The Flower Carpet In Grand Place Brussels Belgium

The flower carpet is 70 m long by 24 m wide.

The flower carpet in grand place brussels belgium.

Nearly a million flowers are required to create the ephemeral 1 800 square metres carpet. Nowadays numerous festive or cultural events are organized on the grand place. Scents colours lights and sounds. Every august a team of florists brings magic to the centre of brussels.

A hundred volunteers assemble the carpet in less than eight hours. The flower carpet 77 x 24m event organized every 2 years in mid august and with more than 500 000 begonias the ommegang which commemorates the tribute created in 1549 during the coming of charles the fifth in brussels to present it his son the future philippe ii. The flower carpet is a biennial event in belgium where volunteers from around the country get together at brussels grand place to weave a carpet like tapestry out of colorful begonias the. Although they originated in the west indies 80 of the carpet s begonias are cultivated in ghent.

The first flower carpet of brussels was created in 1971 and has been a showstopper every two years on the grand place since 1986. Brussels flower carpet is an event taking place in brussels every two years during the third week of august to coincide with the assumption day. From 13 to 16 august 2020 at the grand place in brussels. The 2018 theme of the flower carpet was mexico.

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. He paved the grand place square in brussels with thousands flowers that created a splendid carpet. 600000 begonias are used to make this year s flower carpet in grand place begonias continue to be the preferred flower of the brussels flower carpet although other blooms such as carnations are also used. Since then biennially in middle august the square which is surrounded by ancient buildings is covered with a giant flowers carpet.

Stautemans created the first unique flower carpet in belgium. 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. In 1971 the belgian landscape architect e.

Two events the flowertime and flower carpet occur biennially altering with one another. The event takes place every other august coordinating with assumption day. In the even years they assemble the flower carpet on the grand place and in the odd years the town hall becomes the focus of the flowertime celebration.