Grand Place Flower Carpet

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.

Grand place flower carpet.

The event takes place every other august coordinating with assumption day. Brussels flower carpet brings mexican cultural jewel guanajuato to the centre of europe 20th anniversary of the grand place as a unesco world heritage site celebrated with an extraordinary floral exhibition at brussels bourse square for the first time in its history the flower carpet on the brussels grand place adopts a latin american theme. This place is very easy to access by public transportation by bike or by car. 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. Every second summer the stunning square a must for architecture fans turns into a unique artistic and colorful tapestry. He paved the grand place square in brussels with thousands flowers that created a splendid carpet. 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. Every other summer in alternation with the flower carpet of the grand place the city hall of brussels receives flowertime. In 1971 the belgian landscape architect e. Since then biennially in middle august the square which is surrounded by ancient buildings is covered with a giant flowers carpet.

Around 300 begonias per square meter are assembled flower by flower by over 100 volunteers. Every 2 years the grand place in brussels is covered with a flower carpet of begonias. 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. 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 guanajuato cultural pride of mexico.

The flower carpet takes place in the center of brussels at the grand place.