{{Short description|Horticultural art of creating topiary-like sculptures using bedding plants}} thumb|A beautiful horticultural art '''Mosaiculture''' is the horticultural art of creating giant topiary-like sculptures using thousands of annual bedding plants to carpet steel armature forms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atlantabg.org/about-us/news-blogs/exhibition-highlights/imaginary-worlds|title=Imaginary Worlds {{!}} Atlanta Botanical Garden|website=Mental Floss|accessdate=11 August 2015}}</ref> It is different from classical topiary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.siteandinsight.com/is-mosaiculture-topiary/|title=Is Mosaiculture topiary? {{!}} Site & Insight|website=www.siteandinsight.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-11}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mosaiculture.ca/en/|title=Mosaïcultures Internationales|website=www.mosaiculture.ca|language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-11}}</ref> In 2013 an international competition in Mosaicultures was held in Montreal, Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mosaiculturesinternationales.ca/en/|title=Mosaïcultures Internationales Montréal 2013|accessdate=11 August 2015}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thefabulousgarden.com/blog/2017/10/10/a-visit-to-mosaicanada150/|title=A Visit to MOSAICANADA150|date=10 October 2017 }}</ref> In 2018, many of the sculptures were moved to their home province to be displayed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://gardenmaking.com/floral-sculptures-canada-150/|title=Floral sculptures celebrate Canada 150 in Gatineau|date=2017-07-20|work=Garden Making|access-date=2018-02-11|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-mosiacanada-garden-display-1.4027855|title=Flowery fox to find permanent home in Charlottetown|work=CBC News|access-date=2018-02-11|language=en}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://english.mosaicanada.ca/lise-cormier-founder|title=MOSAÏCANADA 150 (English)|website=MOSAÏCANADA 150 (English)|language=en|access-date=2018-02-11}}</ref>
== 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<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mosaicanada-gatineau-sculpture-closes-1.4355984|title=Gatineau's MosaïCanada plant show gets fond farewell, 1.3M visitors later|work=CBC News|access-date=2018-02-11|language=en}}</ref>
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=== 2020 - Mosaïcultures Québec 2022 === Theme: Once Upon a Time … The Earth
==External links== *[http://myvirtualgarden2.blogspot.ca/2013/09/mosaiculture-exhibition.html My Virtual Garden: Mosaiculture Exhibition] *[https://travel-exotica.com/discover-the-beauty-of-mosaiculture-in-quebec/ Mosaïcultures Québec 2022] *[https://thefabulousgarden.com/blog/2017/10/10/a-visit-to-mosaicanada150/ A Visit to MOSAICANADA150] *[https://thefabulousgarden.com/blog/2017/10/18/making-maintaining-mosaicanada150/ Making and Maintaining MOSAICANADA150] *[http://jenniferarnott.com/blog/2013/09/11/what-a-show/ Montreal Mosaiculture - Awesome!] *[http://atlantabg.org/about-us/news-blogs/exhibition-highlights/imaginary-worlds Imaginary Worlds | Atlanta Botanical Garden]
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