Posted on Wednesday, 3rd March 2010 by Kathy Werling

Today was the opening of the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival at Walt Disney World. To me this signals Spring in Orlando.

This is without a doubt my favorite event at Epcot.  I look forward to seeing the flowers and displays every year.  I can remember living up North and scheduling my vacation to view the festival. Today was not the best of days with cold temperatures, wind, and some rain while I was walking around.

The theme this year is “Celebrate the Great Outdoors.” I thought they did a great job carrying out that theme with the displays. One of the favorite areas for families was the Pixie Hollow Fairy Garden.

I love spending time in the Minnie’s Magnificent Butterfly Garden.  The butterflies were not very active today. I am sure the cold weather had something to do with it.

They had a new display this year for the Princess and the Frog. It was busy with families checking out the area.

I made my way over to the World Showcase. I couldn’t wait to see if some of my favorite displays were back.

I was looking forward to the roof garden in Norway.  It was very sparse this year.

I always enjoy the bonsai displays in Japan.  I think you need a lot of patience to create these masterpieces.

I think that the number of displays have diminished over the years.  I felt like I was going to visit something familiar and I came away thinking it looked a little sparse compared to festivals in the past. I did enjoy the topiaries. They have added more of them this year.  I do think that if you have never been to the event that you will have a very enjoyable time.

I will be going back to enjoy the Flower and Garden festival many times before it ends in May.  Let me know what you think if you visit. Become a friend on my Facebook page


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One Response to “2010 Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival debuts”

  1. rpincenti Says: (March 12th, 2010 at 7:50 am )

    Hi Kathy – I love the Flower & Garden Festival. I think it’s the absolute best time to visit WDW. I hope you can catch some of the musical groups, especially David Cassidy!

    I agree that things look sparse, but it’s still early. I do love the new topiaries – especially the American Gothic Mickey and Minnie. I don’t recall seeing all the dwarves before. I wonder if they are new. Also, the camping scene in front of SSE is too cute.

    So jealous I’m not there. But, I think I’ll go in 2011.


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