Overview

• Clara Brugada and Álvaro Obregón mayor Javier López Casarín inaugurated the weeklong floral festival at Parque de la Bombilla on July 12.
• The Manzanas Verdes program has begun immediate works to reforest Insurgentes with dalias, erect green walls on buildings and plant street trees.
• About 400 exhibitors from Xochimilco, Tláhuac and Álvaro Obregón are showcasing floral art, concerts and workshops for an expected 80,000 visitors through July 20.
• An 18 million peso security and civic plan underwrites the fair’s operations while high-impact crimes in the borough have fallen by 14 percent.
• This edition spotlights the community-chosen icon Malinali and the “Semillas hoy, flores mañana” theme, underscoring the event’s status as an intangible cultural heritage.