The Flower Festival was - traditional annual festival in Rennes as in many other cities and rural communities; the first dating from the nineteenth century even though other parties utilizing plants are well past. It was mainly - parade of floats making great use of flowers no matter what they represented and the design which competed Rennes. Designed by Jules Ch?ret (1836 - 1932) was - French painter and lithographer. He worked on everything from theater to advertising.