2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival: What’s New This Year

Spring breezes bring the beauty of the 2024 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival, running from Feb. 28 through May 27, 2024. Over 90 days, guests can experience vibrant floral displays, new topiaries, mouthwatering dishes, live music, and interactive activities.

🌿 New Topiaries to Discover

Disney’s talented horticulture cast members have crafted stunning topiaries that bring favorite characters to life. New this year:

• Groot – near Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind in World Discovery.
• Asha, Valentino, and Star – at EPCOT’s main entrance, inspired by Disney’s Wish.
• Miguel and Dante from Coco – take center stage in Mexico Pavilion.
• Figment – in the newly opened World Celebration Gardens.
• Princess Tiana – gracing The American Adventure pavilion.

🌷 Explore EPCOT’s Gardens

More than 25 gardens are scattered throughout the park, offering a mix of beauty and education. Key highlights:

• Floating Gardens in World Nature with over 170 mini plots.
• Festival Blooms – a colorful panorama in World Celebration.
• Songbird Meadow – attracting birds and teaching visitors how to create bird-friendly spaces.

Don’t miss the English Tea Garden by Twinings for a tour of tea plants and their uses.

🍴 Outdoor Kitchens and Flavorful Bites

With nearly 20 Outdoor Kitchens, guests can savor new flavors and returning favorites. Don’t miss these:

• Cubanito at Florida Fresh: Mojo-marinated pork belly and ham with pickles and mustard sauce.
• Chicken & Waffles at The Honey Bee-stro.
• Chocolate Whisky Cake at Northern Bloom.

Enhance your foodie experience with the Garden Graze, a delicious food stroll. Collect five stamps in your Festival Passport and redeem them for a special treat at Pineapple Promenade.

🌼 Interactive Fun and Scavenger Hunts

The festival offers family-friendly activities:

• Spike’s Pollination Exploration – Join Spike the Bee on his scavenger hunt.
• Egg-stravaganza Hunt – Find 12 bunny-inspired eggs hidden around World Showcase.

Both hunts end with a surprise gift when you redeem your completed map!

🎶 Garden Rocks Concert Series

The Garden Rocks concert series returns to the American Gardens Theatre with local and international acts. New artists for 2024 include Modern English, Crowder, Lit, and Fonseca.

Dining Packages guarantee priority seating at seven EPCOT restaurants, including Coral Reef, Garden Grill, and Le Cellier Steakhouse.

This year, new groups join the lineup, including Modern English, Crowder, Fonseca, Lit, and Monsieur Periné. Also, for the first time, Raul Acosta & Oro Solido will share the stage with Luisito, then return the next day with Magic Juan.** 

🛍 Festival Merchandise and Shopping

Shop for exclusive merchandise at Festival Markets or Creations Shop. Collections include:

• Orange Bird apparel and garden decor.
• Coco-themed headwear and home decor.
• Minnie Mouse Butterfly Collection – starring beautiful floral designs.

Annual Passholders can snag exclusive Spike the Bee items. Select merchandise will also be available on shopDisney starting March 4.

Guests can spread a little sunshine everywhere they go with adorable Orange Bird apparel, accessories, garden decor and more, or “seize the moment” with headwear, home decor and apparel inspired by characters from “Coco.” 

Fluttering into the spotlight at the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival, the Butterfly Collection stars Minnie Mouse in a beautiful, flowery assortment. Annual Passholders will also find a passholder-exclusive collection featuring Spike the Bee, the festival’s favorite pollinator friend. Select festival merchandise will also be coming to shopDisney March 4.