It’s almost that time of year again when Epcot is transformed into a park filled with topiaries and flowers everywhere. Here are the Epcot Flower & Garden details for 2016.

Epcot Flower & Garden details 2016

When: March 2 – May 30, 2016

Where: Epcot at Walt Disney World

Cost: Free with park admission

What’s new?

Quite a few new things await guests at this years Flower & Garden Festival.

• Huey, Dewey and Louie topiaries will feature floral interpretations of Donald’s nephews inspired by a 1943 Donald Duck comic book called “The Victory Garden” at the Epcot front-entrance garden display with Donald and Daisy.
• Harmony Gardens musical playground will debut featuring Disney’s Fab Five topiaries of “band leader” Mickey Mouse plus Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Pluto and Donald Duck topiaries. With the playground’s interactive drums, chimes and xylophones, children can create their own musical sounds as well as climb around.
• Ranger Mickey topiary garden in Future World will offer a photo opportunity featuring a Spaceship Earth backdrop to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Parks Service.
• Anna and Elsa topiaries will move to the Norway pavilion from their spot last year in World Showcase Plaza.
• A new edible flower garden by The Land pavilion will showcase petals with flavor.
• La Isla Fresca outdoor kitchen features Jamaican Braised Beef with Pigeon-Pea Rice and Jerk-Spiced Grouper or Chicken with Mango Salsa.
• Cider House outdoor kitchen will feature Field Greens salad with greens harvested from The Land pavilion, heirloom apples, Stilton cheese and dried blueberries will pair well with a blueberry hard cider from Plant City, Florida.
• April 8-10 – The new Family Fun Weekend presents outdoor activities for everyone to enjoy and a Festival Center focus on bugs with Disney’s Animal Kingdom specialists.
• On the south side of Spaceship Earth, Disney gardeners will paint the landscape with a Floral Sun garden and yellow “sunbursts” will sprout in a new Future World topiary garden featuring Minnie Mouse and Pluto.

What’s returning

• Character topiaries will still be scattered throughout World Showcase.
• Outdoor kitchens Urban Farm Eats, Pineapple Promenade, Fleur de Lys, Florida Fresh, Taste of Marrakesh, Hanami, The Smokehouse: Barbecue and Brews, Primavera Kitchen, Lotus House, Bauernmarkt and Jardin de Fiestas.
• “Butterflies on the Go” butterfly garden
• Garden Rocks concert series
• Fun Fresh Weekends
• Festival Center

2016 Flower & Garden Topiaries

Garden Rocks Concert Series lineup

We will continue to add details to this post as they become available.