GARDENS OF MARRAKECH & TAROUDANT
Join Kirsty Fergusson, with special guest host, award-winning designer Tom Stuart-Smith, to explore the wonders of Morocco’s contemporary gardens.
This special Moroccan garden tour offers a unique selection of 21st-century, mostly private gardens, designed by some of our best-known designers. Tom Stuart-Smith will join the group for two days to guide you through his own creation, Le Jardin Secret in the heart of Marrakech, while in the city of Taroudant on the southern edge of the Atlas mountains, we visit a series of remarkable gardens designed by Eric Ossart and Arnaud Maurières, two French globetrotting botanists, plant hunters and renowned garden designers. A further highlight will be a day of all things Yves Saint Laurent, including a visit to the new YSL museum, a tour of Jardin Majorelle, and a private view of the garden of the adjacent Villa Oasis, where Yves Saint Laurent lived during his time in Morocco.
In a picture-book setting with views of the High Atlas Mountains, wonderful climate and cuisine, and great shopping, visitors will discover two warm and friendly cities steeped in history. We stay at two remarkable, small hotels: guest house Jnane Tamsna, surrounded by its own botanically rich and fascinating garden in an oasis setting, and Dar al Hossoun in the ancient city of Taroudant, an eco-friendly riad surrounding courtyards planted with many fascinating plant species.
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