The EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival is the perfect combination of delicious food, beautiful greenery displays and horticultural learning experiences. The park blossoms into a beautiful garden of sights, sounds and tastes of the spring season. This year, the festival is blooming from March 4 to June 1, 2026. From topiary locations to outdoor kitchens, here's everything you should know about the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2026!
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- When is the EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival? EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival runs from March 4 to June 1, 2026.
- Is the EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival included in park admission? Admission to the Flower and Garden Festival is included with your EPCOT ticket. Don't forget that Undercover Tourist has discounts on Walt Disney World theme park tickets and Disney World vacation packages!
- What should I expect at the EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival? Get ready to stroll past whimsical topiaries and lush gardens, savor mouthwatering bites at Outdoor Kitchens and jam to live tunes during the Garden Rocks Concert Series.
- Are Garden Rocks Dining Packages available? Garden Rocks Dining Packages are available on select dates during the EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival. Reservations opened Feb. 5, 2026, and can be made through the My Disney Experience app or official Walt Disney World website.
EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival 2026 Overview
Move aside, Food and Wine ... EPCOT Flower and Garden is one of our favorite festivals of the year! The park blossoms with lush gardens full of bright flowers — we love the spring vibes! It's a great way to celebrate the season and enjoy the beautiful weather. The 2026 festival kicks off March 4 and runs through June 1, so there's lots of time to enjoy all the sweet offerings, including the return of Spike the Bee's larger-than-life gardens in CommuniCore Hall.
Enjoy delicious food from Outdoor Kitchens, exquisitely crafted topiaries of our favorite characters and beautiful themed gardens. Even if you don't have a green thumb, you will still find plenty to enjoy. While I technically have a green thumb, I must confess that I'm not much of a gardener, and I still enjoy this festival. Tad and Lily love looking at all the "topies," plus a scavenger hunt, a butterfly house and special seasonal displays and merchandise will keep you and your tadpoles busy all day! Leap and I love ending the night at the Garden Rock Concert Series with world-renowned artists performing on the weekends, along with viewing special projections on Spaceship Earth. And don't froget our favorite part of any festival ... the food! EPCOT Flower and Garden plates up fresh favorites, highlighting seasonal ingredients.
Best of all — the festival is included with regular park admission! When you enter the park, be sure to pick up the Festival Passport! It includes detailed information about the topiary and garden destinations, entertainment and the Outdoor Kitchen menus. It came in handy for planning our day, as well as making sure we didn’t miss out on anything new. You can also find this digitally in the My Disney Experience app.
What's better than live music, colorful flowers and lots of yummy food? Hop along with us, as we share all of the "deets" about this fun, flowering festival!
Sculpted Topiaries at EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival 2026
I’ve never left the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival without nagging Leap to re-do our landscaping. Inspiration is everywhere! Disney’s expert team of horticulturists works year-round to create beautiful landscapes across the park. Look for the topiaries at the main entrance and scattered all around World Showcase, World Celebration, World Discovery and World Nature. EPCOT Flower and Garden exhibits its talent with incredible life-size recreations of beloved Disney characters. Stunning in the daylight, the topiaries take on a whole new life as the gardens and sculptures are illuminated at night.
Many topiaries repeat each year, with some new ones popping up as well. This year, more than 60 topiaries will be blooming throughout the park. We loved checking out the Lightning McQueen & Mater and Mike Wazowski & Sulley topiaries! Here's the full list of 2026 topiaries and where they are located:
Classic Disney Characters
- Mickey, Minnie, Chip 'n' Dale and Pluto — World Celebration
- Goofy — Between Imagination! Pavilion and World Showcase
- Pluto and Doghouse — The Seas Pavilion
- Donald, Huey, Dewey and Louie – The Land Pavilion
- Bambi, Thumper and Flower – World Showcase Bridge
- Figment & Flowers – World Celebration Gardens
- Simba, Rafiki, Mufasa and Sarabi — Imagination! Pavilion
- Kermit and Miss Piggy — Canada
- Winnie the Pooh, Rabbit, Eeyore, Piglet and Tigger — Between U.K. and Canada
- Peter Pan, Captain Hook and Tick-Tock — U.K.
- Tinker Bell's Fairy House Garden — U.K.
- Lady and the Tramp — Italy
Disney Royalty
- Moana, Maui, Heihei and Pua from "Moana" – Port of Entry
- Anna and Elsa — Norway
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — Germany
- Princess Tiana — The American Adventure
- Beauty and the Beast, Lumiere and Cogsworth — France
Pixar Friends
- Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Bo Peep and Her Sheep, Lotso and the Pixar Ball — Park Entrance
- Lightning McQueen and Mater — World Discovery (near Connections Cafe)
- Mike Wazowski and Sulley — World Celebration (near Creations Shop)
- Miguel and Dante from "Coco" — Mexico
Modern Disney Characters
- Phineas and Ferb – CommuniCore Plaza
- Mirabel, Antonio, Isabela and Luisa — CommuniCore Plaza
- Groot – World Discovery (near Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind)
- Stitch — World Discovery (near Mission: SPACE)
Other Topiaries
- Flowers — Park Entrance
- Butterflies — Spaceship Earth, World Showcase Bridge
- Troll — Norway
- Pandas — China
- Dragon — Japan
- Geese — Canada
Themed Gardens at EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival
The festival features almost two dozen themed gardens and other destinations throughout the park — from the English Tea Garden in the United Kingdom pavilion to a miniature garden display in Germany. For 2026, you can explore three new gardens: Pluto’s Pet‑Friendly Garden, the Wildlife Crossing Garden and the Trendy Tropicals Garden.
While fun and educational for everyone, we really appreciate how these exhibits teach our tadpoles how to create gardens and provide wildlife habitats … if pond life hasn’t taught them enough already!
A festival favorite, Butterfly Landing is full of colorful blooms and a flurry of several species of butterflies. Find it between The Land and the Imagination! pavilions. Explore the life of a butterfly from its emergence from the chrysalis to adulthood and watch as the fully-grown butterflies flutter around the garden from flower to flower. You might even find a butterfly has landed on you, especially if you’re wearing a flowered dress or shirt. This is the only place where a female will pay attention to Leap when he's wearing his loud, floral aloha shirts. (I kid, but not much.)
Kids' Activities at EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival 2026
At EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival, tadpoles have flower and garden activities specifically for them. Every year, there are play gardens that surround your tadpoles with lush natural landscapes and playscapes. There are two play gardens for 2026: the Camp Get Out ’N’ Play Garden presented by OFF! Repellents (near Creations Shop) and the larger Playalong Bay (between Beach Grub and Yacht Grub Outdoor Kitchens). Kiddos can explore the gardens and play, jump and climb to their heart's content.
The scavenger hunt, Spike's Pollen Nation Exploration, keeps the tadpoles on their webbed toes. It typically costs around $10 and takes little ones on an "I Spy"-style adventure throughout World Showcase. Once completed, tadpoles return the map to Creations Shop or World Traveler for a surprise reward! This is a low-cost way to keep your tadpoles occupied and receive a cute souvenir as a result. Worth it!
(For those wondering, Spike the Bee first appeared in early Mickey Mouse cartoons in the 1940s and has returned in some most recent series. He is an unofficial mascot of the festival!)
You can also take part in the Eggstravaganza scavenger hunt, another fun activity around World Showcase. Purchase a basket-shaped map and sticker sheet for about $12 at select EPCOT shops, then search for hidden Easter eggs featuring Disney rabbit characters and place the matching sticker on the correct pavilion on the map. Once finished, return your map to receive a character-themed plastic Easter egg prize.
EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival 2026 Menus
I'm an epicurean amphibian. It's fun to see the topiaries and gardens, but my favorite plants are the ones I can eat! While EPCOT's Food and Wine Festival is known for its delectable tastes and treats, EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival is my favorite place to snack, thanks to its unique, fresh ingredients. You can see what is available this year in our festival menus post!
A perfect first stop to your day is the delightfully named "Brunchcot" booth with Avocado Toast and the brand-new French Toast. Another on our list is a festival staple — the nonalcoholic Frozen Desert Violet Lemonade. Yum! We always enjoy the Bauernmarkt: Farmer's Market in Germany and the Honey Bee-stro kitchens.
Meanwhile, Tad is always on a mission to collect stamps for the Garden Graze (looks like I just *had* to have the avocado toast ... hehe). Collect five stamps with any of the following items (any time during the entirety of the festival), and you'll receive a complimentary treat.
The 2026 Garden Graze items are:
- Poke Bowl at Nectar Hosted by AdventHealth (The Land)
- Coconut Panna Cotta at Nectar Hosted by AdventHealth (The Land)
- Grilled Street Corn on the Cob at Beach Grub (between World Showcase and Imagination! Pavilion)
- Coconut-Chocolate Flan Bizcocho at La Isla Fresca (between France and Morocco)
- Potato Pancakes at Bauernmarkt: Farmer's Market (Germany)
- Seasonal Fruit Parfait at Refreshment Outpost
- Lumpia at The Citrus Blossom (Odyssey Pavilion)
- Lemon Tart at The Citrus Blossom (Odyssey Pavilion)
- Avocado Toast at BRUNCHCOT (World Discovery)
EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival Concerts
It’s not all sunshine and butterflies at EPCOT Flower and Garden … there’s music too! At the America Gardens Theatre, guests may dance and sing along to classic songs by a wide array of renowned artists with the Garden Rocks Concert Series.
Garden Rocks Concert Lineup 2026
- March 5-7: The Music of ABBA (NEW)
- March 8-9: Simple Plan
- March 13-14: Blue October
- March 15-16: Billy Ocean
- March 20-23: THE ORCHESTRA starring former members of ELO & ELO Part II
- March 27-28: Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone
- March 29-30: 38 Special
- April 3-4: Chubby Checker
- April 5-6: Sugar Ray
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- April 10-11: Information Society (NEW)
- April 12-13: Rick Springfield
- April 17-18: Berlin
- April 19-20: The Commodores
- April 24-25: Firehouse (NEW)
- April 26-27: Air Supply
- May 1-2: A Flock of Seagulls
- May 3-4: Plain White T's
- May 8-9: Katrina, formerly of Katrina & The Waves (NEW)
- May 10-11: 98 Degrees
- May 15-16: The Spinners
- May 17-18: Josiah Queen (NEW)
- May 22-23: Iam Tongi (NEW)
- May 24-25: A.J. Croce: Croce Plays Croce
- May 29-30: Queensrÿche
- May 31-June 1: Maverick City Music
Performances occur at 5:30 p.m., 6:45 p.m. and 8 p.m. Be sure to get there at least 30 minutes early because seats can fill up quickly for popular artists (during the weekdays, there may be local bands performing, in which case you can typically arrive closer to showtime). If you want to secure a good spot without waiting, dining packages are available for booking as of Feb. 5, 2026. You can reserve a meal at EPCOT anytime throughout the day, and come back later to a special seating area at one of the evening shows! We recommend this if you’re big fans and want primetime viewing.
Merchandise at EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival 2026
You may want to pack an extra duffel bag for your merch. There are always too many items to choose from. We are huge fans of all EPCOT festivals, but we find Flower and Garden has the most gorgeous, fun merch.
Visit any of the festival markets located throughout the park, as well as Creations Shop and the Odyssey, to find different Flower and Garden collections featuring Orange Bird, Spike the Bee and more.
EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2026 lets you discover fresh tastes, gorgeous gardens and all the information you need to have a bounteous spring. The EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival is included with regular park admission. Got questions or comments? Share them below!
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