February 13, 2013

Wednesday Whim - Flower Carpet Festival

all images via My Modern Met, via Beautiful Decay 

Some of you may be familiar with the bi-annual event that takes place in Grand-Place Brussels known as the Flower Carpet Festival. It's an amazing event for its level of detail and artistry. What's even more amazing than a floral carpet? The thousands of people (graphic designers, horticulturists, artists, volunteers) who get together to create this amazing creation in FOUR HOURS! The concept of the carpet begins much earlier with scaled models, calculations and specific color combinations/themes. The night before the event rolled turf takes the place of the flowers. On the day of creation, hundreds of gardeners help pack in the design layout with flowers, estimating 300/square meter (averaging 750,000 flowers!), ONE BY ONE to help ensure the flowers don't get blown away by Mother Nature. Oh...and no soil is used.

Pretty cool huh? 
For more about this historical event, check out this article and the website








18 comments:

  1. Wow, Nancy, I had no idea about this event. Thanks so much for sharing. This is really stunning! xo

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  2. Where do you find these things out!?
    That is just so incredible...4 hours to create that masterpiece?
    0_o
    I am blown away.
    I love your Wednesday posts so much! :D

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  3. Oh wow, I have never heard of this before! It's absolutely amazing!

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  4. Amazing! Sort of similar to the Rose Bowl parade in the US (Pasadena, CA).

    Monica
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  5. OH MY GOODNESS! I didn't know about this! I want to see this in person. Incredible pics btw! xo

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  6. Absolutely gorgeous :) Thanks for sharing with us!

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  7. omg'd nancy! i literally knew NOTHING about this! so thanks for sharing! the design and those flowers are GORGEOUS girl! that is awesome!
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  8. OH wow! Imagine seeing this in real life too - it'd probably smell amazing. The pictures are unreal - they look like shag carpeting!

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  9. Absolutely breath taking. This needs to be on my bucket list to see some day!

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  10. This is amazing and I am so glad that you posted these pics. Off to google and learn more, fascinated.

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  11. So cool! This makes me want to return to Brussels just to see this now.

    bisous
    Suzanne

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  12. WOW this looks beautiful!
    *Besos*
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  13. Wow, this is gorgeous - thanks for sharing!

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  14. gorgeous!!! :"> this is incredibly amazing! :)

    xoxo,
    Rae \(^o^)/
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  15. Very pretty! Beautiful colores! Amazing :)



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  16. This looks incredible! I must come to this festival some day...

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  17. I have always wanted to see this! But I have never been in Brussels at the correct time!

    xx Kait

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