EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival

In 2026 the festival had more than 60 topiaries of Disney characters and over 31 gardens and floral displays, with more than 200,000 bedding plants added across the park. Walking the World Showcase loop and the front of the park takes in most of the displays.

Indoors, CommuniCore Hall hosted a festival exhibit giving a bee's-eye view of a giant garden that moves from day to night. There was also a butterfly walk-through, Butterfly Landing, in 2026.

Garden Rocks runs at America Gardens Theatre and is included with admission, first come, first served. The 2026 lineup included The Music of ABBA, Billy Ocean, Sugar Ray, The Commodores, Queensryche and Maverick City Music, each for two or three days. Disney has not named 2027 performers.

Garden Rocks Dining Packages pair a meal with a guaranteed concert seat. In 2026 they went on sale on February 5, about a month before opening. Expect a similar pattern for 2027, and book early for big-name weekends. 2027 package prices have not been published.

Festival food comes from Outdoor Kitchens, kiosks serving garden-inspired small plates and drinks. The Garden Graze is a food stroll with a sweet reward at the end.

Menus and prices for 2027 are not out yet. Tasting plates at EPCOT's Food & Wine Festival in 2026 cost about $4.79 to $10.49, which is a reasonable planning figure until the Flower & Garden menus appear.

This is the EPCOT festival that works best for young children. Spike's Pollen-Nation Exploration is a scavenger hunt following Spike the Bee around the park. In 2026 there was also an Eggstravaganza hunt. The topiaries double as photo stops, and the gardens give small children something to look at between rides.

For age-by-age park planning, see Orlando with kids. If you are also planning Universal, Universal Mardi Gras usually overlaps with the first weeks of this festival, though its 2027 dates are not yet announced.

See the gardens in the morning, when the light is soft and the paths are emptier, and graze the Outdoor Kitchens from late morning instead of booking a sit-down lunch. Leave the concerts for the evening and join the line early only for an act you really want to see.

Skip the concert dining package unless the act matters to you; the standby line costs nothing. Consider it for headliners, which in 2026 included Billy Ocean and The Commodores. And skip paying extra for a Park Hopper just to see the festival: it fills a full EPCOT day on its own. Our Park Hopper verdict explains when hopping does pay.

Spring break fills Orlando from mid-March through the Easter period; Easter Sunday is March 28 in 2027. The calmer window is usually the weekdays of late April and May, before Memorial Day weekend. May 31, 2027, the final day, is Memorial Day.

Florida warms up through May, so plan garden-walking for the morning. Note the gap before the festival: Festival of the Arts ends March 1, 2027, so there is no EPCOT festival from March 2 to 9. After May 31, the next festival is Food & Wine in late summer; Disney has not yet announced its 2027 dates. See best time to visit Orlando.