The garden has three plazas in its central path: a semicircular one at its main entrance, a circular one at the intersection of the first path; and another larger one, which is square and is where the pond is.
It also has a small artificial mound. In it is the first tree planted in the garden, in 1998, which was an oak.
This street is dedicated to the promoter of the old Teaching House, a school for poor girls, where the town hall moved in 1854 and which can be seen on the right of the image. The new town hall also included the old churches of the Cofradía of Blood and Santa Rosa.
In 1655 the Royal Mail office was opened in this square, then called de Valencians. The "Casa de Postas" was located here for a time.
In the background, to the left and next to the Palace of the Marquises of Mercader, is the Palace of the Conde de Alpuente, from the 18th century in its current configuration. This palace was also the headquarters of the Royal Economic Society of Friends of the Country and for a time belonged to the painter Manuel Valdés (member of Equipo Crónica). It is now the headquarters of an engineering company.
One of the first printing presses to operate in Spain was also installed on this street, directed by the German Lambert Palmart from 1474, at the service of his compatriot Jacobo Vitzlán.
The building in the background of the photo is the Escrivá and Boïl Palace, which was built in the 15th century and renovated in the 18th century. It was the headquarters of the Royal Economic Society of Friends of the Country.
The park has a sports area, swimming pools, a children's area, a theater-forum and a social center for retirees located in various dependencies of the theater-forum.
In 1802 the city offered the Huerto de Tramoyeres, located on Quart Street, as a new and definitive location. This new situation allowed irrigation with water from the nearby canal of Rovella.
The works in the Botanical Garden would not begin until 1803, under the direction of the rector Vicent Blasco.