Soon the gardens will be planted, the trees will be budding, and the flowers will begin to bloom. Spring is just around the corner for most of the US, while Florida feels like Spring most of the year. This means that the return of the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival is here! From March 5, 2025 through June 2, 2025, the park will be transformed with vibrant colors and delectable smells for all things festival related. With the start of the spring festival, we now have the official Foodie Guide to test our taste buds. Are you ready to experience the beautiful gardens and the Outdoor Kitchens? Let’s see what is in store for this year’s EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival!
Before we dig deep into the food side of the festival, there are a few amazing options that I wanted to touch on. The merchandise, yes there is exclusive EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival merchandise. Spirit Jerseys, bags, t-shirts, hats, water bottles, and so much more! While some of the merchandise can be found throughout the park, the one location that will offer the most in one space is Connections. Also, at connections, and many other locations, there are mini gift cards that are wearable! Attached to a wristlet type band, guests can purchase this gift card for quick access to pay for all of the sweet and savory treats they are going to indulge in. This year’s features the adorable Orange Bird soaring over an orange tree.
The final addition I want to touch on is the Garden Graze, which is actually food related. For each festival, EPCOT offers an incentive for purchasing select food products throughout the park. To start off, grab a passport (which is free) and head into the park. Inside the Garden Graze Passport, guests will find select locations, ten to be exact, that when you purchase a select item from five of these locations you will receive a stamp. Once all five stamps are collected, guests can head to Pineapple Promenade and receive an exclusive treat! Visiting across multiple days? That’s ok! You can come and go as you please with your passport, meaning you do not need to complete the five stamps throughout the same day.
Now let’s get to the good stuff, the Outdoor Kitchen menus! Between Outdoor Kitchens, seasonal offerings at regular locations, Joffrey’s Coffee locations, and popcorn carts, there are over 30 menus to try a wide variety of offerings.
Most people, like myself, need a good caffeine fix in the morning and maybe throughout the day. With four locations throughout the park, Joffrey’s Coffee will have the perfect cup to give you the pick-me-up. Menus could include items like an Iced Berries ‘n’ Cream Latte, Iced White Chocolate-Mango Latte, Iced Strawberry Island Latte, and an Iced Pistachio-Banana Breeze Latte.
To fuel yourself with food, there are so many amazing new menu items located throughout the entire park. Starting off with the perfect choice for a Florida staple, Florida Fresh is located in CommuniCore Plaza. With Conch Fritters served with a key lime aioli, Cubanito sandwich, and the new Florida Strawberry Shortcake present on this menu, it creates and entire 3 course meal!
EPCOT Farmers Feast will have three different menus throughout the festival. The Early Bloom Menu will be available from March 5 through April 5 and will offer a Grilled Asparagus that is topped with a poached egg, frisee lettuce, pancetta bacon, spring peas, and a truffle-sherry vinaigrette. A new sweet has been added to the menu, the Blueberry Crumble Cake is served with a blueberry-lemon zest soft serve that is topped with a blueberry compote. While the Springtime menu (available April 6 through May 3) will feature new items such as Grilled Peaches and Burrata, and a Warm Corn Cookie served with sweet corn soft serve. The final menu is Summer Solstice which features items like Heirloom Tomatoes and Fresh Mozzarella, and a Peach Cobbler served with cinnamon gelato.
A brand-new location for 2025 is located on the walkway between Imagination! Pavilion and the World Showcase. Here guests will come across Beach Grub which has Grilled Street Corn on the Cob, Seafood Bake that features mussels, shrimp, clams, andouille sausage, and red potatoes, and finally a S’mores Bar which is made with a fudge brownie covered in dark chocolate, coated in a toasted meringue and graham crumbles.
Along the same pathway of Beach Grub another Outdoor Kitchen, Yacht Grub, can be found with a menu of what seems to remind me of appetizers. A Trio of Dips and Chips is a portion of caramelized onion dip, whipped feta dip, and pimento cheese. The next is a Meat Assorti that offers beef bresaola, prosciutto ham, and salami. While the last menu item is an Assorted Artisanal Cheese tray. One of each of these menu items and you have yourself the perfect picnic!
Swirled Showcase has become a popular location for chilled treats during festivals. Soft-served flavors will consist of vanilla, peanut butter, and grape jelly. They will also be offering Lemon Sorbet in a Waffle Cone. The final menu item is always a hit, the Liquid Nitro Honey-Mascarpone Cheesecake is drizzled with fresh honey, granulated honey, and a honey mead-blueberry compote.
Connections Eatery, located on the bottom side of Connections Café, will add a Lemon-Lavender Baumkuchen, Carrot Cake Liege Waffle that features candied pecans and a cream cheese icing, and finally a Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich.
Continuing through the new items on the menus, Magnolia Terrace is located in The American Adventure, will have a new Grilled Gulf Oysters with Cajun andouille sausage with butter and lemon.
Between Morocco and France guests will find La Isla Fresca which will be offering three new menu items! Jamaican Jerk Chicken that is served with Pigeon Pea Rice, Roasted Sweet Plantains, and Cinnamon Butter. There will also be a Seafood Ceviche that features shrimp, scallops, and fish. Finally, Coconut-Chocolate Flancocho which features a chocolate cake base topped with a coconut custard, and passion fruit caramel.
While there are so many over delicious offerings throughout the parks, these happen to be the new items that will be found on the menu for the 2025 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival. With it being the beginning of the festival, it is a great time to plan your last-minute visit to Walt Disney World for a Spring getaway! Reach out to Marvelous Mouse Travels today!
