Carpet Of Flowers Brussels

Over 500 000 begonias and dahlias are used to assemble a vast floral carpet 75 m 246 ft long and 24 m 79 ft wide.
Carpet of flowers brussels. 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. 1 680 m2 of begonias dahlias grass and bark. A hundred volunteers assemble the carpet in less than eight hours. The flower carpet is 70 m long by 24 m wide.
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. Today the flower carpet occupies the market square of the city for four days that s the length of time that cut flowers can endure regardless of weather conditions. 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.
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 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 first flower carpet of brussels was created in 1971 and has been a showstopper every two years on the grand place since 1986.