Botanical sets continue to thrive in the LEGO ecosystem. We have two new bouquet-style sets being released in March 2026: the first we will look at is 11502, Bouquet of Sunflowers. These bright blooms always seem to lift the mood of any room they are displayed in. Will this set do the same? The set will be released on March 1st 2026, and comes with 686 pieces. It will be priced at AUD99.99/ USD59.99 / 59.99€ / £54.99.
The LEGO Group sent a copy over for us to review: let’s take a closer look.
The box for the sunflowers is similar in size to the other bouquets we have seen. My copy contained 4 numbered paper bags, 2 manuals and a polythene bag containing eight 32 module long axles: 6 in dark green and 2 in sand green.
The first manual contains a short explanation of the set, with facts about both sunflowers, as well as eucalyptus, which is added to break up the bright yellow of the sunflowers. The team explain that they wanted to demonstrate just how spectacular sunflowers can be, at any stage of their bloom.
Let’s take a closer look at the elements.
Elongates leaf elements, debuting in bright yellow, dominate the element list: there are 104 in total. There are also 56 simple claws in yellow, and 56 1×2 plates with a clip on the end. We also have a handful of smaller leaf elements and a few 1×1 leaf plates – all in yellow – to complete the collection of elements used as petals.
There are also long macaroni tubes in dark/earth green, along with the relatively new connector with zero insertion force at one end and attaching a little firmer at the other. This element was created for the LEGO Ideas Steam Boat, allowing axles to be easily connected across the multiple levels in the build. We will come to its use here, later.
There are also plenty of sand green ovoid shields and…spear guns?! Dark Green tubs; black 2×2 plates with external rings, along with the now ritual dark green steering wheels.
Let’s look at the builds:
There are several ways we can approach the build. Each instruction manual has instructions for several forms of sunflower, along with one of two forms for the eucalyptus. You can split the build between yourself and a partner, or you can work together.
The build is broken up, so that you have the chance to build different types of sunflowers, rather than just 3 of the same kind.
We start with a bloom that is Breaking through: After setting the crows nest/ tub on an axle, we sets petals up around the 2×2 plate with rail. As these petals are virtually upright, we attach them to the rail using clips on bars that pass through the holes on the studs of the petal elements. We add a second layer, not quite lining up with the first, and then cap it off with a dark brown disk that we cover in dark brown studs. We attach the flower to a long, dark green axle.
We follow that up with another of these blooms, but to keep us on our toes, this flower has a slight curve at the top of the stem, conveyed through one of the macaroni elements.
Moving into bag 2, we build the first of our flowers in full bloom. This flower is built around a couple of stacked steering wheels, each loaded with 14 petals: as these petals are essentially flat, they are attached using 1×2 modified plates with clip. The steering wheels are aligned at 90º to each other, allowing the petals to be staggered between layers. We build up the centre of the flower with some plates and bricks, and then use a larger disc (this is 8 modules in diameter.), covered with studs. The stem is another 32 stud long dark green axle, but this time, sheathed in the Zero insertion force connectors – 5 modules long. The design ID is 5443. These elements also serve to reinforce the stem.
We finish off the second bag with some Eucalyptus twigs. Shields become leaves by inserting the speargun through the shield’s handle. – This ensures an appropriately jaunty angle. Some stems are added to a couple of small foliage elements, and recoloured cherries are used as seeds, attached by holes in the stems
Bag Three brings us another form: a sunflower bud, with petals closed over, and large external leaves, created using pagoda slopes.
The final bag includes some more eucalyptus branches – these ones feature circular leaves – 2×2 tiles in sand green. These are about half the diameter they are normally in real life. I am delighted that these two forms of eucalyptus leaf are represented in this set, but they are both significantly smaller than they might be in real life. (and a missed opportunity to introduce a 3×3 or 4×4 round tile in sand green…)
Strength in Stems.
I love the fact that this set has three different styles of stems:
- the smaller flowers have a 32 unit long axle.
- the larger flowers feature a 32 module long axle, covered in the 5module long ‘beams’
- the ‘shield’ eucalypt leaves had a stem made up of 3 module long connectors, joined by 2 module long axles, while the round ones are a simple axle, with a couple of connectors allowing you to change the length..
This variation helps to show us the relative tendencies of these branches to flex under load. It must be time for an experiment. We will attach a stem to a bench with a clanp, and see how it flexes with both the medium flower as it opens up, and the larger flower. I have extended the eucalyptus stem out to the same length as the 32M axle by using an additional connector.
Let’s see how much flexion we see with a small flower
Now, using the large flower.
This is a great demonstration of the relative strength and stability of the different styles of stem used throughout the LEGO Bouquets. The unadorned axle is relatively flexible. The stem made of 3M connectors joined by 2M axles is very similar in the way that it resists flexion. The long axle, covered with the tubes resists flexing more than either of the other two, by a significant margin.
I suspect wil will see simlar techniques to this used in the future to reduce the axle buckling under the weight of the flower.
Putting them all together.
This was a satisfying building experience: No flower is completely identical to one that follows, if you follow the manual. The scope exists to simply split the build between two (or more) people.
The final result is big, bright and bold. I especially appreciate the larger flowers, but I’m surprised there aren’t really any leaves to speak of here.
The whole bouquet looks great together: I especially appreciate the paler leaves of the eucalypt branches next to the darker stems and bright yellow of the sunflowers.
The building experience was not as repetitive as it could have been, thanks to the selective ordering of the different stems. I am increasingly enjoying the different techniques for connecting leaves and petals to branches, and for attaching circular bars with various clips and modified plates.
I am happy to give this set a 4 out of 5 Arbitrary Praise units: overall, I really enjoyed the building experience, and the final product looks great in a vase.
What do you think of this bouquet? What other flowers would you like to see as a bouquet? Leave you comments below.
LEGO Botanicals 11502 Bouquet of Sunflowers will be released on March 1st 2026, and comes with 686 pieces. It will be priced at AUD99.99/ USD59.99 / 59.99€ / £54.99. Thanks to the LEGO Group for supplying this set for review purposes. All opinions are my own.
My Reviews of the initial 4 releases from the Botanicals range in 2026, and my four part interview with Senior Designer, Theo Bonner, can be found here:
Special thanks to the Adult Engagement Team at the LEGO Group for facilitating this Interview.
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