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Every two years, Brussels’ Grand Palace is greeted with a carpet made entirely out of locally grown begonias. The tradition started in 1971, when landscape architect E. Stautemans thought of the idea. A total of 600,000 begonias were used for the creation of the 2012 carpet, which was revealed this week.
In the year prior to the creation of the carpets, the flowers are cultivated in Ghent and once shipped in to Brussels, they are put in place within four hours. The carpets are planned out in great detail and are based on a theme (prior themes have included the coat of arms of Brussels and historic Belgian events).
View more photos and details on the construction at Huffington Post.