The Majorelle Garden. Jacques Majorelle, son of celebrated furniture maker Louis Majorelle, was born in Nancy, France in 1886. It was in 1919 that he first came to Marrakech to continue his career as a painter. He acquired land in 1924 and began the landscape which is known today as the Majorelle Garden. In 1947 he opened the garden to the public, a tradition that continues to this day.