The 2018 carpet contains more than 2,000 square yards of begonias and dahlias. For a few days every two years, the Grand-Place in Brussels rolls out the red carpet -- of flowers, that is. A 20,000 ...

Through August 17, those visiting Brussels, Belgium, will be able to see the plaza in front of the city's iconic Grand Place transformed by a bright carpet of flowers. The transformation takes place ...

People visit the Flower Carpet 2022 at the Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium, Aug 12, 2022. After the cancellation of the Flower Carpet 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional festival ...

FILE PHOTO - A view of the installation of the annual Flower Carpet, made up with more than 500,000 flowers; mostly with Belgium's famous begonias, laid at Grand Place Square in the city center of ...

The creators of Brussels' vast flower carpet, unfurled every two years in front of city hall, are opting for more heat-resistant blooms and the use of pot plants for the first time in the art ...

All told, around 600,000 different blossoms were used to create the display. The influence of Japanese illustrations is obvious when you look at the tapestry from above; it incorporates common motifs ...

Though there are countless reasons to visit the Belgian capital this summer, this may just be the coolest one of all: From August 12-15, a spectacular flower carpet, made up of 600,000 tuberous ...

A flower is a thing of beauty and a joy forever, to quote poet John Keats. Imagine hundreds of thousands of flowers arranged in ornate designs in outdoor tapestries: They’re not only breathtakingly ...

The fabulous Flower Carpet rose series started back in the 1960s with Werner Noack, a little known Germany rose hybridizer, who set out to breed roses that had beautiful blooms, were easy to maintain, ...