Flower Carpet Antwerp 2016

The first flower carpet of brussels was created in 1971 and has been a showstopper every two years on the grand place since 1986.

Flower carpet antwerp 2016.

From 13 to 16 august 2020 at the grand place in brussels. Find the perfect belgium antwerp flower carpet on stock photo. To celebrate the antwerp city hall s 450th birthday the grand place is covered with a carpet of flowers. Since 1986 the 19 375 square foot mosaic of 700 000 intricately arranged begonias comes to life every two years for five days during august in the grand place the central square of the european capital city.

The 2018 theme of the flower carpet was mexico. Every 2 years the grand place in brussels is covered with a flower carpet of begonias. The giant flower carpet of brussels there was a time i knew very little of brussels and its landmarks but even then two images would have easily popped into my head. The flower carpet is 70 m long by 24 m wide.

The work of art itself the flower carpet realized by anne mie van kerckhoven in 2015 on the antwerp market square is presented and interpreted as a stance regarding its urban and societal context. A hundred volunteers assemble the carpet in less than eight hours. Scents colours lights and sounds. Opening hours and tickets more info on the opening hours and the tickets for the view.

Huge collection amazing choice 100 million high quality affordable rf and rm images. The flower carpet is 75 m long and 24 m wide more than 1 800 square meters of begonias. The other was a picture of a colourful flower carpet covering the main market square looking like giant. 9635 plant trays are used to build the flower carpet of 30 by 60.

The team has to reserve the hundreds of thousands of cut flowers it needs a very long time in advance. It consists of separate pots with plants and. It takes two years of work to get the flower carpet ready. The first brussels flower carpet was created in 1971 and it s been a stunning showstopper ever since.

No need to register buy now. 1 680 m2 of begonias dahlias grass and bark. Flower power by anne mie van kerckhoven is an a typical 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.

From 4th to 13th of june 2015 lies on the antwerp market a unique carpet of flowers. One was that of manneken pis a bronze statue of a little boy peeing. Contrary to the usual flemish flower carpets the antwerp one was in no way a pastiche of an oriental carpet executed with cut flowers.