New Disney character topiaries will salute the blockbuster animated film, “Frozen” and offer colorful selfie and family photo ops. Eleven Outdoor Kitchens with “grow your own” gardens will tempt taste buds with sweet and savory bites. Pop musicians with hits spanning four decades and multiple genres will debut the Garden Rocks Concert Series each weekend. And special weekend festival events will offer surprises for families, art lovers and gardening buffs.
Visit also: An impression of Epcot's International Flower & Garden Festival 2014 with many photos of last year's Festival.
There are over a dozen Disney-themed topiaries to experience, including:
Visit also: An impression of Epcot's International Flower & Garden Festival 2014 with many photos of last year's Festival.
Visit also: An impression of Epcot's International Flower & Garden Festival 2014 with many photos of last year's Festival.
- “Frozen” will melt hearts at the park’s World Showcase Plaza: Disney’s first Anna and Elsa topiaries will appear in a garden vignette from the Oscar-winning film’s finale. The garden will pop with color as the icy “Frozen” world, illustrated with white and silver blooms of delphinium, alyssum and other flowers, transforms to a brilliant spring palette featuring Gerbera daisies, petunias, Sweet William and other flora.
- Other brand-new Disney character topiaries will be Chip and Dale taking a star turn in two whimsical Epcot front-entrance “Goofy About Spring” floral vignettes. Topiary Goofy, Daisy and Pluto will be in on the fun.
- Fresh new menu items will debut at the festival’s 11 Outdoor Kitchens. The new Botanas Botánico Outdoor Kitchen between France and Morocco pavilions will showcase treats like Cachapas with Farmer’s Cheese, a sweet yellow corn pancake, and Seafood Ceviche with shrimp, scallops and grouper with mango and avocado. Guests can sip the new La Tizana, a non-alcoholic punch finished with fresh fruit that can become an adult beverage with a splash of Santa Teresa RHUM Orange Liqueur. For the third festival year running, guests can taste garden- and spring-inspired tapas-sized food and beverages, see how the ingredients are grown and have their complimentary Garden Passports stamped as they stroll the World Showcase promenade.
- A Southwest desert garden will premiere as a thriving ecosystem.
- Ten new gardens will surprise guests around every corner. Guests will discover a new healing-and-health garden, a pepper garden, a dinosaur-plant garden and a Shakespeare garden, among others, each designed with a storytelling element.
- Guests can follow the story of the Monarch butterfly’s epic journey across the continent and see butterflies emerge from their chrysalises to flit from plant to plant at the Butterflies On the Go exhibit in Future World.
- The Garden Rocks Concert Series will keep crowds rockin’ every Friday, Saturday and Sunday on the park’s America Gardens Theatre stage.
- Pablo Cruise and Little River Band will rock Epcot audiences for the first time. Jon Secada, Taylor Dayne and En Vogue, fan favorites who’ve played the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, will make their Flower & Garden Festival debuts. And 1990s chart toppers Gin Blossoms, also new to this spring festival, kick off the concert series March 6-8.
- Guests can dance each festival weekend to classic tunes at the park’s America Gardens Theatre. An eclectic mix of festival fan favorites includes the Village People, who debuted at the festival in 2013 and, with a nod to the 1960s, Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone will rock the house May 15-17.
- Performances are at America Gardens Theatre at 5:30, 6:45 and 8:00 p.m. every Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival and are included with Epcot admission.
- Here is this year’s lineup (subject to change without notice):
| March 6-8: | Gin Blossoms “Hey Jealousy” (New to this Festival) |
| March 13-15: | NEW! Pablo Cruise “Love Will Find a Way” |
| March 20-22: | En Vogue “Free Your Mind” (New to this Festival) |
| March 27-29: | Starship “We Built This City” |
| April 3-5: | The Orchestra starring former members of ELO “Evil Woman” |
| April 10-12: | Village People “Y.M.C.A.” |
| April 17-19: | Jon Secada “Just Another Day” (New to this Festival) |
| April 24-26: | The Guess Who “These Eyes” |
| May 1-3: | Taylor Dayne “Tell It to My Heart” (New to this Festival) |
| May 8-10: | NEW! Little River Band “Reminiscing” |
| May 15-17: | Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone “I’m Henry the VIII, I Am” |
- Special weekend festivities are slated: March 13-17 Spring into Spring Weekend with a nod to St. Patrick’s Day; March 27-29 Art in the Garden Weekend with outdoor art displays; April 17-22 Earth Day Weekend with nature activities for kids and families, Disney’s Animal Kingdom specialists April 17-19, and a sand-sculpture creation to showcase Disneynature’s soon-to-be released “Monkey Kingdom” film; and April 24-26 Florida Fresh Weekend featuring a bounty of edibles and other plants that thrive in Florida.
- Disney gardeners will lead weekend how-to Gardening Seminars and workshops at the Festival Center, where guests also can pick up signature festival merchandise.
- When the sun sets, illuminated topiary and play gardens will glow brightly for an after-dark festival experience.
Visit also: An impression of Epcot's International Flower & Garden Festival 2014 with many photos of last year's Festival.
Have a look at some of the new products coming to the Flower & Garden Festival.
Have a look at some of the new products coming to the Flower & Garden Festival.
Visit also: Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival Pin Releases March 2015
As park guests nibble on inspired Outdoor Kitchen goodies, they can wander among multiple themed gardens and children’s play areas.
Nearly 100 expertly crafted topiary characters, including Snow White, Bambi, Mickey Mouse and Peter Pan, will animate the landscape when Epcot transforms to a vibrant wonderland of sweeping floral beds and exhibits. Children can clamber around play gardens featuring state-of-the-art climbing equipment and hands-on activities in Mike & Sulley’s Monstrous Garden and The Living Desert Road Rally Garden with Mater and Lightning McQueen topiaries.
There are over a dozen Disney-themed topiaries to experience, including:
| Topiaries | Location |
| Anna and Elsa – NEW! | World Showcase Plaza |
| Goofy About Spring – NEW! | Near the Main Entrance |
| Featuring Goofy, Chip ‘n Dale and friends | |
| Miss Piggy & Tour de Fleurs Garden – NEW! | The Italy Pavilion |
| Spring Is in the Air! | Behind Spaceship Earth |
| Featuring Butterfly Topiaries | |
| Disney•Pixar Buzz Lightyear | Near Mission Space |
| The Living Desert Road Rally | The Test Track Walkway |
| Play area feat. Mater & Lightning McQueen | |
| Fantasia | West Future World |
| Phineas and Ferb | The Odyssey Bridge |
| Farmer Mickey & Minnie | Future World and World Showcase |
| Bambi & Friends | The Canada Pavilion |
| Featuring Bambi, Flower and Thumper | |
| Peter Pan, Captain Hook & Tick Toc Crock | The United Kingdom Pavilion |
| Aurora & Prince Phillip | The International Gateway and France Pavilion |
| Beauty and the Beast | The France Pavilion |
| Disney•Pixar Woody | The American Adventure |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | The Germany Pavilion |
| Lady and the Tramp | The Italy Pavilion |
| The Lion King, Feat. Mufasa, Pumbaa, Rafiki, | The Outpost between the Germany & China Pavilion |
| Sarabi, Simba, Timon | |
| Cinderella & Prince Charming | The France Pavilion |
| Year of the Ram | The China Pavilion |
| Troll | The Norway Pavilion |
Visit also: An impression of Epcot's International Flower & Garden Festival 2014 with many photos of last year's Festival.
