The 2019 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival runs from March, 6 – June 3, 2019, at Walt Disney World. What began in 1994 as a 38-day celebration of Disney-style gardens and topiaries has grown over the years to what it is today, a 90-day spring extravaganza. This guide covers our tips & tricks for experiencing everything the Flower & Garden Festival has to offer. The Flower and Garden Festival is held every spring at Epcot. The festival focuses on special exhibits related to gardening, plants, and flowers. There are other fun events now like the addition of food booths and a concert series as well. So to sum it up the Epcot’s Flower and Garden Festival has turned into a mini Food and Wine Festival, just with lots of extra flowers!
2019 Epcot’s Flower and Garden Festival Offerings
Topiaries
There is no shortage of flowers this year! Dozens of “flower towers” and beds of multi-colored blooms transform Epcot’s landscape. At least 70,000 bedding plants will surround the Future World east and west lakes alone; on the water, 220 mini-gardens will be set afloat. That’s just one small section of the park!
Among the nearly 100 festival topiaries, you will notice some of your favorites from the past are returning. Some of these include the pandas and Bromeliad dragon at the China pavilion, the Three Caballeros at the Mexico pavilion, Disney-Pixar’s Woody at the American Adventure pavilion and Buzz Lightyear in Future World.
For a more pictures read our 2018 Epcot Flower and Garden Topiary Tour
Special Events at Epcot’s Flower and Garden Festival
A brand-new Future World interactive play garden and a revved-up Road to Florida 500 garden featuring new games and play challenges will set the pace for family festival fun. The new interactive area in Future World will feature a play maze, a sensory garden, an activity zone, and a covered seating area. The redesigned “Cars” themed garden based on the Pixar sequel, “Cars 3,” will add more fun activities like highway bingo for families.
Gardening Tours
Royal Garden Tea Tour
For just $20 you can embark on a guided tour of an English tea garden, where you’ll enjoy a sampling of tea and scones. The Royal Garden Tea Tour begins at 9:30 AM in the United Kingdom Pavilion at Epcot. Yup! That is before World Showcase opens to everyone else at 11:00 AM. Your tour guide will lead you through an elegant tea garden, where you’ll spend approximately 45 minutes exploring the garden in-depth, and learning the artistry and history of growing and blending tea.
Gardens of the World
Over the course of 3 hours, join a knowledgeable Disney Horticulturist for a fascinating walking tour throughout the World Showcase Pavilions. Hear behind-the-scenes tales about the award-winning topiaries and gardens that make the Festival so special. Plus you will even learn ways you can apply Disney landscaping techniques at home. The price of this tour is $85.00 plus tax, per guest. Guests must be at least 12 years of age to participate. In addition, guests under 18 years of age who are participating in the tour must be accompanied by a paying guest at least 18 years of age. To make a reservation, visit Guest Relations, or call (407) WDW-TOUR or (407) 939-8687 for availability.
Garden Rocks Concerts
The popular Garden Rocks Concert Series has returned and expanded to every day of the festival! The lineup features chart-topping artists performing three shows daily on the America Gardens Theatre stage. That’s 270 concerts! New and returning fan favorites spanning multiple genres. Returning favorites like The Spinners and Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone will be joined by artists new to the festival like TobyMac, Steven Curtis Chapman and Colin Hay of Men at Work.
These concerts are free with Epcot admission. You can catch a show three times per evening (5:30 pm, 6:45 pm, 8:00 pm) throughout the Festival.
- March 6-8: Journey former lead vocalist Steve Augeri “Don’t Stop Believin’ ”
- March 9-10: Glass Tiger “Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone)”
- March 11-12: Jon Anderson of Yes (NEW to Garden Rocks) “Owner of a Lonely Heart”
- March 13-14: Tony Orlando “Tie a Yellow Ribbon ’round the Ole Oak Tree“
- March 15-16: Wang Chung “Everybody Have Fun Tonight”
- March 17-20: Simple Plan “Welcome to My Life”
- March 21-22: Ambrosia (NEW to Garden Rocks) “How Much I Feel”
- March 23-24: Magic Giant (NEW to Garden Rocks) “Set On Fire”
- March 25 – 27: Air Supply (NEW to Garden Rocks) “All Out of Love”
- March 28-29: Berlin featuring Terri Nunn “Take My Breath Away”
- March 30-31: The Smithereens (NEW to Garden Rocks) “Top of the Pops”
- April 1-2: Rick Springfield “Jessie’s Girl”
- April 3-4: Christopher Cross (NEW to Garden Rocks) “Sailing”
- April 5-7: The Spinners “Working My Way Back to You”
- April 8-9: Dennis DeYoung, an original member of the group Styx “Come Sail Away”
- April 10-11: Jon Michael Montgomery (NEW to Garden Rocks) “I Can Love You Like That”
- April 12-13: Sister Sledge (NEW to Garden Rocks) “We Are Family”
- April 14-16: Night Ranger “Sister Christian”
- April 17-19: Sister Hazel (NEW to Garden Rocks) “All For You”
- April 20-21: Steven Curtis Chapman (NEW) “Cinderella”
- April 22-23: TobyMac (NEW) “The Elements”
- April 24-26: Lonestar “Amazed”
- April 27-30: The Orchestra starring former members of ELO “Evil Woman”
- May 1-4: Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone “I’m Henry VIII I Am”
- May 5-7: Don Felder, Formerly of the Eagles “Hotel California”
- May 8-9: A Flock of Seagulls “I Ran (So Far Away)”
- May 10-11: Marshall Tucker Bans (NEW to Garden Rocks) “Can’t See You”
- May 12-13: Peabo Bryson, “If You’re Ever In My Arms Again”
- May 14-15: Richard Marx (NEW to Garden Rocks) “Right Here Waiting”
- May 16-19: Starship, Starring Mickey Thomas “We Built This City”
- May 20-21: Colin Hay of Men at Work (NEW) “Who Can It Be Now?”
- May 22-23: War (NEW to Garden Rocks) “Why Can’t We Be Friends?”
- May 24-27: The Guess Who “These Eyes”
- May 28-29: Jon Secada “Just Another Day”
- May 30-June 1: Blood, Sweat, and Tears “Spinning Wheel
- June 2-3: Eddie Palmieri (NEW) “Vamanos Pa’l Monte”
Garden Rocks Concert Dining Package
Dining Reservation start times are at least 2.5 hours prior to the Garden Rocks show time. If you are booking online will be assigned a showtime automatically. To pick your own show time we recommend calling (407) WDW-DINE. Make sure you arrive at the America Gardens theater at least 15 minutes prior to the concert start time and use the designated dining package entrance. If you like you can use the Disney Dining Plan to pay for the packages. This will set you back 2 table service credits per person for any meal/restaurant
Participating Epcot Restaurants
Here is the full list of participating restaurants for the Garden Rocks Dining Packages:
Akershus Royal Banquet Hall
Norway Pavilion
Breakfast: $63.00 for adults; $38.00 for kids
Lunch: $73.00 for adults; $44.00 for kids
Dinner: $73.00 for adults; $44.00 for kids
Biergarten Restaurant
Germany Pavilion
Lunch: $55.00 for adults; $31.00 for kids
Dinner: $55.00 for adults; $31.00 for kids
Chefs de France
France Pavilion
Lunch: $72.00 for adults; $19.00 for kids
Dinner: $80.00 for adults; $25.00 for kids
Coral Reef Restaurant
The Living Seas Pavilion
Lunch: $67.00 for adults; $22.00 for kids
Dinner: $67.00 for adults; $22.00 for kids
The Garden Grill Restaurant
The Land Pavilion
Breakfast $49.00 for adults; $30.00 for kids
Lunch: $63.00 for adults; $38.00 for kids
Dinner: $63.00 for adults; $38.00 for kids
La Hacienda de San Angel
Mexico Pavilion
Dinner: $82 for adults; $25.75 for kids
Nine Dragons Restaurant
China Pavilion
Lunch: $50.00 for adults; $16.99 for kids
Dinner: $58.00 for adults; $18.50 for kids
Restaurant Marrakesh
Morocco Pavilion
Lunch: $52.00 for adults; $19.00 for kids
Dinner: $63.00 for adults; $19.00 for kids
Rose & Crown Pub & Dining Room
United Kingdom Pavilion
Lunch: $57.00 for adults; $21.00 for kids
Dinner: $57.00 for adults; $21.00 for kids
San Angel Inn Restaurante
Mexico Pavilion
Lunch: $70 for adults; $23 for kids
Dinner: $82 for adults; $25.75 for kids
Spice Road Table
Morocco Pavilion
Lunch: $52.00 for adults; $19.00 for kids
Dinner: $63.00 for adults; $19.00 for kids
Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria
Italy Pavilion
Lunch: $54.00 for adults; $20.00 for kids
Dinner: $57.00 for adults; $24.00 for kids
Tutto Italia Ristorante
Italy Pavilion
Lunch: $64.00 for adults; $22.00 for kids
Dinner: $70.00 for adults; $25.00 for kids
Tokyo Dining
Japan Pavilion
Lunch: $65.00 for adults; $20.50 for kids
Dinner: $78.00 for adults; $23.50 for kids
Teppan Edo
Japan Pavilion
Lunch: $65.00 for adults; $20.50 for kids
Dinner: $78.00 for adults; $23.50 for kids
Epcot’s Flower and Garden Festival Outdoor Kitchens
Violet Lemonade from Epcot Flower and Garden Festival
The Outdoor Kitchens scattered around World Showcase are the same type you find during the Food & Wine Festival. Each kiosk offers different food and drinks. Kiosks for the festival are sprinkled throughout World Showcase. A cool new addition this year, each Outdoor Kitchen will feature its own raised-bed or in-ground garden of herbs and produce that show you how to grow what you eat.
If you’ve never attended a festival at Epcot before, it’s worth noting that just ordering from the kiosks will cost you considerably more than eating an actual meal. So if you’re looking to save money, stay away from the Outdoor Kitchens.
Special Flower and Garden Merchandise
A full range of Festival merchandise will be available to commemorate your visit to the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival. Below is a look at last years merchandise. I would expect a lot of the same for 2019 just updated with this years theme and logo. If you would like to buy any of the festival merchandise Disney is selling it online at shopDisney.com.
Annual Passholder Specials
If you are Disney World Annual Passholder don’t forget to pick up your free commemorative magnet. You will need to present your annual pass along with a photo ID. In the same building, you will also be able to pick up reserved seating for the Garden Rocks concert series. They will give you a wristband with the corresponding show time you want to attend. Remember both of these items are first come; first serve. So head over early in the day to make sure you get what you want!
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