Belgium is weird the 2012 theme for the brussels flower carpet was generically.
Flower carpet belgium 2017.
The 2018 flower carpet in brussels belgium.
Opening hours and tickets more info on the opening hours and the tickets for the view.
A flower is a thing of beauty and a joy forever to quote poet john keats.
1 680 m2 of begonias dahlias grass and bark.
The 2018 theme of the flower carpet was mexico.
The flowertime festival is back in belgium once again.
Tourists might have to wait another year to view the flower carpet but the grand place will still be filled with its fair share of bouquets this august.
This year s flower carpet used barks and other precious materials like sand soil and other pigments to create the colorful carpet.
The entry hall the corridors the offices meeting and reception rooms are adorned with dozens of floral arrangements.
Imagine hundreds of thousands of flowers arranged in.
The first flower carpet of brussels was created in 1971 and has been a showstopper every two years on the grand place since 1986.
Every 2 years the grand place in brussels is covered with a flower carpet of begonias.
The first brussels flower carpet was created in 1971 and it s been a stunning showstopper ever since.
From 13 to 16 august 2020 at the grand place in brussels.
Nearly a million flowers are required to create the ephemeral 1 800 square metres 19 000 square feet carpet.
The process for making a flower carpet seems to be pretty involved and involves lots of planning.
The flower carpet is 70 m long by 24 m wide.
Every other summer in alternation with the flower carpet of the grand place the city hall of brussels receives flowertime.
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.
The carpet of 77 m x 24 m is composed by about 120 volunteers with nearly 1 million begonias in less than 4 hours.
A hundred volunteers assemble the carpet in less than eight hours.
The elaborate patterns and colours are planned well ahead of time and then displayed in a single tableau on the cobblestones of the town square.
The event takes place every other august coordinating with assumption day.
Brussels flower carpet once every two years the rectangular shaped square at the grand place turns into a carpet of fresh flowers dubbed the flower carpet or flowercarpet.
