Stautemans created the first unique flower carpet in belgium.
Grand place flower carpet brussels.
The flower carpet is 70 m long by 24 m wide.
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 other summer in alternation with the flower carpet of the grand place the city hall of brussels receives flowertime.
The 2018 theme of the flower carpet was mexico.
Le tapis de fleurs de bruxelles se déroule tous les deux ans sur la grand place depuis 1971.
Every second summer the stunning square a must for architecture fans turns into a unique artistic and colorful tapestry.
The event takes place every other august coordinating with assumption day.
Around 300 begonias per square meter are assembled flower by flower by over 100 volunteers.
This event has already passed from 14 to 18 august 2019 at the city hall of brussels and the grand place.
The city of brussels and the association of the brussels flower carpet join forces for flowertime an international plant and flower arrangement event.
Scents colours lights and sounds.
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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.
A hundred volunteers assemble the carpet in less than eight hours.
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 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.
Since then biennially in middle august the square which is surrounded by ancient buildings is covered with a giant flowers carpet.
1 680 m2 of begonias dahlias grass and bark.
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.
He paved the grand place square in brussels with thousands flowers that created a splendid carpet.
The entry hall the corridors the offices meeting and reception rooms are adorned with dozens of floral arrangements.
Every 2 years the grand place in brussels is covered with a flower carpet of begonias.
The event takes place biannually alternating with the flower carpet.
In 1971 the belgian landscape architect e.
Very busy and buzzing old town square at all times in the day and at night and.
