The Joaquin Antonio Uribe Botanical Garden of Medellín

The Joaquin Antonio Uribe Botanical Garden of Medellín, often known as the Botanical Garden of Medellín, is a 14-hectare botanical garden in Medellín, Colombia. The botanical garden contains 4,500 flowers and 139 bird species. It houses an important orchid collection in an architectural area known as the "Orchideorama."

Lorenzo Castro and Ana Elvira Vélez created the botanical garden's entry pavilion. There is a butterfly house, a cactus garden, exhibition rooms, a library, and a pond in the garden. A plan to build an extra pavilion was denied, and a competition for local architects to design a new structure for the park was created. It's a wood meshwork canopy with ten hexagonal flower-tree structures that collect rainfall and serve as a home for an orchid collection and butterfly reserves.

The property now covered by the botanical garden was formerly a farm known as The Bathhouse of Eden in the late nineteenth century. Mr. Victor Arango originally owned the land, and then his sisters and family were mentioned on the title. Due to high crime rates in the region, the garden was temporarily closed. A plan was developed to demolish the gardens, however, this was abandoned in favor of park renovations. When the facilities were expanded to include a considerably bigger collection of plant species, an auditorium, library, museum, and spacious dining rooms for tourists, it was given the name Joaquín Antonio Uribe Botanical Garden in 1972.

Founded: 1972
Location: Medellín, Colombia
Area: 14-hectare