LAST UPDATED AT 17:31 ON Fri 15 Aug 2008

Craftsmen arrange the
carpet by hand, directly
onto the square’s cobblestones, without any soil. Grass and
tree bark were also used
to provide colour
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 pattern is based on a medieval carpet design