died at age 40 in the crash of a private airplane. He is a member of both the Country Music and Texas Country Music Halls of Fame.

Early life and education

Jim Reeves was born in Galloway, Texas, a small rural community near Carthage. Winning an athletic scholarship to the University of Texas, he enrolled to study speech and drama, but quit after only six weeks to work in the shipyards in Houston. Soon he resumed baseball, playing in the semi-professional leagues before contracting with the St. Louis Cardinals "farm" team during 1944 as a right-handed pitcher. He played for the minor leagues for three years before severing his sciatic nerve while pitching, which ended his athletic career.

Early career

Reeves began to work as a radio announcer, and sang live between songs. During the late 1940s, he was contracted with a couple of small Texas-based recording companies, but without success. Influenced by such Western swing-music artists as Jimmie Rodgers and Moon Mullican, as well as popular singers Bing Crosby, Eddy Arnold and Frank Sinatra, it was not long before he was a member of Moon Mullican's band, and made some early Mullican-style recordings like "Each Beat of my Heart" and "My Heart's Like a Welcome Mat" from the late 1940s to the early 1950s.

He eventually obtained a job as an announcer for KWKH-AM in Shreveport, Louisiana, home of the popular radio program ''Louisiana Hayride''. According to former ''Hayride'' master of ceremonies Frank Page, one day singer Sleepy LaBeef was late for a performance for the ''Hayride'', and Reeves was asked to substitute. (Other accounts—-including Reeves himself, in an interview on the RCA album ''Yours Sincerely''—-name Hank Williams as the absentee.)

Initial success in the 1950s

Reeves' first successful country music songs included "I Love You" (a duet with Ginny Wright), "Mexican Joe", "Bimbo" and other songs with both Fabor Records and Abbott Records companies. He recorded only one album for Abbott, 1955's ''Jim Reeves Sings'' (Abbott 5001). Eventually he tired of the novelty category, and contracted with the RCA Victor company instead. During 1955, Reeves was signed to a 10-year recording contract by Steve Sholes, who produced some of Reeves' first recordings at RCA and signed Elvis Presley for the company that same year.

For his earliest RCA recordings, Reeves was still singing with the loud style of his first recordings, considered standard for country and western performers at that time. He decreased his volume, using a lower pitch and singing with lips nearly touching the microphone, although there were protests at RCA. During 1957, with the endorsement of his producer Chet Atkins, he used this style for his version of a demonstration song of lost love intended for a female singer. "Four Walls" not only scored #1 on the country music charts, but scored No. 11 on the popular music charts. Reeves had helped begin a new style of country music, using violins and lusher background arrangements soon known as the "Nashville sound".

Reeves became known as a crooner because of his rich light baritone voice. Songs such as "Adios Amigo", "Welcome to My World", and "Am I Losing You?" demonstrated this. His Christmas songs have been perennial favorites, including "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S", "Blue Christmas" and "An Old Christmas Card".

He is also responsible for popularizing many Gospel songs, including "We Thank Thee", "Take My Hand, Precious Lord", "Across The Bridge", "Where We'll Never Grow Old" and many others.

Early 1960s and international fame

Reeves scored his greatest success with the Joe Allison composition "He'll Have to Go", a great success on both the popular and country music charts, which earned him a platinum record. Released during late 1959, it scored number one on ''Billboard magazine'''s Hot Country Songs chart on February 8, 1960, which it scored for 14 weeks consecutive. Country music historian Bill Malone noted that while it was in many ways a conventional country song, its arrangement and the vocal chorus "put this recording in the country pop vein". In addition, Malone lauded Reeves' vocal styling—lowered to "its natural resonant level" to project the "caressing style that became famous"—as why "many people refer to him as the singer with the velvet touch." During 1975, RCA producer Chet Atkins told an interviewer, "Jim wanted to be a tenor but I wanted him to be a baritone... After he changed his voice to that smooth deeper sound, he was immensely popular."

Reeves' international popularity during the 1960s, however, at times surpassed his popularity in the United States, helping to give country music a worldwide market for the first time.

South Africa

During the early 1960s, Reeves was more popular than Elvis Presley in South Africa and recorded several albums in the Afrikaans language. During 1963, he toured and featured in a South African film, ''Kimberley Jim''. The film was released with a special prologue and epilogue in South African cinemas after Reeves' death, praising him as a true friend of the country. The film was produced, directed and written by Emil Nofal.

Reeves was one of an exclusive trio of performers to have released an album there that played at the little-used 16⅔ rpm speed. This unusual format was more suited to the spoken word and was quickly discontinued for music. The only other artists known to have released such albums in South Africa were Elvis Presley and Slim Whitman.

Britain and Ireland

Reeves toured Britain and Ireland during 1963 between his tours of South Africa and Europe. Reeves and the Blue Boys were in Ireland from May 30 to June 19, 1963, with a tour of US military bases from June 10 to June 15, when they returned to Ireland. They performed in most counties in Ireland, though Reeves occasionally abbreviated performances because he was unhappy with the piano. In a June 6, 1963 interview with ''Spotlight'' magazine, Reeves expressed his concerns about the tour schedule and the condition of the pianos, but said he was pleased with the audiences.

There was a press reception for him at the Shannon Shamrock Inn organised by Tom Monaghan of Bunratty Castle. Show band singers Maisie McDaniel and Dermot O' Brien welcomed him on 29 May 1963. A photograph appeared in the ''Limerick Leader'' on 1 June 1963. Press coverage continued from May until Reeve's arrival with a photograph of the press reception in ''The Irish Press''. ''Billboard'' magazine in the US also reported the tour before and after. The single "Welcome to My World" with the B/W side "Juanita" was released by the RCA company during June 1963 and bought by the distributors Irish Records Factors Ltd. This scored the record number one while Reeves was there during June.

There were a number of accounts of his dances in the local newspapers and a good account was given in ''The Kilkenny People'' of his dance in the Mayfair Ballroom where 1,700 persons were present. There was a photograph in ''The Donegal Democrat'' of Reeves singing in the Pavesi Ball Room on 7 June 1963, and an account of his non-appearance on stage in ''The Diamond'', Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo in ''The Western People'' representing how the tour went in different areas.

He planned to record an album of popular Irish songs, and had three number one songs in Ireland during 1963 and 1964: "Welcome to My World", "I Love You Because", and "I Won't Forget You". (The last two are estimated to have sold 860,000 and 750,000 respectively in Britain alone, excluding Ireland.) Reeves had 11 songs in the Irish charts from 1962 to 1967. He recorded two Irish ballads, "Danny Boy" and "Maureen". "He'll Have to Go" was his most popular song there and was at number one and on the charts for months during 1960. He was one of the most popular recording artists in Ireland, in the first ten after the Beatles, Elvis and Cliff Richard.

He was permitted to perform in Ireland by the Irish Federation of Musicians on the condition that he share the bill with Irish show bands, becoming popular by 1963. The British Federation of Musicians would not permit him to perform there because no agreement existed for British show bands to travel to America in exchange for the Blue Boys playing in Britain. Reeves, however, performed for British radio and TV programs.

Norway

Reeves visited Njårdhallen, Oslo on April 16, 1964 with Bobby Bare, Chet Atkins, the Blue Boys and The Anita Kerr Singers. They performed two concerts; the second was televised and recorded by the Norwegian network (NRK - Norsk Rikskringkasting). The complete concert, however, was not recorded, including some of Reeves' last songs. There are reports he performed "You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me)" in this section. The program was re-run many times over the years.

His first success in Norway, "He'll Have to Go", scored No. 1 in the Top Ten and scored the chart for 29 weeks. "I Love You Because" was his greatest success in Norway, scoring No. 1 during 1964 and scoring on the list for 39 weeks. His albums spent 696 weeks in the Norwegian Top 20 chart, making him among the most popular music artists of the history of Norway.

Last recording session

Reeves' last recording session for RCA had produced "Make the World Go Away", "Missing You", and "Is It Really Over?" When the session ended with some time remaining on the schedule, Reeves suggested he record one more song. He taped "I Can't Stop Loving You", in what was to be his last RCA recording. He made one later recording, however, at the little studio in his home. During July 1964 Reeves recorded "I'm a Hit Again", using just an acoustic guitar as accompaniment. That recording was never released by RCA but appeared during 2003 as part of a collection of Reeves songs, after RCA had sold its rights to Reeves' recordings.

Death

On July 31, 1964, Reeves and his business partner and manager Dean Manuel (also the pianist of Reeves' backing group, the Blue Boys) left Batesville, Arkansas, en route to Nashville in a single-engine Beechcraft Debonair aircraft, with Reeves at the controls. The two had secured a deal on some real property (Reeves had also unsuccessfully tried to buy property from the LaGrone family in Deadwood, Texas, north of his birthplace of Galloway).

While flying over Brentwood, Tennessee, they encountered a violent thunderstorm. A subsequent investigation showed that the small airplane had become caught in the storm and Reeves suffered spatial disorientation. It was later believed he was flying the airplane upside down and assumed he was increasing altitude to clear the storm. The plane faded from radar screens at around 5:00 p.m. CDT and radio communication was ended. When the wreckage was found some 42 hours later, it was discovered the airplane's engine and nose were buried in the ground due to the impact of the crash. The crash site was in a wooded area north-northeast of Brentwood approximately at the junction of Baxter Lane and Franklin Pike Circle, just east of US Interstate 65, and southwest of Nashville International Airport where Reeves planned to land. Coincidentally, both Reeves and Randy Hughes, the pilot of Patsy Cline's ill-fated airplane, were trained by the same instructor.

On the morning of August 2, 1964, after an intense search by several parties (which included several personal friends of Reeves) the bodies of the singer and Dean Manuel were found in the wreckage of the aircraft and, at 1:00 p.m. local time, radio stations across the United States began to announce Reeves' death formally. Thousands of people traveled to pay their last respects at his funeral two days later. The coffin, draped in flowers from fans, was driven through the streets of Nashville and then to Reeves' final resting place near Carthage, Texas.

Legacy

Reeves was elected posthumously to the Country Music Hall of Fame during 1967, which honored him by saying, "The velvet style of 'Gentleman Jim Reeves' was an international influence. His rich voice brought millions of new fans to country music from every corner of the world. Although the crash of his private airplane took his life, posterity will keep his name alive because they will remember him as one of country music's most important performers."

During 1998, he was inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in Carthage, Texas, where the Jim Reeves Memorial is located. The inscription on the memorial reads, "If I, a lowly singer, dry one tear, or soothe one humble human heart in pain, then my homely verse to God is dear, and not one stanza has been sung in vain."

Posthumous releases

Reeves' records continued to sell well, both earlier new albums, after his death. His widow, Mary, combined unreleased tracks with previous releases (placing updated instrumentals alongside Reeves' original vocals) to produce a regular series of "new" albums after her husband's death. She also operated The Jim Reeves Museum in Nashville from the mid-1970s until 1996. On the fifteenth anniversary of Jim's death Mary told a country music magazine interviewer, "Jim Reeves my husband is gone; Jim Reeves the artist lives on."

During 1966, Reeves' record "Distant Drums" scored No. 1 on the British singles chart and scored there for five weeks, besting competition from The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" and "Eleanor Rigby" (a double-sided "A" release), and the Small Faces' song, "All Or Nothing". The song scored on the UK charts for 45 weeks and scored #1 on the US country music chart. Originally, "Distant Drums" had been recorded merely as a "demo" for its composer, Cindy Walker, believing it was for her personal use and had been deemed "unsuitable" for general release by Chet Atkins and RCA Records. During 1966, however, RCA determined that there was a market for the song because of the war in Vietnam. It was named Song of the Year in the UK during 1966 and Reeves became the first American artist to receive the accolade. That same year, singer Del Reeves (no relation) recorded an album paying tribute to him.

Reeves' compilation albums containing well-known standards continue to sell well. ''The Definitive Collection'' scored No. 21 in the UK album charts during July 2003, and ''Memories are Made of This'' scored No. 35 during July 2004. Bear Family Records produced a 16-CD boxed set of Reeves' studio recordings and several smaller sets, mainly radio broadcasts and demos. During 2007, the label released a set entitled ''Nashville Stars on Tour,'' including audio and video material of the RCA European tour during April 1964 in which Reeves features prominently.

Since 2003, the US-based VoiceMasters has issued more than 80 previously unreleased Reeves recordings, including new songs as well as newly overdubbed material. Among them was "I'm a Hit Again", the last song he recorded in his basement studio just a few days before his death. VoiceMasters overdubbed this track in the same studio in Reeves' former home (now owned by a Nashville record producer). Reeves' fans repeatedly urged BMG or Bear Family to re-release some of the songs overdubbed during the years after his death which have never appeared on CD.

A compilation CD ''The Very Best of Jim Reeves'' scored No. 8 on initial release in the UK album chart during May 2009, to later score its maximum of No. 7 during late June, his first top 10 album in the UK since 1992.

India and Sri Lanka

Reeves had many fans in both India and Sri Lanka since the 1960s, and is likely the all-time most popular English language singer in Sri Lanka. His Christmas carols are especially popular, and music stores continue to carry his CDs or audio cassettes. Two of his songs, "There's a Heartache Following Me" and "Welcome to My World," were favorites of the Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba, leading Baba follower Pete Townshend of The Who to record his own version of "Heartache" on his first major solo album ''Who Came First'' during 1972.

Robert Svoboda, in his trilogy on aghora and the Aghori Vimalananda, mentions that Vimalananda considered Reeves a gandharva, i.e. in Indian tradition, a heavenly musician, who had been born on Earth. He had Svoboda play Reeves' "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" at his cremation.

Tributes

Tributes to Reeves were composed in Britain and Ireland after his death. The song "A Tribute to Jim Reeves" was written by Eddie Masterson and recorded by Larry Cunningham and The Mighty Avons and during January 1965 it scored on the UK Charts and Top Ten in Ireland. It scored the UK Charts on the 10 December 1964 and was there for 11 weeks and sold 250,000 copies. The Dixielanders Show Band also recorded a Tribute to Jim Reeves written by Steve Lynch and recorded during September 1964 and it scored the North of Ireland Charts during September 1964. The Masterson song was translated later into Dutch and recorded.

In the UK, "We'll Remember You" was written by Geoff Goddard but not released until 2008 on the ''Now & Then: From Joe Meek To New Zealand'' double album by Houston Wells.

Reeves remains a popular artist in Ireland and many Irish singers have recorded tribute albums. A play by author Dermot Devitt, ''Put Your Sweet Lips,'' was based on Reeves' appearance in Ireland at the Pavesi Ballroom in Donegal town on June 7, 1963 and reminiscences of people there.

Blind R&B; and blues music artist Robert Bradley (of the band Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise) paid tribute to Reeves in the album description of his release, ''Out of the Wilderness''. Bradley is quoted as saying, "This record brings me back to the time when I started out wanting to be a singer-songwriter, where the music did not need the New York Philharmonic to make it real...I wanted to do a record and just be Robert and sing straight like Jim Reeves on ‘Put Your Sweet Lips a Little Closer to the Phone.'"

English comedian Vic Reeves adopted his stage name from Reeves and Vic Damone, two of his favorite singers.

Discography

Notes

References

Vinopal, David. - [ Jim Reeves]. - AllMusic

Jim Reeves Discography. - LP Discography - Covers & Lyrics. - (US charted singles and albums)

Bergan, Jon Vidar (2006). "Store Rock- Og Pop- Leksikon". - ''Big Rock and Pop Encyclopedia''. - Kunnskapsforlaget, Oslo. - (UK charted singles)

Gilde, Tore (1994). "Den Store Norske Hitboka". - ''The Big Norwegian Hit Book''. - Exlex Forlag A/S, Oslo. - (Norway charted singles and albums)

Rumble, John (1998). "Jim Reeves". - ''The Encyclopedia of Country Music''. - Paul Kingsbury, Editor. - New York: Oxford University Press. - pp. 435–6. - ISBN 9780195176087

Stanton, Scott (2003). "Jim Reeves". - ''The Tombstone Tourist: Musicians''. - New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0743463307

Houston Wells (Official Myspace)

External links

Jim Reeves photos

Jim Reeves Memorial in Carthage, Texas

Jim Reeves at the Country Music Hall of Fame

"The Jim Reeves Way" - Website with audio clips

Jim Reeves fan club

Jim Reeves Museum in Voxna, Sweden

Large collection of Reeves information (Dutch)

Jim Reeves European fan site

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