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March 2, 2010 The 17th-annual Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival will take place March 3 – May 16, 2010, at Walt Disney World Resort. Here are a few fun festival facts:
- The Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival will run 75 days and feature 30 million blooms, 60 tons of topiary and 600 butterflies.
- At 14 feet tall, Goofy is the tallest character topiary ever created.
- More than 500,000 plants, trees and shrubs are planted for the festival; 250,000 of those are annual blossoms installed for the festival.
- Festival plants include 60 different species of trees, 47 types of palms and 48 varieties of bedding plants.
- The festival will feature 198 hands-on gardening demonstrations and seminars.
- Forty-four “flower towers” of impatiens will line Innoventions Plaza.
- The festival’s weekend Flower Power concert series will include 11 artists and groups with 126 Top 40 hits, including 16 No. 1 songs. This year’s lineup includes Jose Feliciano, Paul Revere & The Raiders, David Cassidy, Starship featuring Mickey Thomas, Tony Orlando, Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone, Ricky Nelson Remembered featuring The Nelsons, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Fran Cosmo, Davy Jones and Chubby Checker & The Wildcats.
For more information about the 17th-annual Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, visit www.disneyworld.com/flower.
     
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