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INTERNATIONAL Fl wer Garden &FESTIVAL GUIDE April 5 – June 3, 2007 welcome Ahoy Mateys! Welcome to the 14th annual Epcot® International Flower & Garden Festival. This year’s Festival is guaranteed to bring out the pirate and the princess in all of us! Watch out for stray cannonballs at the Main Entrance as Peter Pan and Captain Hook come face to face aboard the Jolly Roger. Then, waltz along with our topiary princesses on display in Innoventions Plaza behind Spaceship Earth. Finally, join Pirate Mickey, Princess Minnie and the Gang as they dig for treasure in Showcase Plaza. Throughout Epcot®, you will find millions of blooms, hundreds of butterflies, and dozens of character topiaries on display. The Festival is also full of activities for kids and the kid in all of us. Visit the Garden Odyssey Festival Center, located near Test Track, for hands-on demonstrations by our very own Disney gardeners, and weekend Table of seminars by well-known TV, radio, and print gardening personalities. Contents We’ve added some exciting new features to the Especially for Kids 3 Festival this year that I encourage you to experience: Festival Highlights 4-5 • The Art of Outdoor Living Garden, Flower Power Concert Series 6 presented by DuPont, will show you how to Special Events & Guests 7-9 transform your backyard into a work of art that Disney Gardening at Home 10 can be appreciated by your entire family Butterfly Guide 11 • Dynamite Vegetables Garden, presented by Dynamite Plant Food®, demonstrates that with Festival Guidemap 12-13 the right materials, anyone can grow “show Garden Odyssey Festival Center 14 ready” vegetables and flowers Festival Calendar 15-17 • The Chinese Zodiac Garden, located Festival Merchandise 18-19 throughout China, will let you discover what your year of birth says about you Garden Explorations 20 After you’ve enjoyed a day at the Festival, join us in the evening for the Flower Power Concert Series at the America Gardens Theatre. I hope you have a wonderful visit to Epcot®, and that all your floral dreams come true! Brad Rex Vice President, Epcot® 2 Especially forkids 4 Pluto’s Play Zone featuring Evos Playsystem NEW! Test Track Walkway Presented by Landscape Structures, Inc. Let your imagination grow crazy with this fun climbing structure. Most appreciated by children 6 and up. 10 4 Minnie’s Magnificent Butterfly Garden Growing Future Gardeners Adjacent to the Germany Pavilion Test Track Walkway Presented by FNGLA Presented by D&D Construction Services Visit a collection of gardens where Experience hundreds of free-flying families can garden and grow together. butterflies as you venture through lush Be inspired to create your own special foliage in this distinctive garden and garden at home where together, parents butterfly house. and children, can share and explore the 2 Mower Mania! magic that lives outdoors. Enjoy a new Future World East play area for kids too! Ladybug releases Presented by The Toro Company daily 1:00 & 3:00 pm Try maneuvering through a skill course 24 Tinker Bell’s Fairy Garden with a radio-controlled lawnmower! See Imagination Walkway the evolution of the lawnmower from Presented by ValleyCrest Landscaping push to power. Solutions, Inc. and Cherry Lake Tree Farm 17 The Art of Outdoor Living Garden NEW! Explore a fairyland where pixies frolic and Adjacent to the Morocco Pavilion woodland creatures play and you’ll even Presented by DuPont find a few surprises along the way. Most appreciated by children 2-5. See the best of elegant outdoor living from around the world in a “Pan-Tropical 10 Ladybug Release Fusion” garden where Bali meets In Growing Future Gardeners Palm Beach. Find unique and fun play Daily 1:00 & 3:00 pm structures for kids to explore. 3 Festival Highlights 1 NEW! 24 Pirates and Princesses Tinker Bell’s Fairy Garden Main Entrance Imagination Walkway Navigate around Captain Hook’s pirate ship Explore a fairyland where pixies frolic and done in topiary! See some of your favorite woodland creatures play and you’ll even Disney Characters join in the fun as they don find a few surprises along the way. Most their own special Pirate and Princess costumes. appreciated by children 2-5. 3 27 NEW! Wildlife Garden Dynamite Vegetable Garden Future World East Future World West Discover the beauty of Florida’s native foliage Presented by Dynamite Plant Food® and learn how you can create your own Discover the fun and great taste of growing nature-friendly garden. fabulous vegetables. 4 25 NEW! Minnie’s Magnificent Butterfly Garden Florida’s Wildflowers Test Track Walkway Imagination Walkway Presented by D&D Construction Services Presented by the Florida Department of Agriculture Experience hundreds of free-flying butterflies See how Florida’s wildflower growers are as you venture through lush foliage in this helping to make our state a more beautiful distinctive garden and butterfly house. place. Children may participate in a fun wildflower activity. 2 Mower Mania! 28 Future World East Tricks of the Trade Presented by The Toro Company Future World West Try maneuvering through a skill course with a Get a “behind the scenes” look at how radio-controlled lawnmower! See the evolution Disney’s Horticulture makes some of its most of the lawnmower from push to power. popular elements. The Travelocity SM Roaming Gnome Digs the Epcot® International Flower & Garden Festival! The Travelocity Roaming Gnome is sprouting up in areas throughout Epcot® during the Flower & Garden Festival. You can track the gnome via his personal Flower & Garden diary – found at www.travelocity.com/gnome – which details his festival adventures. Gnome fans can purchase full size statues of the popular Travelocity icon at the Festival Center, where they’ll also find an activity page for kids. 4 26 Sculpture Garden 10 Growing Future Gardeners Future World West Adjacent to the Germany Pavilion Wander among works of art on loan from Presented by FNGLA some of Florida’s most prestigious collections Visit a collection of gardens where families in a beautiful garden setting. can garden and grow together. Be inspired to create your own special garden at home 23 Water Garden Wonders where together parents and children can Imagination Walkway share and explore the magic that lives Presented by Aquascape, Inc. outdoors. Enjoy a new play area for kids too! Gather cool concepts for water gardens that Ladybug releases daily 1:00 & 3:00 pm. add a “splash” of creativity to your landscape. 8 Penjing (Chinese Bonsai) 22 Water Works NEW! China Pavilion Canada Pavilion This unique art form of dwarf trees is an Presented by Rain Bird Corporation ancient technique that predates its Japanese Are you watering the road or experiencing counterpart by hundreds of years. lawn geysers? See this tongue-in-cheek look at how to use our water resources wisely. 8 Topiary Chinese Zodiac NEW! China Pavilion 18 Fragrance Garden It’s the year of the Pig! What’s your sign? France Pavilion Discover the Chinese Zodiac and see it Presented by Guerlain, Inc. presented in topiary. Let your senses take over as you experience the pleasure of this captivating garden, 7 Norway Troll Trek NEW! featuring the radiant and sensual fragrances Norway Pavilion of Guerlain. Explore the “love story” between Forest and rock trolls are around every plants, fragrance and perfume. Experience a corner. Test your skill at finding them all as complimentary twenty-minute tour with a you explore the gardens of Norway. Guerlain Representative at 2:00, 4:00 & 9 The Lion King NEW! 6:00 pm daily. Sign up at the Guerlain Shop Between the China and Germany Pavilions in La Signature. Presented by Disney Vacation Club 16 Spices of Life See some of your favorite characters from Morocco Pavilion The Lion King presented in topiary, and Explore the savory world of spices that add learn about the wild, new Disney's Animal pizzazz to food from around the world. Kingdom Villas. 17 NEW! 15 Bonsai Collection The Art of Outdoor Living Garden Japan Pavilion Adjacent to the Morocco Pavilion Discover the ancient art of bonsai showcased Presented by DuPont throughout the serene Japanese garden. See the best of elegant outdoor living from around the world in a “Pan-Tropical 12 Italian Container Gardens Fusion” garden where Bali meets Palm Beach. Italy Pavilion Find unique and fun play structures for kids Feast your eyes on bouquets of blooms as to explore. they tumble down the side of classic Italian containers. Collect planting ideas on how to combine colorful flowers, textured foliage and beautiful pots for dramatic results. 5 Petula Clark Peter & Gordon Flower Power Concert Series at the America Gardens Theatre Relax “under the stars” and enjoy music from the ‘60s and ‘70s. 5:45, 7:00 & 8:15 pm Tony Orlando in Concert SCHEDULED PERFORMERS DatE Paul Revere and The Raiders “Good Thing” April 5–9 Tony Orlando in Concert “Tie a Yellow Ribbon” April 10–14 The Buckinghams “Kind of a Drag” April 15–18 The Turtles featuring Flo and Eddie “Happy Together” April 19–21 The Box Tops NEW! “The Letter” April 22–24 The Tokens “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” April 25–28 Peter & Gordon NEW! “A World Without Love” April 29–May 1 Davy Jones Jose Feliciano NEW! “Light My Fire” May 2–3 Petula Clark NEW! "Downtown" May 4–5 Nelson “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection” May 6–10 Davy Jones “Daydream Believer” May 11–15 B.J. Thomas “Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head” May 16–19 Grass Roots featuring Rob Grill “Midnight Confessions” May 20–22 The Guess Who “American Woman” May 23–25 The S.O.S Band NEW! “Take Your Time (Do it Right)” May 26 Jose Feliciano Gary Puckett “Over You” May 27–30 Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone “Henry the 8th” May 31–June 3 Entertainment is subject to change without notice.