The decoration with plants is stepping stronger and stronger this 2023, so we do not doubt that you are in search of the ideal plant. There are many places to buy them, but the Botanical garden It offers you an ecological option and you will be helping those species that are on the edge of extinction.
The Botanical Gardenis one of the last green lungs that cushion the urbanization of the Mexico City. Not only biodiversity is shelter but also seeks 12.7 hectares of surfaceof which 2.7 are open to the public.
The Botanical Garden was created by UNAM and the Institute of Biology.Ulises Peña / Pexels.
Creation of the Botanical Garden
The National Autonomous University of Mexico is internationally recognized by the academic and research level that it has maintained since its creation, and has also been co -founded by one of the most important botanical gardens in Latin America; In a joint work by the Institute of Biology, which moved from Chapultepec, and the UNAM, it was founded, in 1959he Botanical garden located in University City.
The atmosphere of the Botanical Garden makes you forget that you are in the CDMX.Andrew Ruiz / Unspash.
The Botanical Garden and its conservation work
The Botanical Garden was created with the objective of encouraging botanical researchwhich consequently resulted in a preservation work.
He is currently a member of Botanic Garden Conservation International (BGCI), and contributes to conservation ex situ of endemic species of Mexico, propagation of infrautilized plants and protection of threatened or endangered Mexican plants A third of endangered species grow in the same garden.
Within its 15 collections, more than 1600 species are recognized, where species of cacti, agavaceae, ornamental, orchids, yucas, native vegetation of the pedregal and even aquatic plants abound.
Botanical Garden Disclosure
The botanical garden is open for the public He can travel it in his almost three hectares of extension, making the atmosphere of the place wrapping you and isolates you from the noise of the city with its vegetated collections of which the desert garden, the garden of illegality, medicinal plants, the ecological garden or the arboretum, accompanied by maids and gravel walkers that transport you to a state of contemplation.
But not only that also offers multiple workshops that seek to raise awareness of their visitors of the importance of botany and the conservation of plant resources, ranging from green areas in urban areas to the cultivation of Mexican orchids that complement each other Adoption center for plants They are at risk of extinction, so if you are looking for the ideal plant for your room or your garden you can turn around the Botanical Garden and achieve the final touches in your decoration, as well as help the ecology of Mexico.
Finally, there is the store Tigridiacreated in 1997 in a joint effort between the Institute of Biology, UNAM and the Botanical Garden Association of the Institute of Biologywhere in addition to the sale of products, the majority made in the same garden, there is also a greenhouse that you will surely want to travel.