The Medellin Botanical Garden is almost 40 acres of outdoor space dedicated to orchids,plants,botany and nature in general. With an enormous wealth of flora native to Colombia,the botanical garden boasts more than 5000 individual plants with contributions from more than 1000 different species .The Medellin Botanical Garden is a greenbelt area in the heart of the city where people gather to bike,hike and engage in water related Activities including canoeing and rowing . There are options to ride horses Also in the area Which is the favorite countryside ( and city ) past- time for citizens of Medellin.