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 runs from Feb. 28 to May 27, 2024. Here's everything you should know about the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2024!
EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival 2024 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 festival kicked off Feb. 28 and runs through May 27, so there's lots of time to enjoy all the sweet offerings.
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 I'm not much of a gardener and still enjoy this festival. Tad and Lily love looking at all the "topies," plus a scavenger hunt, 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-known 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 fresh, 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 Flower and Garden Festival 2024
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. New for 2024, the entrance features Asha, Valentino and the Wishing Star from the new movie, "Wish." Here's the full list of the topiaries and locations for 2024:
- Asha, Valentino and the Wishing Star from "Wish" – Park entrance – New
- Figment – World Celebration Plaza
- Huey, Dewey and Louie – World Celebration Plaza
- Donald – Community Gardens Near Connections Cafe
- Groot – Near Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – New
- Buzz Lightyear – World Discovery Near Mission: SPACE
- Bambi and Friends – Near Imagination! and Refreshment Port
- Woody, Bo Peep and Her Sheep – World Nature Near the Land Pavilion
- Simba and Friends (Rafiki, Mufasa and Sarabi) – Between Imagination! and The Land Pavilion
- Pumbaa and Timon – Between Imagination! and The Land Pavilion
- Goofy – Rosewalk
- Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Chip, Dale and Pluto – Bridge to World Showcase and World Celebration
- Mirabel, Antonio, Isabela and Luisa from “Encanto” – World Showcase
- Miguel and Dante from "Coco" — Mexico – New
- Anna and Elsa – Norway
- Troll – Norway
- Pandas – China
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Germany
- Lady and the Tramp – Italy
- Princess Tiana – The American Adventure
- Dragon – Japan
- Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy – Between France and Morocco
- Beauty and the Beast – France
- Lumiere and Cogsworth – France
- Tinker Bell's Fairy House Garden – United Kingdom
- Peter Pan, Captain Hook and Tick Tock Croc – United Kingdom
- Winnie the Pooh and Friends (Rabbit, Eeyore, Piglet and Tigger) – United Kingdom
- Geese – Canada
- Butterflies – Main Entrance and International Gateway
Themed Gardens at EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2024
The festival features almost two dozen themed gardens and other destinations throughout the park — from the Shakespeare Garden in the United Kingdom pavilion to a miniature garden display in Germany. New for 2024 are the China Penjing Garden in China and the Gnome Garden in Germany. There are even guided or self-guided tea garden tours at the United Kingdom pavilion as a fun way to learn how to brew the perfect cup of tea.
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 butterfly. Find it between The Land and the Imagination! pavilions. Explore the life of a butterfly from its emersion from 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 alighted 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.)
Back this year is the fragrant garden on the bridge to World Showcase. Amid colorful butterfly topiaries, take in the aroma of distinct scents as we welcome the fresh smells of springtime.
Kids' Activities at EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival
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. The popular playground by Creations Shop has a camping theme during the festival for extra fun. For a limited time, there is also an Easter egg hunt inspired by Disney characters.
The scavenger hunt, Spike's Pollen Nation Exploration, keeps the tadpoles on their webbed toes. It costs $9.99 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 — a mini corn hole game! 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!)
EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival 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. In 2024, there were more than 15 Outdoor Kitchens with returning favorites like The Citrus Blossom, Honey Bee-stro and EPCOT Farmers Feast. Check out our full EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2024 menus in walking order — including a downloadable version!
A perfect first stop to your day is the delightfully named "Brunchcot" booth with Avocado Toast for me, Fried Cinnamon Roll Bites to share and the Froot Loops Shake for the tadpoles. That's right ... a drink that tastes just like the favorite colorful cereal. Tad and Lily raved about it! 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. Plus, the popular Orange Bird sipper cup returns.
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 2024 Garden Graze items are:
- Avocado Toast with marinated toybox tomatoes on toasted ciabatta (Brunchcot)
- Grilled Street Corn on the Cob with savory garlic spread and plant-based cotija cheese (Farmers Feast)
- Seasonal Fruit Parfait with sweet chili sauce and mango Dole Whip (Refreshment Outpost)
- Potato Pancakes with house-made applesauce (Bauernmarkt: Farmer's Market)
- Coconut Tres Leches: Vanilla cake soaked in oat milk, almond milk, and coconut milk with toasted coconut (La Isla Fresca)
- Plant-Based Buffalo Chicken Tender Poutine on Crispy Potato Barrels with plant-based ranch and blue cheese crumbles (Refreshment Port)
- Impossible Farmhouse Meatball with lentil bread, spinach, marinated vegetables and creamy herb aioli (Trowel & Trellis)
- Florida Strawberry Shortcake (Florida Fresh)
EPCOT 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 Lineup 2024
- Feb. 28-29 — The Vybe
- March 1-2 — Jason Scheff
- March 3-4 — Richard Marx
- March 5-7 — Evolution Motown
- March 8-9 — Berlin
- March 10-11 — Rick Springfield
- March 12-14 — Dian Diaz
- March 15-16 — Modern English – NEW
- March 17-18 — Commodores
- March 19-21 — Foreigners Journey
- March 22-25 — The Orchestra
- March 26-28 — Funkafied
- March 29-30 — Mike DelGuidice
- March 31-April 1 — The Pointer Sisters
- April 2-4 — The Female Collective
- April 5-6 — Blue October
- April 7-8 — Crowder – NEW
- April 9-11 — The Hooligans
- April 12-13 — Jo Dee Messina
- April 14-15 — A Flock of Seagulls
- April 16-18 — M-80's
- April 19-22 — Plain White T's
- April 23-25 — The Champagne Orchestra
- April 26-27 — Starship featuring Mickey Thomas
- April 28-29 — Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone
- April 30-May 2 — Southbound
- May 3 — Monsieur Periné
- May 4 — Raul Acosta & Oro Solido with Luisito Ayala and The Puerto Rican Power Band – NEW
- May 5 —Raul Acosta & Oro Solido with Magic Juan – NEW
- May 6 — Fonseca – NEW
- May 7-9 — Gilly & The Girl Band
- May 10-13 — Simple Plan
- May 14-16 — Element
- May 17-18 — The Spinners
- May 19-20 — Sister Hazel
- May 21-23 — Epic Live!
- May 24-25 — Lit – NEW
- May 26-27 — Casting Crowns
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. 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
You may want to pack an extra duffle 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, "Coco" and Minnie Mouse.
EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2024 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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