The 2022 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival – What You Don’t Want to Miss!

Whether it’s on the plate or in the glass, the finest of spring’s bounty is showcased at nearly 20 Outdoor Kitchens offering a variety of tasty dishes, desserts and specialty sips. Here is just a sampling of the more than 50 brand-new offerings:

• EPCOT Farmers Feast presents an abundance of flavor with a rotating seasonal menu that will change three times throughout the festival. Some highlights include:
  • March 2 to April 9: “Early Bloom” Menu offers Chilled Potato and Leek Soup “Vichyssoise” with chive oil and crispy leeks; and Goat Cheese Creamsicle Pop – goat cheese crémeux, orange cream, olive oil cake, cranberry sauce, and praline
  • April 10 to May 21: “Springtime” Menu will feature Grilled Vegetable Bruschetta with marinated peppers, zucchini, squash, artichokes, goat cheese, and balsamic glaze on grilled ciabatta
  • May 22 to July 4: “Summer Solstice” Menu will feature A Whole Lotta Melon – feta cheesecake with watermelon curd, pickled watermelon rind, watermelon caramel, and compressed watermelon
• The Citrus Blossom bursts with intriguing flavors such as Crispy Mojo Marinated Pork Belly with avocado cream, corn salsa, salsa verde, and plantain chips; and the Grapefruit Tart featuring grapefruit curd, lychee jam, ginger mousse, and yuzu cream.
• La Isla Fresca showcases the Coconut Tres Leches: vanilla cake soaked in oat milk, almond milk, and coconut milk with toasted coconut.
• Tangierine Café serves up an herbal-inspired delight with the Mediterranean Flatbread with Za’atar, featuring artichokes, olives, mozzarella, and feta cheese.

Click here for photos of the menu boards with pricing for easy planning!

6 – Festival Merchandise

This year’s festival merchandise introduces five new collections to the event’s bountiful selection. Guests can visit Festival Markets throughout EPCOT to shop for official event merchandise, including:

• Orange Bird Collection, eye-catching fashions, accessories and adorable keepsakes.
• Mickey Mouse Home Garden Collection, a vibrant assortment of apparel, drinkware, yard tools and other coordinating accessories.
• Spike The Bee Collection, evoking nostalgia for longtime Disney fans with a variety of collectible novelties, apparel and accessories.
• Figment’s Garden Collection, paying tribute to Figment’s love of all things purple – including beets.
• The whimsical Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse Collection, featuring an array of items depicting those true originals in dapper ensembles ready for a stroll in the garden.

Merchandise can be found at festival retail locations across EPCOT beginning on March 2, with additional pieces debuting throughout the festival. Select items are also available on shopDisney.com.

Click here for photos of the 2022 EPCOT Flower and Garden merchandise!

7 – Spaceship Earth – Beacons of Magic – Colors of the Wind

You also don’t want to miss a new Beacons of Magic lighting and music sequence during this year’s festival. The new sequence is set to “Colors of the Wind” from Pocahontas. Imagineer Zach Riddley said on Instagram:

“Our Imagineering team set this stunning new sequence to the Academy-Award winning song ‘Colors of the Wind’ from the 1995 Walt Disney Animation Studios film ‘Pocahontas’. The orchestral variation of this song was chosen for its message of intrinsic value and respect for beauty of nature and living things – with new visual flourishes that evoke the musical scene from the film with techniques entirely original for Spaceship Earth.

Keep a look out for a few homages for fans who know the film and the song well. We also have – for the first time – Spaceship Earth will glimmer in vibrant greens, earth tones and pastels to celebrate the rejuvenation of spring.”

This new sequence is the third to debut for an EPCOT festival after a holiday-themed sequence and the Rainbow Connection sequence for the Festival of the Arts.

8 – Food Stroll and Scavenger Hunt Encourage Exploration

Guests can have even more fun exploring the festival by participating in interactive experiences (separate purchase required):

• Garden Graze is a fun food stroll highlighting five delicious sweet and savory offerings listed in the Festival Passport. After their purchase, guests can complete the graze by collecting stamps in their passport to receive a special prize.
• Spike’s Pollen-Nation Exploration is a fun scavenger hunt for kids of all ages. Maps and stickers can be purchased at select merchandise locations (available while supplies last). Guests can then complete their map to receive a special prize.