Majorelle Garden is the most beautiful and popular garden found in Marrakech. The garden was named after the French painter "Jacques Majorelle" (1886-1962 ) because he was the one who built it, and it took him forty years of passion and dedication to create this enchanting paradise in his favorite Moroccan city, Marrakech.
18 years after the death of the founder, Yves Saint Laurent ( a Fashion designer) and Pierre Bergé (a Writer) bought the Majorelle Garden in 1980 and saved it from falling victim to a real estate project and becoming a hotel complex. The new owners decided to live in the Villa Bou Saf Saf inside the Garden, which they renamed Villa Oasis, and undertook the restoration of the garden in order to make it the most beautiful garden in the red city.
In December 2018, an unassuming archway in the back wall of Majorelle Garden was unlocked for the first time in decades. Through it lies the private gardens and house where Yves Saint Laurent once lived, and where his partner Pierre Bergé continued to live until his death in 2017.
Along shady lanes, in the midst of trees and exotic plants of dreamy origin; you will walk past refreshing, burbling streams and pools filled with water lilies and lotus flowers; you hear wafting through the air, laden with sugared fragrance, the rustling of leaves and the chirping of numerous birds who come here to take refuge; you stop, and the path turns unexpectedly, revealing a building with Moorish charm, with a hint of Art Deco, painted in astonishingly vibrant primary colors, glowing with an intense blue the artist perceived in the Atlas Mountains. you will be soothed and enchanted by the harmony of this luxuriant and vivid imagery, which issues a delicate summons to the senses, offering you a calming retreat near, and yet so far from the bustling city, sheltered from time by high earthen walls.
The magnificence of this garden is similar to the exotic Generalife gardens located beside the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. The arid landscape, originally almost devoid of vegetation, like the gardens of the Alhambra, were utterly transformed by Majorelle over a span of 40 years. The garden includes plants such as agave, bamboo, cacti, cypress, datura, succulents and bougainvillea.
In the Cubist villa, there’s a gift shop and a museum dedicated to artifacts from the pre-Arab inhabitants of North Africa, the Berbers. Just don’t try to sneak in, or you might get kicked out.
Birds chirping, bamboo rustling in the breeze, and the sound of trickling fountains truly turn the garden into a welcome oasis from the hustle and bustle of the medina. -Duke
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