The Flower Carpet In Grand Place Brussels Belgium

From 13 to 16 august 2020 at the grand place in brussels.

The flower carpet in grand place brussels belgium.

Every 2 years the grand place in brussels is covered with a flower carpet of begonias. 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. Two events the flowertime and flower carpet occur biennially altering with one another. In 1971 the belgian landscape architect e.

1 680 m2 of begonias dahlias grass and bark. He paved the grand place square in brussels with thousands flowers that created a splendid carpet. A hundred volunteers assemble the carpet in less than eight hours. Stautemans created the first unique flower carpet in belgium.

The first flower carpet of brussels was created in 1971 and has been a showstopper every two years on the grand place since 1986. Although they originated in the west indies 80 of the carpet s begonias are cultivated in ghent. 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. Scents colours lights and sounds.

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 event takes place every other august coordinating with assumption day. Nowadays numerous festive or cultural events are organized on the grand place. The carpet of 77 m x 24 m is composed by about 120 volunteers with nearly 1 million begonias in less than 4 hours.

The 2018 theme of the flower carpet was mexico. This event has already passed. 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. Nearly a million flowers are required to create the ephemeral 1 800 square metres carpet.

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. Every august a team of florists brings magic to the centre of brussels.