Garden of the Month, February 2003
Dutch Floral Mosaics 
Each spring a floral parade is held on a middle Saturday of April in Holland,
in the bulb region around Lisse. Related to this, groups in the several
towns the parade passes through prepare floral mosaics along the streets.
These are merely shallow wooden frames, lined with plastic, on which elaborate
designs are crafted with flower petals-- primarily hyacinths (imagine the
fragrance!). Often they use their drawing to sketch onto the plastic
first. Some use the whole flower spikes, a different color filling
each laundry basket, others use individual flowers especially on
the parade floats. The following photos were taken in Voorhuit (1-6)
and Noordwijk (sandy beach background), with a couple video clips at the
bottom showing the process.
For a quick overview, check out the
Slide
Show.
making an artist's
palette
H&B
side view of making
mosaic, frame
dove
tower
cross
flower
design
duck
duck--close up
Noordwijk
crown
RealMedia streaming video clips
(no audio):
making a mosaic
making the
artist's palette
