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).

The farm was originally owned by Mr. Victor Arango, and then his sisters and family listed on the deed.

[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.