Flower carpet at Biltmore

From Mountain Xpress story by Anne Fitten Glenn:

Only a handful of people in the world have orchestrated a live plant installation on the scale of the Biltmore House's new flower carpet, says Travis Murray, Biltmore's garden crew leader.

Biltmore's gardening crew recently spent a week creating the carpet. It took six days, eight crew members and 144,000 flowering plants - this following almost a year of planning, engineering and plant growing.
"We've never done something on this scale," Murray says. "I don't know anyone else who has done something on this scale with live plants. It's going to be something to see."

The Flower Carpet, nearly a quarter-acre in size, will be on display through Sept. 14 on Biltmore House's South Terrace.
Its design was inspired by a bronze heating grate in America's largest home. Biltmore asked employees to find the best architectural detail to emulate with plants.

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