In addition to Outdoor Kitchens, the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival also hosts a handful of Special Events!

Joining the Festival’s Outdoor Kitchens, Special Events enhance your festival experience. While some tours and experiences do require a fee, others are available free of charge.

Click here to see the menus AND photos of all the food from the 2023 Epcot Flower and Garden Festival!

Entertainment

The popular Garden Rocks Concert Series are free with EPCOT admission, and take place at the America Gardens Theater.

You can see the full list of artists performing at the Flower and Garden Festival here, along with information about Garden Rocks Dining Packages, which pair lunch or dinner at a participating EPCOT restaurant with guaranteed seating for a Garden Rocks performance for that evening!

You could also tap your toes to the sound of the Jammin’ Gardeners, performing rhythmic beats with inspired backyard percussion (known throughout the year in EPCOT as the JAMMitors)!

More Flower and Garden Festival Fun

Free with EPCOT Admission

The Festival is included in regular EPCOT admission (with a few additional activities typically available for participation at a low cost).

And, of course, the gorgeous Disney Character Topiaries all around the park enhance everyone’s visit to EPCOT!

For 2023, a new Princess Tiana topiary will appear in The American Adventure pavilion, and a NEW “Encanto” topiaries will feature Mirabel, Antonio, Isabela and Luisa near the park’s main entrance!

Other character topiaries include Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Germany pavilion and Lumiere and Cogsworth welcoming you to the recently expanded France pavilion.

Global Gardens

A springtime stroll around EPCOT will present opportunities to enjoy beautiful Gardens all around the park!

The Bambi Butterfly House allows guests to visit beautiful butterflies each day until dusk.

And at Outdoor Escapes Presented by OFF! Repellents, guests are able to unwind in refreshing spaces that may just inspire you to create your own garden escape for friends and family back home.

From a Tropical Rainforest Garden in the Mexico pavilion, to the English Tea Garden and Shakespeare Garden in the United Kingdom, to a Bamboo Garden in China, and MUCH more, you’re only just steps away from finding the next spring-inspired scene!

The Festival Passport will let you know where to find them all!

Health Full Trail

The Health Full Trail Presented by AdventHealth welcomes the whole family to learn ways to stay healthy at the garden along the Imagination walkway in keeping with the Flavor Full Kitchen Hosted by AdventHealth.

Growing the Future

When available, Growing the Future takes place near the Imagination pavilion.

This free education presentation is about growing practices.

While featured topics can change, you can check out what we learned about the composition of soil when we attended this presentation here!

Guests may receive takeaways, which included a notebook, colored pencils, and a booklet with beans and a flower when we attended!

Low-Cost Activities

Egg-Stravaganza and Spike’s Pollen Nation Exploration

Also fun for the whole family is Spike’s Pollen Nation Exploration!

The Disney honeybee named Spike has been pollinating his way around the festival and guests can follow his trail!

Guests may purchase a map and stickers (in 2021, the price was $9.99 plus tax) and fill in the map as they search for the plants Spike has pollinated.

When the map is complete, guests can return it to Disney Traders or World Traveler for a springtime surprise!

Click here for our review of Spike the Bee’s Scavenger Hunt!

The Egg-Stravaganza Scavenger Hunt returns for 2023. Stay tuned for more details.

When this activity is available, guests can purchase a map and stickers (in 2021, the price was $9.99 plus tax) and hunt for Disney character “eggs” throughout World Showcase.

When you find all the “eggs” you can return your map to Disney Traders for a “sp-egg-tacular surprise.”

See our Egg-stravaganza review here!

EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival Special Events and Tours

Several garden tours have been offered for previous Festivals.

Guests could simply visit The Tea Caddy shop and ask a Cast Member for information on how to begin. When you finish your self-guided tour, return to The Tea Caddy and let a Cast Member know you’re finished.

After that, you could pick two free tea bags to take home!

Gardens of the World has also been offered in previous years, and you can find the details here for future planning.

Ready to Plan for Your 2023 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival Trip?

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