Disney World - The Online Guide

The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2003
(UK customers)

Landscape facts

Total acreage of the Walt Disney World Resort: 30,500
That's equal to 47 square miles.

Total acreage devoted to maintained landscapes and gardens: 4,000
Equivalent to almost 3,000 football fields.

Number of bedding plants and annuals planted each year: More than 3 million
The largest bed at The Land in Epcot measures 20,000 square feet and contains up to 20,000 seasonal plants.

Number of roses planted in the landscape: Nearly 13,000
Gardeners in the rose gardens at Epcot spend 8 hours per week removing spent blooms, totaling over 400 hours per year.

Number of shrubs maintained in the landscape: Over 2 million
In Le Notre garden at the France showcase, 985 shrubs were used to create a parterre de broderie, or embroidered pattern.

Number of interior plants used each year: 8,500
The largest and most diverse garden of interior plants can be found in the atrium lobby of Disney's Polynesian Resort.

Average number of trees planted each year: 6,000
The 59 "inverted-cup" oak trees in front of Disney's Contemporary Resort are sheared 20-times a year by skilled arborists who shape them by eye.

Total number of plant species represented: 2,500
They represent flora gathered from every continent except Antartica.

Number of hanging baskets displayed at one time: 800
Our hanging baskets can grow to 36" in diameter and weigh more than 65 pounds.

Number of hanging baskets produced each year: More than 5,000
Hanging baskets are planned one year in advance to theme with seasonal flowering trees, bedding plants and surrounding architecture. Most baskets take 3 months to produce.

Number of topiary: Over 200
Pete's dragon, Elliot, is the largest shrub character topiary at Walt Disney World Resort. Grown and trained for 10 years, this Podocarpus macrophyllus is over 10 feet tall and 14 feet from head to tail.

Total acres of maintained turf: 2,000
At three mowings a week, that adds up to 450,000 mowing miles per year or 18 trips around Earth at the equator.

Number of beneficial insects released to control plant pests per year: 1.25 million
A single adult predatory beetle (Delphastus puslius) can eat up to 500 white fly eggs a day.

Total horticultural staff: Over 650
This diverse group of professionals includes gardeners, arborists, irrigation specialists and pest management specialists.

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