Guardians of the Galaxy Groot Topiary Moves to New Location for EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2025

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Posted: Wednesday February 26, 2025 12:08pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

A fan-favorite topiary is on the move at EPCOT in Walt Disney World. The Groot topiary, which made its debut during the 2024 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival, has been relocated for the 2025 festival.

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Last year, the Groot topiary was positioned in a seating area near Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. For 2025, the display has been moved to a more visible location across from the Connections Café entrance in World Discovery. This new spot provides increased foot traffic and better viewing opportunities for guests.

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The relocation of the Groot topiary may also be tied to changes near Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind. With the standby queue for the attraction now in operation, the former location of the topiary could have been impacted by guest flow and queue management.

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This year's EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival runs from March 5 through June 2, 2025.

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peter11435Mar 14, 2025

That is exactly what happened

Agent HMar 14, 2025

I saw something online that said Disney changed it because they thought it looked like phineas was giving ferb the middle finger. Personally I doubt that but it did make me wonder why they added it.

DCBakerMar 14, 2025

Walt Disney Imagineering has shared a behind-the-scenes look at creating topiaries for the EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival:

wdwmagicMar 11, 2025

I know when se shot our pics (below) it wasn't fully complete, and more was added (flowers in the background). Perhaps Disney did the same.

Agent HMar 11, 2025

Did anyone else notice the phineas topiary has a weird flower on his finger that looks wasn’t in the promotional photo?

SoFloMagicMar 11, 2025

Then don't try the flan cake in Mexico. That thing will end your diet

radioraeMar 05, 2025

This is cute! Much better than the food & wine “let’s decorate… with merch and cash registers!” angle. I think it’s just enough. I have to say, I’m really impressed with all the little touches this year. I know we’re a far cry from the hey day of demonstrations and entertainment pluses of festivals past, but it looks like they put some actual time and attention toward things, from the topiary upgrades, to communicore hall, to LwtL displays, down to themed wraps for some of the trash cans. The Smuckers playground even has nautical flags that spell Smuckers! At the very least, I’d say this is a step in the right direction, which is not something that can be said often at WDW these days. I’m excited to visit later this month and see it for myself.

Agent HMar 05, 2025

No. My mom has a pretty cool one that I believe they’re still selling though.

Agent HMar 05, 2025

Forgot to add this picture I took. this is from play along bay next to figment.

Chef idea Mickey`=Mar 05, 2025

Ooo I love diet!☺️

UK DisneyMar 05, 2025

I don't suppose you noticed a new Orange Bird magic band? I've think I've seen most of the merch by now but no magic band.

Agent HMar 05, 2025

It’s so good. I’ve been getting it consistently for at least a decade.

NunuMar 05, 2025

Thanks for reporting back. :) The topiaries look very nice in pics, can't wait to seem them in person next week. Oh, and I definitely have my eye on that corn on the cob.

Agent HMar 05, 2025

So I just got home from Epcot. Everything was really neat. Food was really good. the highlights were the corn on the cob and the peach funnel cake. Merch was great. As someone who loves the color orange the orange bird stuff really appeals to me. Now onto the topiaries. Those were amazing! The best lineup I’ve seen in years I would say! Mickeys picnic was adorable! And I don’t think I’ve ever seen more work go into the setting of one than the Moana topiary! Obviously though my favorite was phineas and ferb. Now I did not enter the hall because we were pressed for time but I will be returning to check it out soon! Side note: found this in the United Kingdom. Thought it was interesting. I may or may not have gasped in delight upon seeing it.