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2013 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival By The Numbers
The 2013 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival takes place March 6-May 19 at Walt Disney World Resort and contains hundreds of topiaries.
© Steven Liebman Tinker Bell topiary from 2011. |
Here’s a look at the event, by the numbers:
30 million: Multi-hued blooms blanket the festival
500,000: Plants, trees and shrubs that are planted for the festival
24,000: Cast member hours it took to prepare for the festival.
1,000: Native butterflies in Tinker Bell’s Butterfly House
700: Container gardens of flowers, herbs, plants and vegetables in clay pots, barrels and urns used to landscape Epcot.
400: Walt Disney World horticulturists who installed the festival landscape
225: Floating mini-gardens, each three feet in diameter around the World Showcase.
150: Gardening demonstrations and seminars to be presented.
100: Epcot horticulturists who remain to maintain the topiaries and other festival displays
75: Days of the festival
60: The number of different different species of trees at the festival.
48: Different varieties of bedding plants
47: Types of palms at the festival.
40: The length in feet the “yellow brick road” is in The Land of Oz Garden
30: “Flower Towers” of of several varieties of blooms and plants line Innoventions Plaza
12: Garden marketplaces surrounding the World Showcase Lagoon