Mosaiculture is the horticultural art of creating giant topiary-like sculptures using thousands of annual bedding plants to carpet steel armature forms. It is different from classical
topiary
Topiary is the horticultural practice of training perennial plants by clipping the foliage and twigs of trees, shrubs and subshrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes, whether geometric or fanciful. The term also refers to plants w ...
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Mosaïcultures Internationales® is the name of an international competition governed by the International Mosaiculture Committee, which was formed in 2000, the first year the event was staged. Mosaïcultures Internationales® is an internationally protected name and patent. In 2013 an international competition in Mosaicultures was held in
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...
, Canada.
As part of
Canada's 150th anniversary celebrations in 2017, a large exhibition of Mosaiculture was held at
Jacques Cartier Park
Jacques-Cartier Park is a park in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, along the Ottawa River. It is at the base of the Alexandra Bridge, facing the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. It is named for French explorer Jacques Cartier, who arrived at th ...
in
Gatineau, Quebec. MOSAICANADA150 featured sculptures representing Canada's 10 provinces and 3 territories, and indigenous peoples. In 2018, many of the sculptures will be moved to their home province to be displayed.
Founder
Lise Cormier, head of the City of Montréal's Parks, Gardens and Green Spaces Department and the Botanical Garden, first got the idea to launch an international mosaiculture competition in 1998.
History of exhibits
2000 – World premiere of Mosaïcultures Internationales® in Montréal
Theme: The Planet is a Mosaic
Participants: 35 cities and organizations from 14 countries
Visitors: 730,000 (110 days)
2003 – Mosaïcultures Internationales Montréal 2003
Theme: Myths and Legends of the World
Participants: 51 cities and organizations from 32 countries
Visitors: 755,000 (110 days)
2006 – Mosaïcultures Internationales Shanghai 2006
Theme: The Earth, Our Village
Participants: 55 cities and organizations from 15 countries
Visitors: Over 1,000,000 (76 days)
2009 – Mosaïcultures Internationales Hamamatsu 2009
Under the honorary presidency of His Imperial Highness Prince Akishino
Theme: The Symphony of People and Nature
Participants: 97 cities and organizations from 25 countries
Visitors: 865,000 (66 days)
2013 – Mosaïcultures Internationales de Montréal 2013
Theme: Land of Hope
Participants: 42 cities and organizations from 22 countries
Visitors: 1,020,000 (110 days)
2017 - MOSAICANADA 150 (Gatineau/Ottawa)
Theme: Canada's History
Participants:
Visitors: 1,300,000
References
2020 - Mosaïcultures Québec 2022
Theme: Once Upon a Time … The Earth
External links
My Virtual Garden: Mosaiculture ExhibitionMosaïcultures Québec 2022A Visit to MOSAICANADA150Making and Maintaining MOSAICANADA150Montreal Mosaiculture - Awesome!Imaginary Worlds , Atlanta Botanical Garden
Horticulture
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