EPCOT’s Flower and Garden Festival is here!
This is a longer festival, running from March 1st through July 5th, and focusing on all those vibrant things that make the springtime special — flowers, fresh food, and a ton of color. So, what can you expect from this year’s festival? Let’s take a look at EVERYTHING available at the 2023 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival!
Outdoor Kitchens
One of the biggest parts of any of the EPCOT festivals is the food, of course! For Flower and Garden Festival, the booths become Outdoor Kitchens.
These booths each have a different theme and offer up exciting cuisine. Click here to see ALL of the menus for the booths, and click here to see our picks for the very BEST eats and drinks at the Festival.
Click here to see our 13 MUST-TRY items at the Festival!
Topiaries
Flower and Garden Festival is famous for its topiaries, and there are a ton of them a this year’s festival! There are actually some new topiaries to see, like topiaries of Mirabel, Antonio, Isabela, and Luisa from Disney’s Encanto. They are located near the main entrance of the park.
There is also a new Princess Tiana topiary over at The American Adventure!
And, you can find returning favorites like Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Captain Hook, Tick Tock Croc, Figment, Anna, Elsa, and more.
Click here for the full list of topiaries and gardens available at the Festival!
Garden Rocks Concert Series
The popular Garden Rocks Concert Series has returned as well! This is a concert included with the price of your admission to the park.
The FULL LIST of Garden Rocks performers has been revealed for 2023 and it includes Journey former lead vocalist Steve Augeri, Daughtry, Smash Mouth, The Pointer Sisters, and MORE.
See the full list here!
Want to make sure you get a good seat for the show? Consider booking a Garden Rocks dining package! They’re available on select dates from March 1st to July 5th, 2023 (excluding Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays), and reservations are now available.
The package is available at a few different restaurants in EPCOT, including Garden Grill, Le Cellier Steakhouse, and Biergarten.
See full pricing and details here!
Garden Graze
The Garden Graze is a food-based hunt that will have you pick up food items from different booths around the fest — and at the end, you get a prize!
Yep, you read that correctly — you get to eat some delicious snacks and win something for doing it. The prize this year includes an exclusive DOLE Whip, a special cup, and some seeds.
You can check out all the foods that qualify for this challenge right here!
And click here to see our FULL thoughts on the Garden Graze experience!
Spike’s Pollen-Nation Exploration
The spectacular scavenger hunt returning to the festival is Spike’s Pollen-Nation Exploration! It will take you along Spike’s pollination trail where you will find different Spike figures around the park.
Once you find Spike in each garden on your scavenger hunt map…
…you can turn it in for a prize!
The available prizes this year include your choice of a cup or plate in different designs (including ones featuring Figment and Orange Bird!).
See more about the scavenger hunt here!
Egg-Stravaganza
But that’s not the only scavenger hunt that’ll be available this year. Also returning is the Egg-Stravaganza Scavenger Hunt. It begins on March 13th and will only be available for a limited time.
You’ll set out on a quest throughout EPCOT to find Disney-themed eggs. Find the eggs, mark them on your map, and you can get a prize! The map and stickers can be purchased for $9.99.
Get more details here!
Blossoms of Fragrance (and Other Gardens)
On the bridge going to World Showcase from World Celebration, you can find the sights and scents of spring with Blossoms of Fragrance presented by Scentsy.
You’ll find vibrant butterfly topiaries as you check out six scent stations with unforgettable aromas!
But that isn’t the only garden that you can find. You’ll also spot a Bamboo Garden in China, the Butterfly Garden near the Imagination! pavilion…
…a new Shishi-Odoshi garden in Japan, and more.
See the full list of gardens here!
Merchandise
And there are TONS of merchandise items to check out at this year’s Festival too! You’ll find all kinds of shirts…
…water bottles…
…pins…
…bags…
…ears…
…and more themed to Orange Bird, Figment, and Snow White. And keep an eye out for an Orange Bird Munchling push! If you love Orange Bird, you can also get a unique souvenir combo. Some of the items can sell out quickly though, so check to see what’s available when you visit.
Click here for a FULL look at the Flower & Garden merchandise!
Festival Passport
When you enter EPCOT, don’t forget to pick up your FREE Festival Passport.
This has all kinds of helpful information in it and can help you keep track of the things you want to do (and eat!) throughout the day. Plus, it’ll hold your qualifying stamps for the Garden Graze food challenge.
See more about the passport here!
Spaceship Earth Show
Be sure to stick around EPCOT until it gets dark too! That way you’ll be able to enjoy the Encanto-themed Spaceship Earth light show!
It’s a great way to end a day full of eating and drinking with a beautiful display and some incredible music.
Click here to see more about the show.
For full coverage from our first day at the Flower & Garden Festival, click here! And stay tuned for more Disney news.
Click here to see more about EPCOT’s Flower and Garden Festival!
Will you be going to the Flower and Garden Festival this year? Tell us in the comments!
We were going to make the trip to Disney from the UK in 2020, but hey we know what happened to the world, it was going to be for our 25th wedding anniversary (we got married in Orlando). Anyway 2.5 years later we are going to be in Disney in April, staying at a Disney resort hotel and we are fulfilling a dream of mine to go to the Epcot Flower & Garden festival. It’s 17.5 yrs since we last went to Disney so I’m a little excited.
I hope you have an amazing time, Tina!! Happy belated anniversary!
I wish that the name & dates of the bands would be released sooner! I want to make flight arrangements but would like to have it be at a time when it is a band that you want to hear.
I am looking forward to this as it’s been three years since I have been to Disney. I’m from the UK and a big Disney fan. And the Epcot flower show starts the day before my birthday.