Every year at the end of May, the streets of Castelbuono in Sicily become a riot of colour as the ‘Infiorata’ festival takes place. ‘Castelbuono in Bloom’ is a flower festival where the streets are literally paved with floral displays, usually in the form of pictures ‘painted’ with petals, buds and foliage. Via Sant’Anna, the principal road leading from Piazza Margherita up to the castle becomes a pedestrian zone allowing the ground to be completely covered in flowers. The designs are created by groups of local school children who stay up overnight to painstakingly place the flowers.