Flower Carpet Belgium 2017

Since 1986 the 19 375 square foot mosaic of 700 000 intricately arranged begonias comes to life every two years for five days during august in the grand place the central square of the european capital city.

Flower carpet belgium 2017.

Opening hours and tickets more info on the opening hours and the tickets for the view. 1 680 m2 of begonias dahlias grass and bark. Every 2 years the grand place in brussels is covered with a flower carpet of 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 carpet of 750 000 flowers blooms in belgium to celebrate the 50th anniversary of turkish workers migrating to belgium a colorful flower carpet has bloomed in brussels. The enchanting building is transformed into an idyllic place for a stroll. 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. 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.

Nearly a million flowers are required to create the ephemeral 1 800 square metres 19 000 square feet carpet. The 2018 theme of the flower carpet was mexico. The flower carpet is 70 m long by 24 m wide. A hundred volunteers assemble the carpet in less than eight hours.

The entry hall the corridors the offices meeting and reception rooms are adorned with dozens of floral arrangements. 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. Every other summer in alternation with the flower carpet of the grand place the city hall of brussels receives flowertime.

Imagine hundreds of thousands of flowers arranged in. Belgium is weird the 2012 theme for the brussels flower carpet was generically. The event takes place every other august coordinating with assumption day. The process for making a flower carpet seems to be pretty involved and involves lots of planning.

The flowertime festival is back in belgium once again. This year s flower carpet used barks and other precious materials like sand soil and other pigments to create the colorful carpet. 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 2018 flower carpet in brussels belgium.