Half-Million Flowers Create Intricate ‘Carpet’

BRUSSELS, Belgium (CBSDFW.COM) – Belgian flower growers bested the summer’s blistering heat to lay out 500,000 blossoms on the central square of Brussels on Thursday in this year’s edition of the world famous flower carpet.
As Europe endured one of its hottest summers on record, organizers had worried the heat would kill off the flowers but cooler weather offered the event a last-minute reprieve.
Organizers were once again able to arrange an 1,800 square-meter flower carpet on