Majorelle Garden
The Majorelle Garden is a botanical garden in Marrakech, Morocco.
History
After the French painter Jacques Majorelle settled in 1919 in the then French-occupied Morocco, he put 1923 also has a garden. Majorelle's art is today largely forgotten - except for the garden created by Him. A special gradation of cobalt blue, which he used very often in the garden, is called after him, Majorelle Blue.
In the garden you will find plants from all five continents, mainly cacti and bougainvillea. Twenty gardeners and staff take care of every day at the garden and pools. The flora consisted of 1999, three hundred species, especially a variety of cacti plants. In 2000 the garden received an automatic watering system that makes it possible to let the plants get the optimum amount of water in the time best distance.
Since 1947, the garden is open to the public. In 1980 he was bought by the French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé and business partners. In 1997, Bergé a foundation, "The Majorelle Trust " that will permanently take care of the maintenance of the plant. They left the now overgrown garden in several stages to recover. Here, Saint Laurent took his inspiration for his collections. After his departure from the fashion business in 2002, the villa and the garden was one of his retreats. After his death in 2008, his ashes were scattered in the presence of colleagues and friends in the Rose Garden.
The garden also houses the Islamic Art Museum of Marrakech, whose collection includes North African textiles from Saint- Laurent's personal collection as well as ceramics, jewelry and paintings by Majorelle. The plant is visited by 650,000 visitors annually.