2013 Flower and Garden Festival
This year’s long and chilly winter held the Northeast in its grip well through April, only to let up in time for an early summer heatwave. But while we northerners may have suffered a shortened spring, for Disney fans heading south, it was springtime-as-usual at Epcot’s 20th Annual International Flower and Garden Festival which ran from March 6th – May 19th, 2013.
2013 Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
Every spring, Epcot dazzles in brilliant rainbow hues as elaborate flower beds and intricate topiaries are on display for two months, showcasing beloved Disney characters in a most magical and eco-friendly way. The 2013 festival was Epcot’s 20th and it featured many popular topiary displays from previous years, along with some brand-new exhibits promoting Disney’s Oz the Great and Powerful and Disney/Pixar’s Monsters University.
Photographer Samantha McElhaney captured some of this year’s best displays in the photographs below. If you just can’t get enough of Disney-gone-green and want to see even more, check out our pictures from the 2011 Flower and Garden Festival.
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- Beauty and the Beast Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Bonsai Tree, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Buzz Lightyear Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Canadian Flowers, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Captain Hook Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Cars Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Cars Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Cogsworth Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Crocodile Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Daisy and Donald Duck Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Donald Duck Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Dopey Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Easter Egg Hunt, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- English Tea Garden, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Epcot Flower Gardens, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Fawn Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Festival Castmembers, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Festival Center Sign, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Goofy Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Goofy Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Happy Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Happy Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Iridessa Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Land of Oz Entrance, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Land of Oz Poppies, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Land of Oz Poppies, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Lotso Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Mickey and Minnie Garden Gnomes, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Mickey and Minnie Mouse Welcome Sign, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Mickey Mouse and Goofy Topiaries, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Minnie Mouse and Goofy Topiaries, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Monster Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Monster Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Monsters University Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Panda Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Peter Pan Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Peter Pan Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Phineas and Ferb Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Phineas Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Pluto Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Rosetta Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Snow White Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Tinker Bell Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Troll Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
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- Winnie the Pooh Topiary, photograph by Samantha McElhaney
