Iberflora, the plant and garden trade fair, attracted 23 000 visitors to Valencia, where it was held from 17 – 19 October 2007. International visitors accounted for 14 per cent of the total, the majority of them coming from Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Britain, Italy and Portugal. Around 600 exhibitors occupied a net exhibition space of 27 500 m² at Iberflora, which regards itself as Europe’s biggest event for garden plants.