Saint Laurent & The Majorelle Garden
by pinkagendist
YSL’s House in Marrakech
I’m trying to come up with a plan for the gardens. Since we’re on the edge of a forest, surrounded by hundred year old trees we never felt the need to have anything but lawn and a couple of details here or there- but I think we can do better. Create something very special and interesting. The obvious choice, since we have a Moresque style house would be to go down the Majorelle/Saint Laurent path. But our place isn’t Majorelle blue and I’m too freakishly controlling to be surrounded by that laid back style. Plus, I bought those white chairs for the pergola and I have to find a way to make them fit in.
So, I’ve decided to take the white thing further. I’ve bought a ton of huge white planters which I’ll dot around the landscape. They’ll be filled with Iris Reticulata and Peacock Orchids (acidanthera bicolor). I think it’ll give the place a slightly more contemporary feel without being annoyingly minimalistic. That plant on the pergola will hopefully, one day, eventually, cover the whole thing. Its flowers are white with a burgundy centre- same colours as the acidanthera, but a very different shape. I don’t want to ruin the ‘clean’ view we get from the terraces- hopefully this will add some interest without looking fiddly.
Is this new concentration on the grounds because you’re trying to sell, or because you’ve decided to stay? (or just cuz?)
Just cuz- or perhaps, because I’m exceedingly self-critical. So until I’ve pushed myself to the limit of the limits, I feel guilty.
But then do you feel guilty about that too?
Nice living
I like the place and the plans you have for it.
I like the idea of white and you could combine with browns [more earth colors] and some red and bright flowers.
It looks peaceful; a great place to write …
I crave space even just so my cat can run free, I think she’d have a problem with that cactus garden though
I love your gazebo but if it were mine I think I’d build a second retaining wall around the first using local stone and then I’d fill it with those white flowing plants you mentioned – to tie the gazebo to the plants and the plants to the ‘natural’ surroundings.
“Plus, I bought those white chairs for the pergola and I have to find a way to make them fit in.”
I bet that you get one new beloved item for a room then determine to change the entire look of the room to fit it in.
I like the way you think
I love that you appreciate the old trees that surround your house and don’t want to hide them or sculpt your garden to within an inch of its life.
Wow.. thats stunning!
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