The LEGO Botanicals Mini Bonsai Trees Building Set is a 651-piece adult LEGO build that produces three displayable miniature bonsai sculptures rather than a single large model. The set includes a Japanese maple, a juniper, and a flowering cherry blossom, each in its own decorative pot, sized to sit together on a shelf or bookcase, or split up and displayed in different rooms. The Botanicals line is LEGO’s plant collection targeting adults that are designed to look like a real plant on a desk rather than a children’s toy. These mini bonsai are the most flexible pieces in the lineup, as the three trees can be displayed in any combination.
A LEGO set the entire family can build and enjoy together
The trees were all placed into their own unique planters. The maple’s pot is a green, rounded shape with curved feet; the juniper is located in a deep, rectangular, brown planter; and the cherry blossom tree is contained within a large, flat, pink, shallow planter commonly used for displaying flowering bonsais.
All of the foliage on the trees was created using replaceable parts. This allows collectors to easily interchange leaves among the different trees or move and place branches where they would like. The cherry blossom contains pink flowers that replicate the short-lived appearance of blooming cherry blossoms in early spring. The maple contains red and orange leaf elements that reflect fall colors, while the juniper contains standard green needle-type elements found on evergreens.
The build time to complete the entire collection will be approximately 1.5 hours per tree, with a total build time of about 4.5 hours to finish an entire set.. The instruction booklets are designed in a manner that organizes them by tree instead of a specific build number. So, it can be built together within a single afternoon or over the course of 3 different periods.
Each tree in the miniature set is about 4-5 inches tall, and fits easily on your desk between your monitor and keyboard or on a shelf behind your actual plants. Additionally, these miniatures are made with a plant-based polyethylene derived from sugarcane, rather than petroleum. This switch in how LEGO manufactures the material is part of an overall effort to create a greener product line with its Botanical series.
The LEGO Botanicals Mini Bonsai Trees Building Set is normally $65, but right now you can buy it for $45. The set covers all three trees, the three custom pots, the foliage elements, and the building instructions, the kind of relaxing weekend project that produces a finished display piece rather than something that gets disassembled and put back in the box.
