Nearly a million flowers are required to create the ephemeral 1 800 square metres 19 000 square feet carpet.
Grand place brussels flower carpet 2017.
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 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.
City hall and grand place flowertime transforms the city hall and grand place into a floral dream.
The event takes place every other august coordinating with assumption day.
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 spectacular unesco site of grand place in brussels.
Every other summer in alternation with the flower carpet of the grand place the city hall of brussels receives flowertime.
The event takes place biannually alternating with the flower carpet.
Refer to my earlier post.
The entry hall the corridors the offices meeting and reception rooms are adorned with dozens of floral arrangements.
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 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.
Every 2 years the grand place in brussels is covered with a flower carpet of begonias.
Scents colours lights and sounds every other summer on the weekend of august 15th the flower carpet offers a chance to stroll across the grand place a jewel of gothic architecture to inhale the fragrant.
From 13 to 16 august 2020 at the grand place in brussels.
But unlike flower carpet which happens in open grounds this happens inside the brussels city hall.
From 14 to 18 august 2019 at the city hall of brussels and the grand place.
The enchanting building is transformed into an idyllic place for a stroll.
Flower time 2017 brussels is happening till tomorrow night 10 pm last entry 9 30pm.
Summery flower magic in the heart of brussels brussels 11 august 2017 over 100 000 flowers 19 first class belgian florists 13 historic rooms three flower and vegetable carpets on the grand place and some hidden pieces of juicy fruit.
These are the main ingredients of the third edition of flowertime.
