Posted on Tuesday, 4th October 2011 by Dave Parfitt

Are you one of those families that are only able to come to Walt Disney World once a year, or once every few years?  Have you been forced to choose between Epcot’s popular Flower and Garden Festival in the spring and the Food and Wine Festival in the Fall?  Do you have a husband or [...]

Tags: Children's Miracle Network, Epcot Flower and Garden festival, EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival, Flower and Garden Festival, food and wine festival, golf, Magnolia Golf Course, PGA Tour
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Posted on Monday, 28th February 2011 by Dave Parfitt

Buzz and Woody!  Buzz and Woody!  “Toy Story 3″ just won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film, what are you doing next? We’re going to Disney World!!! The 2011 Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival opens Wednesday, March 2nd, and for the first time the Disney/Pixar characters from the Toy Story film franchise are included among [...]

Tags: Epcot, Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, Eric Darden, Flower and Garden Festival, Toy Story
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Posted on Saturday, 3rd April 2010 by Dave Parfitt

As we enter April, the 17th annual Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, “Celebrate the Great Outdoors”, is nearly halfway through its 2010 run.  Recently I chatted with Eric Darden, the Horticultural Manager for the Festival and co-manager of the Disney Nursery.  This is Eric’s 7th year in the manager role for the festival, and [...]

Tags: butterfly house, DIS Interview, Epcot, Eric Darden, Fairy, Flower and Garden Festival, Pixie Hollow
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Posted on Saturday, 29th March 2008 by Kevin Klose

We went to Epcot the other day for lunch and to see the Flower and Garden Festival. First…let me say that Epcot looks gorgeous. The nautical flags around the Future World lakes are beautiful. We didnt spend the time to decipher what they say, but I’ll coerce Bob into telling me. The theme of this [...]

Tags: Chefs de France, Epcot, Flower and Garden Festival, Future World, Morocco, Soarin', World Showcase, Year of a Million Dreams
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