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Flower Carpet Brussels 2012 inspired by patterns found on African clothing / Video

Flower Carpet Brussels 2012 inspired by patterns found on African clothing
Flower Carpet Brussels 2012 inspired by patterns found on African clothing

A giant floral carpet at Brussels’ Grand Place uses over 700,000 flowers to complete the African fabric design. 300 flowers are needed per square meter while the whole creation is spread over 2000 square meter.

120 volunteers have worked to put them in tight rows in a pattern inspired by the complex tissues of Ethiopia, Congo, Nigeria, Botswana and Cameroon.

A giant flower carpet, inspired by patterns found on African clothing, has been unveiled in the Grand Place at the heart of the Belgian capital in Brussels. Around 700,000 Belgian flowers were used to create the short-lived work of art.

People have prepared giant flower carpet at the Grand Place in Brussels, capital of Belgium. The biennial flower carpet, made up with about 600 thousand begonia and dahlia flowers.

Begonia Carpet Story / Brussels’ Grand Place Flower Carpet 2012 gets underway

Brussel’s Grand Place flower carpets are usually made of begonias, because these flowers are known for their sturdiness and ability to survive bad weather.Few other varieties of flowers can retain their freshness to the degree the begonia can, for 5 days at a stretch.

Flower Carpet in Brussels 2012
Flower Carpet in Brussels 2012

Given the fact that Belgium cultivates 60 million begonia tubers every year and is recognized as the world’s largest producer, the flower carpets in Brussels has also become a means to promote the begonia.

The famed flower carpet at Brussels’ Grand Place, has been unfurled in anticipation of the city’s 5-day celebration of floral decorations. The flower carpet has been a part of the Belgian capital city’s traditions since 1971, when the first such flower carpet, consisting of thousands of begonias, was laid out.

Every year since then, in August, over 750,000 flowers  are packed together to form a carpet at the Grand Place.

The flower carpet is spread across almost 20 thousand square meter and is placed right in the center of the Grand Place, a UNESCO World Heritage Site which already draws thousands of tourists independent of the flower attractions.

Flower carpet displayed at the Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium / video :

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