Don’t Miss the 15th Annual Epcot Flower and Garden Festival

When visiting Walt Disney World and Epcot, I am most impressed by the grounds and the gorgeous, vibrant, flowers. If you love flowers as much as I do, you don’t want to miss the 15^th Annual Epcot Flower and Garden Festival held from March 15 through June 1^st at Epcot Center in Orlando. The festival is included with the regular admission to Epcot Center. With over 30 million blooms, this is sure to be a dazzling display this spring and summer.

Children who visit Walt Disney World and Epcot will also be dazzled by the displays as their favorite characters are created in topiary designs, surrounded by flowers. For example, the Goofy topiary is a whopping 14-feet tall. He is riding a surfboard on a wave which is made of flowers and more plants. You can see Goofy near the Spaceship Earth entrance.

• Walt Disney World’s Mickey and Minnie are also in on the fun; these topiaries (figures made from plants) are posing on a beach blanket made of flowers while relaxing on the beach. Speaking of playing on the beach, Donald and Daisy are around, too. These topiaries by the plant geniuses at Disney are playing volleyball.
• Walk along Imagination Walkway to see Peter Pan’s Neverland Garden. Kids will love the pirate theme all done up with plants and flowers. There’s a pirate ship with topiaries of Captain Hook, Tinkerbell, Tic Toc Croc and Peter Pan. I want to see that one!
• New this year, Donald Duck and friends celebrate their new Epcot Show in a topiary dedicated to the “Gran Fiesta Tour starring the Three Caballeros” in the Mexico pavilion.

• The Sweeping Future Flower Beds with nautical flags created with flowers. Can you decode the message that’s written with the flags? A secret message is created using the flags’ letters. The letters are Alpha, Bravo and Charlie, etc. If you visit Epcot, try to guess the message that is written with the flags’ letters. That should be entertaining.
• Minnie’s Magnificent Butterfly Garden with hundreds of screened in butterflies is a must-see! Children would love learning how caterpillars turn into butterflies in this interactive living exhibit.

Gardening experts will hold seminars and lectures during the festival and every night during the festival, visitors can dance to music from Flower Power Concerts.

We used to tease my grandfather by telling him that he should go and work for Disney. His hedges and trees were always perfectly trimmed. What do you think about the flowers and plants at Epcot? How do they keep them so immaculate?

Photos Courtesy of Walt Disney Word, used with permission.

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