Grand Place Brussels Flower Carpet 2017

The carpet of 77 m x 24 m is composed by about 120 volunteers with nearly 1 million begonias in less than 4 hours.

Grand place brussels flower carpet 2017.

The spectacular unesco site of grand place in brussels. Nearly a million flowers are required to create the ephemeral 1 800 square metres 19 000 square feet carpet. 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.

The city of brussels and the association of the brussels flower carpet join forces for flowertime an international plant and flower arrangement event. The event takes place biannually alternating with the flower carpet. Every 2 years the grand place in brussels is covered with a flower carpet of begonias. Opening hours and tickets more info on the opening hours and the tickets for the view.

But unlike flower carpet which happens in open grounds this happens inside the brussels city hall. The entry hall the corridors the offices meeting and reception rooms are adorned with dozens of floral arrangements. 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.

City hall and grand place flowertime transforms the city hall and grand place into a floral dream. 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. 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. Every other summer in alternation with the flower carpet of the grand place the city hall of brussels receives flowertime.

The event takes place every other august coordinating with assumption day. Refer to my earlier post. 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. These are the main ingredients of the third edition of flowertime.

The 2018 theme of the flower carpet was mexico.