Epcot Flower and Garden Festival celebrates Earth Day

If you’ve ever experienced the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival, then you know just how “green” and earth-friendly the festival is, and how it works to bring conservation awareness to guests. It only seems appropriate then that the Festival will be celebrating Earth Day for the weekend of April 22-24, 2016. Here is what Disney has to say about the special offerings for the weekend:

Start your Earth Day fun by checking out the Festival’s first-time expansion into The Land, where you can see large overlays of edible flowers. The greens harvested from the pavilion are part of the Field Greens salad at the Cider House outdoor kitchen.

A pocket beagle named Captain Ron is gearing up for beach season, and is taking a break to meet guests at The Seas. During the summer, three days a week, he can be found at Disney’s Vero Beach Resort, assisting Disney’s Sea Turtle Conservation team in detecting the location of freshly laid eggs in sea turtle nests. This helps the team protect the nests.

You’ll have a chance to meet Captain Ron and his trainer Pepe Peruyero, at 10:30 a.m, 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of Earth Day weekend. The duo will give a short presentation about their work, and will be available for photos.

You can help Disney’s butterfly scientists collect data about these creatures and their plant preferences in our new Citizen Science project at the Pollinator Garden. The data will be used to help some of the endangered butterfly species.

Also,  at 11:00 a.m. each day during Earth Day weekend, you can get an up-close look at a nest with a purple martin expert, presented by the The Florida Audubon.

At the Festival Center, catch horticulture and wildlife experts leading seminars about aquaponics, making your property wildlife-friendly and how to grow new plants from the plants you already have.

If you’ll be at Epcot this coming Earth Day weekend, be sure to check out some of these great activities that are planned!

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Captain Ron/butterfly Photo Credit: Disney Parks Blog

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