Grand Place Flower Carpet

600 000 flowers used to create colorful carpet stretching across 1 800 square meters by leah pellegrini on august 26 2016 for a few fleeting days earlier this august an exquisite ephemeral carpet of fresh flowers graced the cobblestone at grand place the central square in brussels belgium.

Grand place flower carpet.

Since then biennially in middle august the square which is surrounded by ancient buildings is covered with a giant flowers carpet. The event takes place every other august coordinating with assumption day. Bringing the beauty of nature to brussels the belgian capital will be captivating everyone s attention with its spectacular flower carpet made of thousands of begonias covering the famous grand place. Every other summer in alternation with the flower carpet of the grand place the city hall of brussels receives flowertime.

In just one morning belgian begonia cultivators decorate 1 800 m 2 of brussels grand place with a beautiful floral carpet using over 600 000 begonias depicting a theme in 2018 the theme was be guanajuato cultural pride of mexico. The carpet of 77 m x 24 m is composed by about 120 volunteers with nearly 1 million begonias in less than 4 hours. In 1971 the belgian landscape architect e. The entry hall the corridors the offices meeting and reception rooms are adorned with dozens of floral arrangements.

The 2018 theme of the flower carpet was mexico. Brussels flower carpet brings mexican cultural jewel guanajuato to the centre of europe 20th anniversary of the grand place as a unesco world heritage site celebrated with an extraordinary floral exhibition at brussels bourse square for the first time in its history the flower carpet on the brussels grand place adopts a latin american theme. The enchanting building is transformed into an idyllic place for a stroll. Every 2 years the grand place in brussels is covered with a flower carpet of begonias.

The flower carpet is a biennial event in brussels in which volunteers from around belgium convene at the grand place the historic centre of the city to weave a carpet like tapestry out of colorful begonias. This place is very easy to access by public transportation by bike or by car. He paved the grand place square in brussels with thousands flowers that created a splendid carpet. Stautemans created the first unique flower carpet in belgium.

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