{"id":1468,"date":"2014-03-09T15:42:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T15:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2017-06-13T07:32:48","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T07:32:48","slug":"the-flowers-are-blooming-at-the-epcot-international-flower-and-garden-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2014\/03\/the-flowers-are-blooming-at-the-epcot-international-flower-and-garden-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"THE FLOWERS ARE BLOOMING AT THE EPCOT INTERNATIONAL FLOWER AND GARDEN FESTIVAL!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is just around the corner, which means that the National Watermelon Promotion Board team members will be racking up the frequent flier miles as they travel to various watermelon-related events throughout the nation. One of the first events on the 2014 calendar is actually in their backyard (Orlando), so they\u2019ll probably just hop in the watermelon mobile and drive that one.<\/p>\n<p>The event is the <a href=\"https:\/\/disneyworld.disney.go.com\/events-tours\/epcot\/epcot-international-flower-and-garden-festival\/\">Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival<\/a>, and it\u2019s held at Disney\u2019s Epcot theme park. It\u2019s not the first Epcot event the watermelon team has attended. You may remember their <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/epcot-food-wine-festival-serves-up-food-wine-and-watermelon\/\">adventures at the Epcot Food and Wine Festival<\/span> last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Flower and Garden Festival runs from March 5 through May 18 and is designed to bring the magic of Disney to life through flowers. The displays includes 30 million blooms, 240 floating flower planters, 700 gardens, 100 Disney character topiaries and 30 flower towers. (I\u2019m not sure what a \u201cflower tower\u201d is, but it sounds pretty impressive.)<\/p>\n<p>It takes 400 Walt Disney World horticulturalists (that\u2019s \u201cflower experts\u201d to you and me \u2026 or at least me), almost a full year to prepare for the 75-day attraction.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be plenty of food on hand, including 11 food kiosks. That\u2019s where the National Watermelon Promotion Board team comes in. The team\u2019s watermelon salad (that\u2019s it above) was a popular culinary attraction at last year\u2019s Food and Wine Festival, and it will return for the Flower and Garden Festival. They\u2019ll also offer a tasty watermelon-passion fruit non-alcoholic drink.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re in the area this spring, or if you\u2019re planning a vacation and don\u2019t know where to go, you should definitely consider a visit to Epcot! If you do attend, however, try to avoid picking any of the flowers. Something tells me that sort of behavior is frowned upon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is just around the corner, which means that the National Watermelon Promotion Board team members will be racking up the frequent flier miles as they travel to various watermelon-related events throughout the nation. 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