BRUSSELS IN BLOOM
By Harli
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A friend sent me these photos and they are so beautiful, I just wanted to share them with you;
The Carpet of Flowers in the Grand Place, Brussels. Close to a million
begonia flowers were used to create the 300 square metres carpet this
week. The patter is based on a medieval carpet design.
Craftsmen arrange the carpet by hand directly onto the square’s cobblestones,
without any soil. Grass and tree bark were also used to provide color.
The first carpet of flowers was created in 1971 as a way to promote begonias.
Each square metre of ground contains more than 300 flowers.
14 Apr, 2009
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Absolutely beautiful. Love to see it first hand.
14 Apr, 2009
Looks stunning, especially from above, truly a magic carpet.
14 Apr, 2009
Oh I have never seen so much beautiy all in one place I think that would be a wonderful Idean lets have a olympic like that how cool would that bring nations together get back and work with your hands we can hold hands together around the world Ilove it send it to Queen and I will to the president HELLO how cool
14 Apr, 2009
WOW that amaizing
14 Apr, 2009
Thank you, I thought it was incredible too and Lujean, I like your idea. People spend a fortune on sand sculptures (which are incredible) but flowers would last so much longer and not get washed away with the tide.
14 Apr, 2009
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It's a wonderful concept - can you imagine if every city, town and village did this once a year - in scale to their size of course. Adding it to Britain in Bloom and the one-off field planted pictures that are done would help lift the gloom of the economic situation.
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