The entrance pavilion to the botanical garden was designed by Lorenzo Castro and Ana Elvira Vélez.

A plan to create an additional pavilion was rejected and a competition for local architects was devised to come up with a new structure for the park.

In the late nineteenth century, the land now occupied by the botanical garden began was a farm known as The Bathhouse of Eden (la Casa de Baños El Edén).

A plan was created to demolish the gardens but these were changed in favor of making renovations to the park.

[4] It acquired the name "Joaquín Antonio Uribe Botanical Garden" in 1972 when the facilities were enlarged to add a much larger collection of plant species, an auditorium, library, museum, and spacious dining areas for visitors.