“Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime.” — Bambi
2024 Festival dates are February 28 to May 27, 2024
February 28th saw the start of the 30th Flower & Garden Festival at Epcot!
If you have never gone to this festival, you will want to add this festival to your travel plans! It is a lot of fun. Here are the details for this years festival!
Flower and Garden Festival Passport
As with all festival’s there is a Festival Passport to help you know where to find the festival fun! Remember, the passport can be picked up at the entrance to the park as well as the registers of the outdoor kitchens and some merchandise kiosks.
You can also get stamps for the Garden Graze Menu challenge. Once you’ve collected 5 stamps, you get a festival treat! Treats can be collected at Pineapple Promenade (near Port of Entry).
Flower and Garden Topiaries
As in years past, topiaries are a huge part of the Festival! All around Epcot, there are amazing topiaries created by the horticulturalists of Epcot. This year saw the introduction of a few new topiaries! Wish is the feature topiary located at Main Entrance.
Tiana has returned & is located in The American Adventure pavilion again this year. The outdoor kitchen “Magnolia Terrace” is centered around the Bayou and fits beautifully with Tiana’s topiary.
Near the entrance to Mexico, is a new topiary. Pixar’s Coco with Miguel & Dante. You can find this topiary next to the outdoor kitchen “Jardin de Fiestas” where you can purchase the YUMMY Floral Margarita.
Another NEW topiary for 2024 features GROOT. This topiary is extremely popular and is located in between Mission Space & Guardians of the Galaxy.
Beautiful Gardens
There are several NEW gardens this year! The PB&J garden on the bridge to World Showcase. It is a fun, silly and slightly educational garden about peanut butter & jelly sandwiches.
The Gnome Garden in Germany is new to this years festival as well. As is the China Penjing Garden. Both make beautiful photo ops.
The Blossoms of Fragrance garden presented by Scentsy is back again this year and is located on the bridge to World Showcase.
Here are the other gardens offered this year:
Community Garden – Near Connections Cafe
Connections Conservatory Garden – Inside Connections Cafe
The Honey Bee-stro Garden– Walkway between Imagination! and World Showcase Lagoon
Songbird Meadow – between Creations Shop & Test Track
Camp Get Out ‘N’ Play Garden – between Creations Shop & Test Track
Prehistoric Plants – near Mission Space (close to the food stand by the bathrooms closest to Creations Store)
Butterfly Landing – Near Imagination!
Floating Gardens – World Nature
Bold Bromeliads – Near The Land
English Tea Garden – United Kingdom
Topiary Heritage Garden – United Kingdom
Shakespeare Garden – United Kingdom
Desert Garden – Mexico
Extraordinary Orchids – Mexico
Tropical Rainforest Garden – Mexico
Bamboo Garden – China
Miniature Garden – Germany
Garden Italiano – Italy
Bonsai Collection – Japan
Shishi-Odoshi – Japan
Kokedama Garden – Japan
Spice Garden – Morocco
Bouquet Garden – France
Scavenger Hunt
Spike’s Pollen-Nation Exploration is back for 2024 and is a great way to experience all aspects of the Flower & Garden Festival! It’s also a great way to entertain the kiddos.
The maps can be purchased in the Creations Shop, the World Traveler store and Festival Markets around the park.
After finding Spike at all the “gardens”, take the map to one of the redemption centers. The Creation Store is one of the locations, so you could even redeem it and claim your prize as you leave the park.
Food & Outdoor Kitchens
The outdoor kitchens have outdone themselves again! The food options vary and gain inspiration from the garden’s & topiaries on display.
Here are a few of the delicious options this year!
Garden Rocks Concerts
The Garden Rocks Concert Series is offering some great entertainment this year! There are 3 concert times. 5:30pm, 6:45pm and 8pm.
The lineup for 2024:
February 28 & 29 The Vybe
March 1 & 2 Jason Scheff
March 3 & 4 Richard Marx
March 5, 6 & 7 Evolution Motown
March 8 & 9 Berlin
March 10 & 11 Rick Springfield
March 12, 13 & 14 Dian Diaz
March 15 & 16 Modern English
March 17 & 18 Commodores
March 19, 20 & 21 Foreigners Journey
March 22, 23, 24 & 25 The Orchestra
March 26, 27 & 28 The Female Collective
March 29 & 30 Mike DelGuidice
March 31 & April 1 Pointer Sisters
April 2, 3 & 4 Funkafied
April 5 & 6 Blue October
April 7 & 8 Crowder
April 9, 10 & 11 Hooligans
April 12 & 13 Jo Dee Messina
April 14 & 15 A Flock of Seagulls
April 16, 17 & 18 M-80’s
April 19, 20, 21 & 22 Plain White T’s
April 23, 24 & 25 Champagne Orchestra
April 26 & 27 Starship featuring Mickey Thomas
April 28 & 29 Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone
April 30 & May 1 & 2 Southbound
May 3 Monsieur Perine
May 4 Raul Acosta & Oro Solido with Magic Juan
May 5 Raul Acosta & Oro Solido with Luisito Ayala and the Puerto Rican Power Band
May 6 TBA
May 7, 8 & 9 Gilly & the Girl Band
May 10, 11, 12 & 13 Simple Plan
May 14, 15 & 16 Element
May 17 & 18 The Spinners
May 19 & 20 Fonseca
May 21, 22 & 23 Epic
May 24 & 25 Lit
May 26 & 27 TBA
You can get special dining (Eat to the Beat) and avoid the long lines and have reserved seating for the concerts. Reservations are required for the dining and are usually a specialty price fixe menu. Let your MMP Advisor know and they can answer any questions for you and secure your reservation.
Photo Pass
There are so many amazing photo pass opportunities surrounding the festival! If you have Memory Maker, be sure and take advantage of these unique photo opportunities.
The Epcot Flower and Garden Festival is an annual event. This years event runs through May 27th. It is a beautiful time to visit Walt Disney World’s Epcot and truly when Epcot blooms the brightest.
Would you like to learn about the other amazing festivals are available at Epcot, check out Holidays Around The World at Epcot and Epcot International Food & Wine Festival and Festival of the Arts.
