Barcelona ’s Mercado Central de la Flor - Mercabarna - flor - celebrated its fortieth day of remembrance on November 17 . The event was attended by the president of Mercabarna and deputy mayor of Economy , Hacienda , Economic Promotion and Tourism of Barcelona City Council , Jordi Valls ; the theatre director full general of Mercabarna , Pablo Vilanova ; the president of the Guild of Mayors , Miquel Batlle , and about 1,000 florists and interior designers from all over Spain .
The day of remembrance has coincide with the 40th variant of Mercabarna - flor ’s Mercademostraciones , which mark the trends in Christmas floral decoration throughout Spain .
The roots of Mercabarna - florSince the end of the nineteenth century , the wholesale sale of flowers and plants was hold at night on the Ramblas in Barcelona , because during the twenty-four hour period it was occupied by florists . Hence the figure of the Rambla de las Flores .
In 1964 , with the growth of the metropolis , the Mercado Central de la Flor de Barcelona move to the Palacio de la Agricultura , in Calle Lleida , where it was until 1984 , when it run to Mercabarna , where the Mercado was already place Central de Fruits y Hortalizas and the Central Fish Market , originating from the old Mercado del Borne and Calle Wellington , respectively .
An inauspicious fire in 2001 burned the Mercado Central de la Flor , and forced the management of Mercabarna to build a temporary market quick so that the wholesalers could continue working .
In 2008 , a new market was inaugurate in Sant Boi de Llobregat , Mercabarna - flor , a modern space adapted to the wholesale sales agreement of efflorescence , plants and accessories , to the indigence of retail buyers and which allows professional to front the challenges that rebel changes in shopping drug abuse and digital transformation .
The Chief Executive of Mercabarna , Jordi Valls , has highlighted that " Cities need body of water , intellectual nourishment , Department of Energy , flowers and plants but they are culture and cognition centres . And curiously , in the home fill by the onetime sweeping markets of the city , there are now cultural and knowledge centre of attention , such as the Borne ’s Museum , the Lliure ’s Theather and the future City of Knowledge , which is being build on the basis of the old grocery store Pisces the Fishes primal marketplace in the Wellington street " .
The vice - president of the Mercabarna - flor wholesaler association , Josep Reig , third generation of a family of wholesalers from Las Ramblas in Barcelona , has explained that " the sales event of flowers on Las Ramblas was digest spontaneously , at the goal of the s. 19th century , when some vendors began to sell sweeping flowers early on in the morning and , little by short , the producers of the Baix Llobregat geographical zone and the Maresme zone begin to take more and more heyday and plants , until it became the fundamental securities industry of flowers and plants most crucial in Spain " .
The oecumenical director of Mercabarna , Pablo Vilanova , has stated that " Mercabarna - flor is now a market of credit in the flower sphere , but this is a account of resiliency because the sphere has go through all the colors , like the colors of the efflorescence they sell " and has name , among others , the fire that desolate the Market in 2001 , the 2008 crisis and the Covid , moments , these last 2 , above all , in which the demand for flowers and plants decreased much " .
blank space that mix the classic and the modern , ashen table , red toques and candlesThe consequence also concur with the 40th variation of the Mercadomostracions del Mercado , an case that presented the latest movement in Christmas ribbon , in front of around 1,000 florists and decorator from all over Spain .
The debasement of materials during the holidays is part of the ornamental beautyThe esthetic director of the Mercademostraciones of Mercabarna - flor , Marta Arnau , prof of floral art and possessor of the prestigious Dadaflor floristry , has explained that this twelvemonth the trends revolve around the connection with nature . " space that mix the classic and the modern -he affirmed- , organic and sustainable decorative constituent , frolic of textures with natural ornamental greens that dry out over the holidays , making the degradation of materials a signifier of beauty " .
Throughout the day there were demonstration , contests and floral art workshop led by prestigious international designers , who showed the different innovative marriage offer for decorating fir tree , table , homes and shops this Christmas .
Dark and deep colors and many candles give a strong airThus , it has been potential to see that during these holidays you will see black and deep people of color , which with the light of the candles will give a warm air to the surroundings , white mesa deck with livid Christmas blossom , red detail and many candles . In addition , old gran ’s vases and denture with small flowered contingent and handmade decorative constituent .
For more information : Mercabarna - florwww.mercabarna.es
