Grand Place Brussels Flower Carpet

Nearly a million flowers are required to create the ephemeral 1 800 square metres 19 000 square feet carpet.

Grand place brussels flower carpet.

The grand place french pronounced ɡʁɑ plas. Opening hours and tickets more info on the opening hours and the tickets for the view. 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. Floral artworks don t get much more impressive than the brussels flower carpet.

The creators of the brussels flower carpet and the floraliën once again join forces for flowertime. Every 2 years the grand place in brussels is covered with a flower carpet of begonias. Maison du roi dutch. City hall and grand place flowertime transforms the city hall and grand place into a floral dream.

From 13 to 16 august 2020 at the grand place in brussels. Grand market is the central square of brussels belgium it is surrounded by opulent guildhalls and two larger edifices the city s town hall and the king s house or breadhouse french. The city of brussels and the association of the brussels flower carpet join forces for flowertime an international plant and flower arrangement event. Also used in english or grote markt dutch pronounced ˌɣroːtə ˈmɑrkt.

A must for every flower or architecture lover. Stautemans created the first unique flower carpet in belgium. 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. The event takes place every other august coordinating with assumption day.

Bringing the beauty of nature to brussels the belgian capital will be captivating everyone s attention with its spectacular flower carpet made of thousands of begonias covering the famous grand place. The first flower carpet of brussels was created in 1971 and has been a showstopper every two years on the grand place since 1986. Every other summer in alternation with the flower carpet of the grand place the city hall of brussels receives flowertime. 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.

From 14 to 18 august 2019 at the city hall of brussels and the grand place. Tapis de fleurs de bruxelles in 1971 the belgian landscape architect e. 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.

The event takes place biannually alternating with the flower carpet. Every second summer the stunning square a must for architecture fans turns into a unique artistic and. A garden of dreams in the city hall. 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 elaborate patterns and colours are planned well ahead of time and then displayed in a single tableau on the cobblestones of the town square.