I’m still going through all the photos from my trip to Morocco last month but today I wanted to share some of my favorite snaps from Le Jardin Majorelle–one of my all time favorite destinations. It’s a two and half acre botanical garden in Marrakech created by French artist, Jacques Majorelle in 1923 and features a striking blue villa designed by French architect, Paul Sinoir in the ’30s.
In the ’80s, Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Bergé bought it and worked to bring it to where it is today — and it’s truly #gardengoals. There is also a little Yves Saint Lauren gallery of his “Love” posters. I am obsessed. He used them as New Years cards and made one every year for thirty years.
My love in the Yves St.Laurent “Love” gallery
Even the people maintaining the gardens match in Majorelle BluE
In the museum cafe
A little mint tea stop at the cafe
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I’d seen the gardens so many times in photos–that Majorelle blue is unmistakable– but I didn’t know that there was also a really wonderful Berber Museum in the garden. It was totally fascinating to learn more about Berber art and design. There were no photos allowed in the museum, but everything from the Berber clothing to the jewelry and every day objects speak to me on a very deep level. Perhaps it has something to do with the complex and layered convergence of cultures (that I identify with a a multi-cultural human)–but that’s a whole ‘nother blog post — or dissertation or something.
I left the gardens and the museum feeling totally inspired and invigorated. I even bought a can of the Majorelle Blue paint at the museum gift shop but wasn’t allowed to bring it home with me on the plane so I had to leave it there. So sad. Guess my memories and photos will have to suffice for now.
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