Amateur Gardening

Imagine the garden designed by the people that imagine!

A team of 600 horticulturalists typically start their day at 4:30am to manage garden's the size of San Francisco. The team installs more than 200 landscapes each year and plans their annuals 12 months in advance, just in case there's any glitches with plant choice. Take a look at some of their numbers;

30,500: Total acreage of the Walt Disney World Resort. At 47 square miles, the property is the approximate size of San Francisco

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

4,000,000+: Number of shrubs maintained in the landscape. In the Le Notre garden at the France pavilion, 985 shrubs were used to create an embroidered pattern

3,000: Number of roses planted in the landscape. Nearly 100 varieties of rose can be found in the Rose Walk at Epcot. The rose bed at Cinderella Castle showcases the All-America Rose Selection (AARS) winners.

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

4,000: Number of hanging baskets produced each year. On average, each basket is in production for three months and “on stage” for three months. There are more than 800 baskets on stage at one time. There are more than 100 hanging baskets at the bus turnaround at the entrance to the Magic Kingdom, making it the largest basket set on the property.

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

10,500,000: Number of beneficial insects released to control plant annually. Disney pest management technicians release ladybugs, lacewings, predatory wasps and predatory beetles. A single predatory beetle can eat up to 500 whitefly eggs a day.

3,500: Total number of plant species represented at the Walt Disney World Resort. The species represent flora gathered from every continent except Antarctica.

60,000: Number of poinsettias used to introduce the holidays to the parks. It takes 50 to 75 4-inch plants to create just one poinsettia ball for the holiday season.