The City Council awards the contract for the major refurbishment of the Botanical Orchid Park since its opening.

The proposed intervention for this space, consolidated as one of the main tourist attractions of the municipality, includes new plantings, remodeling of pavement, painting, street furniture, pedestrian paths and new lighting.

The Estepona City Council takes a step forward to undertake what will be the biggest reform of the Botanical Orchid Park since its creation, which just celebrated its 10th anniversary, with the awarding of the works. The intervention, aimed at improving the image and services of this public space, includes new trees and a botanical collection, as well as the renovation of lighting, paving and street furniture.

The project includes a long list of actions, including the replacement with new tree and botanical species. In addition, a strip of land in the southern area of the park, with a measured area of 2,300 square meters, will be repaired in its entirety. This action will be accompanied by the installation of signs at the request of each specimen, in order to provide visitors with more playful and scientific information about the collection housed in this public space.

The premise followed in this project, which will complement the periodic maintenance carried out by the City Council in this public space, is to maintain the current design of the park, but considerably improving its general condition. For this reason, the entire pavement will be completely replaced, maintaining the ecological, permeable and stable nature of the material to ensure improved pedestrian accessibility. Likewise, the urban furniture will be changed for another more in line with the new line that we want to give to the enclosure.

The deputy mayor of the External Control area, Blas Ruzafa, explains that this is a “complete remodeling of the botanical park, where major interventions will be made for the tuning of this public space”.

The works have been awarded for a budget of 191,984.87 euros and a completion period of two months.

The intervention also includes improvements to the irrigation system and the waterproofing paint treatment of all the exterior walls of the Orchidarium building, as well as the replacement of the glazed security panels located on the access stairs to the Orchidarium.

All this will be accompanied by actions to improve the lighting and lighting that will be carried out by the City Council in a parallel intervention for the replacement of all luminaires, ensuring a more efficient lighting with LED equipment and avoiding noise pollution. Scenic lighting of the botanical specimens will be installed.

All these actions will lead to achieve a significant increase in its civic and safety, improving accessibility, biodiversity and culture of the Public Botanical Orchid Park of Estepona.