| Epcot Flower and Garden
Festival
New: ‘Cinderellabration’ Topiary, Pirates
Adventure Zone, Pixie Hollow Playground
An elaborate “Cinderellabration” topiary and an
environmentally friendly Green Garden will bring fresh
springtime flair to the 16th annual Epcot International
Flower & Garden Festival March 18-May 31, 2009. Amid
a colorful tableau of flowers, plants and topiaries, Walt
Disney World guests of all ages can explore myriad exhibits
and activities geared toward gardening and outdoor fun. Weekend
Flower
Power concerts will
pump up the volume and spread a groovy vibe at America
Gardens Theatre in World Showcase.
Each year, Disney gardeners channel their creative energy
into presenting an intricate topiary display against the
backdrop of Spaceship Earth. This year, Cinderella and
Prince Charming, Snow White and the seven dwarfs, Sleeping
Beauty and Prince Phillip, and Belle and Beast from
“Beauty and the Beast” will debut in all their
“blooming finery” as the grand front-entrance topiary
during the 75-day festival.
New gardens, events and children’s play areas offer more
reasons to visit the 16th annual festival:
Green Garden– Anyone can create an
environmentally friendly garden; here’s where guests will
learn about low-water-use gardens, incorporating native
plants into their garden and recycling.
Pixie
Hollow – Colorful topiaries of Tinker Bell and her
friends from Walt Disney Pictures’ “Tinker Bell” will
sprinkle pixie dust over this playful garden designed just
for kids.
Pirates
Adventure Zone – Peter Pan, Captain Hook and Croc
topiaries will lure young swashbucklers to this interactive
space designed for exploration and adventure.
Special
Environmentality Celebration (April 24-26) – This
special event will showcase how to keep the planet green
through solutions like reducing waste and using friendly
bugs.
Throughout the festival, more than 70 topiaries will
decorate the park landscape and showcase the extraordinary
craftsmanship of Disney gardeners. Sweeping floral
beds and exhibits will feature 30 million blooms. A
Fragrance Garden at the France pavilion will tell the
“love story” of plants and perfume, and the English Tea
Garden at the United Kingdom pavilion will explore the art
and history of blending tea plants. The art of bonsai
will “wow” guests at the Japan showcase.
Other festival highlights will include:
Flower Power
concerts -- Popular bands will rock the open-air America
Gardens Theatre every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 5:15,
6:30 and 7:45 p.m. The concert lineup is slated to
include new acts like Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes, plus pop
favorites like Davy Jones, Chubby Checker & The
Wildcats, Tony Orlando, Jose Feliciano, Herman’s Hermits
starring Peter Noone and other top acts.
Minnie’s
Magnificent Butterfly Garden -- Hundreds of butterflies
will flit inside a walk-through screened enclosure that
includes a live exhibit showing how caterpillars form a
chrysalis and emerge as butterflies.
Disney Gardening at Home presentations --
Disney horticulturists will share gardening tips and lead
guests in a hands-on, take-home activity.
The Great
American Gardeners series -- Gardening celebrities and
authors from across the country will reveal their gardening
secrets.
The Garden Town Festival Center -- Guests can
shop for festival merchandise, attend speaker presentations
and demonstrations and ask gardening questions of the
experts.
Simba’s Birthday Celebration -- A lineup of
topiary characters straight from Walt Disney Pictures’
“The Lion King” will greet guests at World Showcase
Plaza.
Poster Signings -- Artist Heather French will
sign festival posters each Friday, Saturday and Sunday from
11 a.m.-9 p.m. at Canada Garden Retreat.
More Festival Celebrations -- An Art in the
Garden celebration of plein air artists and a Kids Paint Out
will occur March 27-29; a Florida Farmer’s Market
celebration will take place May 8-10. More
celebrations will bloom throughout the festival.
More information about the 16th annual Epcot International
Flower & Garden Festival is available by calling
407/W-DISNEY (934-7639) or by visiting disneyworld.com/flower. The
festival, including all gardening programs and exhibits, is
included in regular Epcot admission.
Butterfly
fun fascinates youngsters at the Epcot International Flower
& Garden Festival at the Walt Disney
World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. During the festival,
guests can explore Minnie’s Magnificent Butterfly
Garden, a butterfly conservatory where hundreds of
fluttering beauties abound.
Future World and World
Showcase are palettes of brilliant color with more than 30
million blooms during
the annual Epcot International Flower & Garden
Festival at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista,
Fla.
In bloom for the festival are elaborate topiaries,
gardening seminars, demonstrations, the Flower
Power concert series, themed weekends and children's
activities that include exploring a butterfly
conservatory.
Floral Fun & 'Going
Green’
Paints Landscape March 18-May 3 1, 2009, During 16th
Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival
Epcot
blooms with more than 30 million colorful blossoms,
fanciful Disney-themed topiaries,
interactive activities for kids, musical concerts by
famous chart-topping acts, and workshops with
national gardening experts during this annual spring
festival.
(Press
release and images above Copyright Disney)
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