First look at the Encanto-inspired main entrance topiary display at the 2023 EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival

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Posted: Tuesday February 28, 2023 8:10am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Making their debut this year at the EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival, topiaries of Mirabel, Antonio, Isabela, and Luisa from Disney Animation's Academy Award-winning "Encanto" greet guests at the main entrance.

2023 Flower and Garden Festival - Encanto main entrance display

Each topiary features details inspired by each character, including Isabela creating flowers between her hands and an illuminated butterfly for Mirabel.

2023 Flower and Garden Festival - Encanto main entrance display

The Isabela topiary is one of the first EPCOT displays to be made of succulent plants.

2023 Flower and Garden Festival - Encanto main entrance display

The 2023 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival begins March 1 and continues through July 5, 2023.

2023 Flower and Garden Festival - Encanto main entrance display

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wdwmagic8 days ago

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monothingie8 days ago

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Ayla17 days ago

These are made of a type of material that literally becomes untouchable in warmer temperatures.

MisterPenguin17 days ago

Festivals are constant now with only one week in between a festival switchover in which there is no festival. I would like to see Arts go longer since I think that Garden starts too early with hardly a small portion of their flowers in bloom. (And... I like Garden the best.) Garden and Holiday can each steal a few weeks from Wine at the beginning and end, since that's the one that's just way too long. MK's holiday decorations go up Nov 2. No reason why EPCOT has to wait to the 8th, 11th, or Thanksgiving to start the food portion of the Holiday festival.

Touchdown17 days ago

wrong, Arts is a perfect length, holiday is too short, leaving only F&G and especially F&W as too long.

JohnD17 days ago

Truth!

tpoly8817 days ago

This year it feels like something is a miss with this festival. first its too long (as all these festivals are) and there is a lot of dead space i think due to the center construction. got rid of a couple Kiosks by test track and by the butterfly pavillion (which had lots of them this year). I guess they're trying to get back into sync with all the exchange workers coming back. Watching Hermans Hermits was fun, cant believe the Peter Noone still gets it done like he does!! im sorry im being a little bit of a downer but i just felt like this festival was missing something and felt disjointed. F&G is one of my favorite as i like seeing all the flowers and such.

tpoly8817 days ago

Problem is most times they put these right in the hot sun so a lot of people still end up using a garbage can in the shade!

JohnDApr 18, 2023

Not anymore. They're in the central areas near all the food booths. About time.

Chi84Apr 18, 2023

Seriously?! 🤫

MisterPenguinApr 18, 2023

World Showcase had picnic tables for years. Not many. In isolated areas. Besides, all the cool kioskians grab their food and run to Morocco's secret covered patio and eat at tables.

JohnDApr 18, 2023

Apparently the jokes about the garbage cans becoming picnic tables became too much for Disney as they finally installed actual picnic tables. Here are two not used (in the bright sun currently).

ToTBellHopMar 08, 2023

Real-talk: it’s because they run their spring festival well into 90-degree weather season nowadays, and the flowers look pretty ratty by July. Succulents can handle that weather better.