Horticultural art of creating topiary-like sculptures using bedding plants
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.
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, Canada.
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. In 2018, many of the sculptures were 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
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2020 - Mosaïcultures Québec 2022.
Theme: Once Upon a Time … The Earth