Flower Carpet Brussels 2017

The entry hall the corridors the offices meeting and reception rooms are adorned with dozens of floral arrangements.

Flower carpet brussels 2017. 1 680 m2 of begonias dahlias grass and bark. Every other summer in alternation with the flower carpet of the grand place the city hall of brussels receives flowertime. The carpet is made up of nearly one million begonia flowers. Each year the city picks a theme for the carpet and unveils the design at a nighttime opening ceremony.

The flower carpet is 70 m long by 24 m wide. The brussels flower carpet occurs every other year at the grand place in downtown brussels near most tourist hotels and attractions. The enchanting building is transformed into an idyllic place for a stroll. Nearly a million flowers are required to create the ephemeral 1 800 square metres 19 000 square feet carpet.

City hall and grand place flowertime transforms the city hall and grand place into a floral dream. 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. 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. He paved the grand place square in brussels with thousands flowers that created a splendid carpet. From 13 to 16 august 2020 at the grand place in brussels. Discover the flowertime 2019.

2012 brussels flower carpet. 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. 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 ne.

Every 2 years the grand place in brussels is covered with a flower carpet of begonias. The city of brussels and the association of the brussels flower carpet join forces for flowertime an international plant and flower arrangement event. 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. Every 2 years the grand place in brussels is covered with a flower carpet of begonias.

The 2018 theme of the flower carpet was mexico. 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. Discover the flowertime 2017 press release. The event takes place biannually alternating with the flower carpet.

Tapis de fleurs de bruxelles in 1971 the belgian landscape architect e.