As is to be expected in a well-planned botanic garden, woody species of the main families of economic interest will be planted. We intend to build laboratories, as well as a conference room, a shop, a buffet, and a parking area. We also started to think about such problems as irrigation, lighting and staff salaries. Their extremely useful advice on achieving goals made it a memorable meeting. Soon after they left, the main foundations they suggested were contacted, and although no funds have been granted yet, fund-raising work continues.
Environmental education is one of the main goals in the present-days botanic gardens.
We cannot expect plants to be conserved without a correponding process of raising people'awareness. Excellent results and reports were obtained from the first course of its kind ever held in Argentina. Summary Botanic Gardens have undergone great changes since ancient times up to the present day. Although it is not known for sure when the first ones were created, gardens were registered by historians in Babylon, Athens and among the Aztecs of the new world. Their functions changed as time went by, but apparently the difficulties to create them and keep them in good conditions have not changed.