- Address: Av. 63, 111071 Bogotá, Colombia
- Phone: +57 437 70 60
- Website: www.jbb.gov.co
- E-mail: bogotanico@jbb.gov.co
- Opening date: 1781
- Area: 8 hectares
- Working hours: on weekdays from 8:00 to 17:00, on weekends from 9:00 to 17:00, non-business day - Wednesday
Botanico Botanico José Celestino Mutis is one of Bogota's most famous landmarks and the largest of all the parks of the Colombian capital.
A bit of history
The park bears the name of Jose Mutis, the Spanish botanist and naturalist, the "patriarch of botanists", in honor of whom the notion of mutation is named. The park was founded in 1781, when Colombia was a Spanish colony.
The architectural project was executed by the Spaniard Juan de Villanueva, who in 1786 took the post of chief Madrid architect, and from 1789 began to work at the court of the monarch. Botanist and pharmacist Kasimiro Gomez de Ortega was responsible for the "vegetable" project. In the park there is a scientific library, in which are stored some notes and scientific works of Mutis.
Vegetation of the park
More than 3,000 trees and shrubs grow on 8 hectares of land, and in total there are about 19,000 plants. 850 species from the growing Botanico Botanico José Celestino Mutis are local, Colombian. In addition, the park has several greenhouses, where you can see a lot of plants that are not typical for this region:
- rare mountain plants growing in the Andes at a considerable height;
- orchids;
- cacti and other xerophytic plants;
- palm trees;
- aquatic plants.
There is also a rose garden, where roses of 73 species are grown, as well as a greenhouse with medicinal plants. The symbol of the park is Clematis Muisia, also named after Mutis.
Programs
The park in Bogota participates in various research programs, including in such areas as conservation of ecosystems, ethnobotany, horticulture, floristics, taxonomy and taxonomy. Also Botanico Botanico Jose Celestino Mutis offers educational programs for students and schoolchildren and various public lectures for all comers.
How to visit the botanical garden?
It works daily, except Wednesday, on weekdays starting its work at 8:00, on weekends - at 9:00, and finishing it at 17:00. You can get to the park by express buses Transmilenio, routes №№ 56В, 59В, z7, etc.