Mosiculture

The first international mosaiculture exhibition and competition was held in Montréal in 2000. At the time, an international committee composed of municipal parks and gardens directors from great cities around the world was formed. The second major international mosaiculture competition is being held in Montréal in 2003, under the aegis of this committee.

On the theme of “Myths and Legends of the World”, different participants from the four corners of the globe will come to share their cultural treasures.

The mosaicultures Is the fruit of a symbiosis of several artforms.

Is the fruit of a symbiosis of several artforms that have borrowed their main elements from three dimensional structures.
From paintings we get the multitude of colours and from horticulture, the passion of flowers and plants that blossom in the right environment, creating constantly transforming and living pieces of artwork.
Mosaiculture illustrates the most spectacular and difficult horticultural technique

Two-dimensional mosaiculture has its roots in the embroidered flower beds of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Carefully chosen plant species allow to create different motifs, shapes and images. Very neatly trimmed plants are also grown into sculptures. The stringent rules of this art correspond to very precise dimensions, density of the flowers and colour selection.

Before becoming a solid metallic structure filled with sphagnum moss and covered with plants, a three-dimensional work first begins with a drawing and a technical design. The metal structure must be constructed in accordance with very strict building standards and requirements, and such a structure, containing thousands of pounds of wet soil and plants must be stable enough to support its own weight, not to mention withstanding inclimental weather. By virtue of different principles, the structure must contain the sphagnum moss that becomes its fertile soil, thanks to constant and careful irrigation. Some of the more complex structures even have their own built-in irrigation systems.