Gardens of Marrakesh

ANGELICA GRAY is a writer and garden designer with clients in France and London. In 2007 her parents moved to a house in the Medina in Marrakesh where she first came into contact with the gardens of the city. Through her father, the portrait painter Norman Douglas Hutchinson, known for his portraits of the British royal family, she has been able to access important contacts in the city, including Abderrazzak Benchaabane, who restored the planting of the Majorelle Gardens for Yves Saint Laurent, and many other passionate garden owners. ALESSIO MEI is an Italian photographer specialising in architecture, gardens and interiors. Fascinated by landscape and nature, he has travelled widely beyond his native Tuscany and has recently moved to Marrakesh.

'the first book of any real size to unveil the secrets of the cultural landmarks of Marrakesh by way of the city's gardens.' Stiletto magazine 'Open this volume of rich, exotic photographs of beautifully tender gardens ... and you can almost taste the mint tea' Daily Mail 'Why has no-one devoted a book to this wonderful subject before? ... We are lucky to have Angelica Gray to introduce us to her selection of 20 extraordinary gardens in Marrakesh, because she writes with the authority of a local, sets the gardens in their cultural context and invites us to engage with the issues threatening their survival ... her description ... makes you long to jump on a plane to Marrakesh. If you do her book couldn't be bettered as a companion." The World of Interiors 'The measure of a good book on gardens is that as you read you are consumed by a desire to drop everything and go and visit them all. This is the case with Angelica Gray's handsome and absorbing book Gardens of Marrakesh.' The Lady 'Every page pulses with information, analysis, context and poetry as Gray explores the interaction of avant-garde ideas and ancient horticultural traditions - an invaluable guide for the prospective visitor, armchair traveller, general garden lover or anyone interested in the desert kingdom's horticulture' Garden Design Journal