Mosaiculture is the horticultural art of creating giant topiary-like sculptures using thousands of annual bedding plants to carpet steel armature forms.[1] It is different from classical topiary.[2]
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.[3] In 2013 an international competition in Mosaicultures was held in Montreal, Canada.[4]
As part of Canada's 150th anniversary celebrations in 2017, a large exhibition of Mosaiculture was held at Jacques Cartier Park in Gatineau, Quebec. MOSAICANADA150 featured sculptures representing Canada's 10 provinces and 3 territories, and indigenous peoples.[5] In 2018, many of the sculptures will be moved to their home province to be displayed.[6] [7]
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.[8]
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Participants: 35 cities and organizations from 14 countries
Visitors: 730,000 (110 days)
Theme: Myths and Legends of the World
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Visitors: 755,000 (110 days)
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Visitors: Over 1,000,000 (76 days)
Under the honorary presidency of His Imperial Highness Prince Akishino
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Theme: Canada's History
Participants:
Visitors: 1,300,000[9]
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Theme: Once Upon a Time … The Earth