Atlantic Forest Week - Jardim Botânico

In the month in which the Atlantic Forest Day is celebrated (27/5), the Jardim Botânico of Rio de Janeiro promotes a week of activities to highlight the importance of preserving one of the most diverse and threatened biomes in the world. The public will be able to participate in guided trails to the Orquidário, Cactário and Herbário, educational workshops and playful and cultural activities on the Atlantic Forest biome, as well as exhibitions.

27/5 (Monday)

Atlantic Forest Game
Opening hours: 9am and 14pm
Location: Galpão das Artes, with students from the Socioenvironmental Responsibility Center.

In a playful way, through a board game, with a lot of interaction, visitors, who will be the very pieces of the game, will receive information about the biome, including botany, relief, agronomy, forests and urban impacts. The game was developed thinking of an interesting dynamic for children, young people and adults.

Guided visit to the Orchid Garden and Orchid Garden
Schedule: 10h and 15 h
The visit includes specific points of the Orchidarium to know the species of this native family of the Atlantic Forest.

27 to 29/5 (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday)

Treasure hunt on the way to the Atlantic Forest
Timetable: 9:30 p.m. and 14:00 p.m. (Monday and Tuesday) and 14:00 p.m. (Fourth)
Meeting point: SEA, behind the main box office.

Conducted by educators of the Environmental Education Service (EAS), the activity will be divided into two parts. The first consists of a dynamic at the SEA headquarters with species representing the Atlantic Forest. The second stage will be a special path in the arboretum, along the path of the Atlantic Forest, where native species will be observed and also threatened by the biome, as well as wild animals that inhabit the territory. During the journey, the children will participate in an adventure, to search for hidden “treasures”.

Book Exhibition: Atlantic Forest and biodiversity
Schedule: from 9am to 12am and from 1pm to 5pm
Location: Barbosa Rodrigues Library

28/5 (Tuesday)

Guided visit to the herbarium, exhibition of exsicatas, carpoteca and xyloteque of iconic species of the Atlantic Forest
Timetable: 10 h
Location: Herbary

In the hall of the Jardim Botânico Herbarium of Rio de Janeiro, visitors can observe native specimens of the Atlantic Forest that make up the collection of their botanical collection. Exsicates, fruits and wood found in the biome will be exposed. In addition, they may know what an herbarium is, its importance and its functioning.

Guided tour of the Cactio
Timetable: 15 h
Meeting point: Visitor Centre
During the guided tour, the visitor will be able to see the cactus that grows in the trees of the Atlantic Forest.

Exposure of botanical illustrations of Atlantic Forest species
Schedule: from 9am to 4pm
Place: Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical - Solar da Imperatriz (Rua Pacheco Leão, 2040, Horto)

Samples of works will be displayed, developed by former students and teachers responsible for botanical illustration courses with emphasis on species of the Atlantic Forest. In addition, this month of May, the visitor will be able to participate in the guided Trail of the Atlantic Forest, which takes place on Friday (31), at 10am. The meeting point is at the Visitor Center. Jatobá, pineira, ipê-roxo, chichá, vinhático, bromeliad-imperial and pau-brasil are some of the species highlighted on foot that lasts approximately one hour and 30 minutes and has 27 species of the biome cultivated in arboretum.

No prior registration is required to participate in the activities. Just come and participate.
For activities in the arboretum, the visitor only pays the entrance.