The Majorelle Garden

The Majorelle Garden in Marrakech, Morocco, is a botanical garden and artist's landscape garden. It was built over nearly forty years by the French Orientalist artist Jacques Majorelle, beginning in 1923, and includes a Cubist home designed by the French architect Paul Sinoir in the 1930s. From 1923 until their divorce in the 1950s, the artist and his wife lived on the property. The home was purchased in the 1980s by fashion designers Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Bergé, who sought to repair it. The garden and villa complex are now open to the public. The Berber Museum is housed in the villa, while the Yves Saint Laurent Museum opened nearby in 2017.

The gardens and buildings create a complex, with specialized buildings housing museums and exhibitions of interest to visitors. The gardens, which span two and a half acres and include a significant collection of cacti and sculptures, are open to the public on a daily basis. The garden complex is still being built. The gardens' profits are utilized to fund new developments. The Yves Saint Laurent Museum opens to the public in October 2017 as a monument to the designer's heritage and his ties to Marrakech. The gardens are a prominent tourist attraction in Marrakech, attracting over 700,000 people each year. The garden is home to around 15 indigenous North African bird species. It contains numerous fountains and an impressive collection of cacti.

Founded: in 1923
Location: Rue Yves Saint Laurent, Gueliz, 40090 Marrakesh, Morocco

Land area: one hectare (two acres)