2009 festival features include:

Cinderellabration - Main Entrance
Its Cinderella's coronation day and you're invited to celebrate with the royal court in this topiary spectacle.

Festival Information - Behind Spaceship Earth Daily
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Get tips on how to plan your day! Find information about daily fun family activities, complimentary tours and special guests you won't want to miss.

Character Topiary Scavenger Hunt
Start location behind Spaceship Earth
Festival Blooms Discover the many varieties of blooms that help us create our award winning landscapes.

Minnie’s Magnificent Butterfly Garden -- Hundreds of butterflies will flit inside a walk-through screened enclosure that includes a live exhibit showing how caterpillars form a chrysalis and emerge as butterflies.

Disney Gardening at Home presentations -- Disney horticulturists will share gardening tips and lead guests in a hands-on, take-home activity every Friday-Sunday. Got kids? They can learn how to grow a pizza garden during “Kids Gardening-It’s More Than Mud Pies” April 24-26. Want to discover your gardening style? Experiment with styles and techniques May 1-3 at “Contain Yourself-Consider Your Style.”

The Great American Gardeners series -- Gardening celebrities and authors from across the country will reveal their gardening secrets. Meet dynamic diggers like “Ground Breakers” host Joe Washington, Shirley Bovshow of “Garden Police” and Joe Lamp’l a.k.a. “joe gardener.”

The Garden Town Discoveries -- Every weekend, guests can attend speaker presentations and demonstrations and ask the experts their gardening questions.

Simba’s Birthday Celebration -- A lineup of topiary characters straight from Walt Disney Pictures’ “The Lion King” will greet guests at World Showcase Plaza.

Poster Signings -- Artist Heather French will sign festival posters each Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. at Canada Garden Retreat.

More Festival Celebrations -- An “Art in the Garden” celebration of plein air artists and a “Kids Paint Out” will occur March 27-29; a “Florida Farmer’s Market” celebration will take place May 8-10. More celebrations will bloom throughout the festival.

Epcot Gardens of the World Tour -- For an in-depth exploration of Epcot’s many different gardens, this tour is scheduled Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for the festival’s duration. Guests get the inside scoop on World Showcase gardens that re-create landscapes from around the world, as well as tips for adding some landscape magic to their own gardens. For guests 16 and up, $59 plus Epcot admission.

Pixie Holly Fairy Garden - Test Track Walkway
Presented by Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
See some of your favorite fairies, in topiary, from Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure. Play structures designed for children ages 2-5.

Fragrance Garden France Pavilion -
Presented by Guerlain, Inc
Let your senses take over as you experience the pleasure of this captivating garden, featuring the radiant and sensual fragrances of Guerlain. Explore the "love story" between plants, fragrance and perfume. Experience a complimentary twenty-minute tour with a Guerlain Representative at 2:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. Sign up at the Guerlain Shop in La Signature.

English Tea Garden United Kingdom Pavilion
hosted by Twinings
Discover the history and art of tea blending and explore various tea plants as you stroll through this elegant English Tea Garden. Sign-up for a complimentary twenty-minute guided tour at the Tea Caddy hosted by Twinings® at 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays and 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 5:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Fridays-Sundays.

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Celebrate the Art and Music of the Disney's Fantasia Behind Spaceship Earth

Find select Disney Characters from Walt Disney Pictures' Fantasia.

Green Garden - Adjacent to the Morocco Pavilion - Presented by FNGLA

Aladdin's Bazaar - Morocco Pavilion

Bonsai Collection - Japan Pavilion

Discover the ancient art of bonsai showcased throughout the serene Japanese garden.

Be Our Guest - Future World, Fountain Stage plaza

Floral Floating Islands - East and West Lake, concourse to World Showcase

Amore nel Giardino (Love in the Garden) - Italy Pavilion

Pirates Adventure Zone - Adjacent to German Pavilion

Bromeliad Dragon - China Pavilion

Norway Troll Trek - Norway Pavilion

Palm Walkway - Imagination Walkway - Presented by Diaz Palms

Water Works - Canada Pavilion - Presented by Rain Bird Corporation

Mother's Day Brunch


Flower & Garden Festival Photos:
 

Scenic View Bank of Flowers Spaceship Earth Floating Pots Beauty & the Beast Display Chip Mrs. Potts Belle The Beast Cogsworth Lumiere Snow White Three Caballeros Goofy, Pluto & Donald Timon & Pumba Dalmatian Puppy More Puppies Miniature Village

Canadian Geese Canada Panda Bear Goofy Stitch Lady & Tramp Tinkerbelle Sorcerer Mickey Fantasia Display Buckets of Violets Minnie Close-up Mickey & Minnie Pluto Troll Sea Serpent Future World Display Ducks Butterfly

Bonus Material:

Spaceship Earth Flower & Garden Wallpaper.

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