“And then, of course, there’s the cobalt blue. You really don’t notice it much when you first enter the garden, although there is at least a hint in the trim on the curbs that line the paths.
The blue covers the plaster on a two storey Moroccan-style house (Jacques’s original studio), and even without much sun to set it off, the contrast with the plants just captures you, and makes you stand and stare.
The blue is also used to great effect in a series of ponds and water features, which again have always been part of Arabic gardens. And Jacques used other bright, primary colours that contrast remarkably well with both the plants and the background blue.”