Bucharest Botanical Garden is located in the beautiful Cotrocini district, sometimes named after its founder, Dimitrie Brândză. It covers an area of about 18.2 hectares, including 4000 square meters of agricultural area, and contains more than 10,000 species of plants. It is also worth noting that The first botanical garden in Bucharest, it was founded in 1860 near the Medical College and then moved to its present location in 1884.