Yesterday, Sunday, took place at 20 hours the closing ceremony of Expoflores-LORCA'09.
It was chaired by the Mayor, Francisco Jódar and the manager of the Festival, Ramon Miñarro, who, after the awards and accolades, placed the note less satisfactory to announce that, after 14 years in the direction of the Contest , left office for reasons, especially family.
Although the mayor, he said, tried repeatedly to persuade the decision, argued that above all respected his decision for the reasons mentioned.
However, Ramon Miñarro, offered to continue working with the Fair in all that could contribute its experience in organizing it.
The mayor praised the dedication and manager resigned, citing the positive and upward trajectory EXPOFLORES-LORCA, hard to beat, he explained, after the memorable success in this fifteenth edition.
EXPOFLORES-LORCA'09 has undoubtedly been an international reference with programming XXV EUROPEAN CONGRESS Bonsai and Suiseki under the Chairmanship of His Majesty the King, especially praised and commented upon by members of Congress who, they said, since the holding of these Congress since 1984, had not known any other, in terms of organization and transcendence, as held in Lorca.
EXPOFLORES-LORCA'09 has gathered the largest number of visitors, many of the Spanish regions, now known mostly in the day on Sunday, beating the hall ticket number of 10,000 to which we must add as many invitations for exhibitors and visiting companies could distribute to their customers.
Both the flag of Bonsai and Suiseki such as Cut Flowers and Ornamental Plants, exceeding 50,000 units shown, stirred public interest, as never before, INDICATED very satisfied with the above, unprecedented in our city.
Source: Expoflor Lorca