[2] The area was expropriated by the Engenho da Pedra Branca in 1896 to hold a botanical garden.

The Swedish naturalist and botanist Albert Löfgren created the park and was the first director, from 1907 to 1909.

[1] The park has a stage for events, picnic area, playground, changing room, jogging track, sports court, soccer fields, exercise equipment, drinking water, lakes and toilets.

[2] Vegetation includes exotic species such as eucalyptus, pinheiro-do-brejo (Taxodium distichum) and cryptomeria, as well as native trees such as pau-brasil (Caesalpinia echinata), carvalho-nacional (Quercus faginea), pau-ferro (Libidibia ferrea) and jatobá (Hymenaea courbaril).

Fauna include robust capuchin monkeys, Brazilian squirrel (Sciurus aestuans), opossums (Didelphis), toucans, storks, herons, rufous-collared sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) and kingfishers.