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ilter K.:
Poor flowers.
I don't see the point to use so many nice flowers for such a cause.
What's the background?
I bet it comes from old kingdoms to show off their wealth.
I'd be more than happy to see them arranged/planted in a real garden.
Hi Ilter,
I also had to find out from where this tradition comes from.
Officially, the first Floral Carpet as its present-day form was created in 1971 on the Brussels Old Market by the landscape architect E. Stautemans, but, in fact, it was the culmination of a whole series created in various towns in Flanders.
E. Stautemans had been experimenting since the early 50's making simple small carpets, more like rugs, mainly consisting of begonias in different cities in Belgium.
He very quickly realised that floral carpets would be an excellent vehicle for the promotion of his beloved begonias which he had always worked with, both technically, economically and aesthetically.
After years of attempts and calculations, this architect, who was inventive and imaginative, and knew how to make the most of the numerous resources of begonias, became an expert in the creation of superb floral carpets with sophisticated colors and complicated designs.
His fame spread and he was asked to make carpets not only in Belgium (Ghent, Bruges, Antwerp, Ypres, Courtrai, Hasselt, Tongres, Mons, Durbuy, …) but worldwide (Cologne, Hamburg, Luxemburg, Paris, London, Breda, Amsterdam, The Hague, Vienna, Valencia, and as far afield as Buenos Aires and Colombus, Ohio).
Some of these carpets were bigger than the ones created in Brussels (77 x 24 m), like the 1973 masterpiece at Sint-Pietersplein, Ghent that reached a gigantic 164 x 42 m.
If you want to know more about flower carpets ...
http://www.flowercarpet.be/site/main.php?lg=en
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