Every two years in Brussels since 1971 on the Grand-Place a Flower Carpet is put together and displayed. This year the Brussels Flower Carpet will be on view August 14-19, 2012.
The Flower Carpet is made from the beautiful summer-flowering perennials, the begonia. Belgium cultivates nearly 60 million begonia tubers annually as one of the worlds’ largest producer. The production of the Flower Carpet begins a year in advance. Each time the theme is different. To construct the Flower Carpet it takes about 120 volunteers and anywhere from 500,000 to 1,000,000 begonias.
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My God! This is so beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
It is pretty fantastic, isn’t it. 🙂 Unfortunately when I visited I didn’t get to see this, but it’s a wonderful place to visit.
Wow!! A magnificent and amazing flower carpet!