Botanicals

11506 Rocking Plants still keep us Happy.

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Two cheerful, colourful LEGO plant models: one in pink with a happy face and a single green sprout, and another in yellow with vibrant flowers, both titled '11506 Rocking Plants'.

Last year, the LEGO® Botanical theme gave us 10349 Happy Plants, anthropomorphic potplants with a whimsical grin and a green hairstyle. Botanicals has been one of the big successes in the LEGO portfolio over the past few years, bringing new people to LEGO building, and bringing others back after a many-year gap. Happy Plants was one of those sets that was relatively inexpensive, simple to build, and brought a delightful end result to the display space.

Knowing that when you are on a good thing, stick to it, it would appear that “Plants in small, whimsical smiling pots” is becoming a subtheme of Botanicals with the upcoming release of 11506 Rocking Plants. Adding to last year’s pale yellow and baby blue pots are bright pink and spring yellowish green versions, this new set brings some new gimmicks. But at what expense?

This set has 253 pieces and a RRP of $AUD 29.99 / $USD22.99 / £GBP17.99 / 19.99€. It is aimed at builders aged 9 and up and set to be released on May 1st, 2026. The LEGO Group sent these over to take an early look…

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LEGO Botanicals 11510 Magnolia Branches Review

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A crystal vase filled with artificial pink magnolia branches and buds placed on a kitchen countertop, with a modern kitchen setting in the background.

The Magnolia branches are the second botanical set we have to look at, scheduled for March 2026. You can checkout our review of 11502 Sunflower Bouquet here. This set brings us relatively sparsely decorated reddish brown branches, with a magnolia flowers in different stages of bloom. Can such a minimalist set maintain the attention of an 18+ consumer base? Could it be one of the most striking botanical sets to date? Read on to find out.

LEGO Botanicals set 11510 Magnolia Branches has 435 pieces and is priced at $AUD99.99/ $USD49.99/49.99€/£44.99. It goes on sale on March 1st, 2026, but is available for pre-order now.

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LEGO Botanicals 11502 Bouquet of Sunflowers [Review]

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A bouquet of artificial sunflowers in a glass vase on a kitchen countertop, with a modern kitchen appliance backdrop.

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.

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Botanicals Review and Interview IV: 11509 Flowering Cactus

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A LEGO set featuring the 11509 Flowering Cactus on a wooden shelf, showcasing two cacti with flowers in a blue pot.

Sorry about the interruption to this series: Our local major event intervened. Brickvention 2026 was great fun, and just a little bit exhausting. Today, we complete our reviews of the January 2026 Botanicals releases, and present the final installment of our interview with Senior Designer Theo Bonner, in which we take a moment to discuss the pink roses bouquet, and why it wasn’t just a clone of the red roses; see what made a collection of designers get up and take a look at what their colleague had achieved, and ponder whether the Botanicals sets just don’t feature enough Spinjitsu. Or do they?

Then we will take a closer look at the Flowering Cactus, another of the 2026 Botanical selection. This set has 482 parts and is aimed at builders aged 9 and up. It is priced at $AUD99.99 / $USD49.99 / 59.99 € / £54.99.

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LEGO® Botanicals 11503 Flower Wall Revealed

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A decorative display featuring the LEGO® Botanicals 11503 Flower Wall on a neutral wall, accompanied by a round hanging framed botanical artwork and a glass vase with flowers.

Run out of bench space to place your bouquets of LEGO Botanicals on? The latest lattice design from LEGO Botanicals is designed to hang on your wall, displaying a whole new collection of flowers, or, if you like mixing up with some of the previous bouquets.

LEGO Botanical Flower Wall set box featuring a vibrant arrangement of various flowers in shades of pink, blue, and yellow, showcasing artistic design suitable for ages 18 and up.
LEGO flower arrangement set packaging, showcasing a decorative piece on a wall with floral designs in various colours and shapes.

Built from 879 pieces and priced at AUD149.99 / 89.99 USD / 89.99 EUR / 79.99 GBP, the 11503 Flower wall is due for release on February 1 2026.

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Botanicals Interview and Review II: 11503 Peace Lily

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A LEGO model of the 11504 Peace Lily, featuring green leaves and white flowers, displayed on a wooden shelf with a plain background.

Earlier in the month I was visiting Denmark, and had the opportunity to visit the LEGO Campus and have a conversation with LEGO Botanicals senior designer, Theo Bonner. In part one, we discussed recolours and the rationale behind new elements being developed in the Botanical theme. Last time, we spoke recolours and the introduction of new elements in Botanical sets.

Today, we discuss the flowerpot design in the 11503 Peace Lily, the fan base for LEGO Botanicals, designing 18+ sets for builders who have never built a LEGO set in their lives before and discover something what LEGO Star Wars and Botanicals have in common.

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Botanical Insights: Interview and Review – 11501 Tulip Bouquet

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A vibrant display of a LEGO Tulip Bouquet set, featuring colorful tulip flowers in various shades, arranged in a clear glass vase on a wooden surface. The image includes text indicating a review of the set and mentions an interview with designer Theo Bonner.
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Theo Bonner, Senior Designer, LEGO Botanicals

In December, 2025 I had the good fortune to visit LEGO Campus in Billund, Denmark. While there, I had the chance to talk with Theo Bonner – One of the Senior Designers working on LEGO’s Botanicals Theme. During the 45 minutes that we spoke, we covered a variety of topics including the challenges of flowerpots, new colours, storytelling the Botanicals consumer base, storytelling and the lack of Spinjitzu in Botanical sets.

Today, in the first of our four reviews of upcoming Botanical releases, we will take a look at the 11501 Tulip Bouquet, and in our interview extract, we talk about the challenges of recolouring certain elements, the new curved slope element and its connection to a space theme from around the turn of the century.

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LEGO® Spring Festival, Ninjago and Botanical sets revealed at Chinese International Import Expo. Monkie Kid Absent from the Announcement.

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Colorful promotional image featuring LEGO sets for the Spring Festival, Ninjago, and Botanical themes, with text questioning the absence of Monkie Kid.

The 2025 Chinese International Import Expo is now underway, and we have seen several sets across a range of themes revealed. These include Chinese New Year Fireworks, as well as a Galloping Horses Canvas for the Spring Festival; the first of the 15th Anniversary Ninjago sets , the four weapons blacksmith, and a Bouquet of Tulips, the first 2026 Botanical set to be revealed. These are sets due for release in January 2026.

There was one theme missing, however.

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10374 LEGO® Botanicals Bouquet of Pink Roses: More than just a recolour?

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A bouquet of pink LEGO roses arranged in a clear vase, accompanied by small white flowers, against a plain background.

When you are on a good thing, stick to it.

When 10328 Bouquet of Roses was released in January 2024, I suspect the LEGO Group knew they had a hit. The set periodically sells out, and compared to actual red roses, it offers pretty good value. Naturally, I was a little intrigued when I saw an updated ‘bouquet of pink roses’ looming on the horizon. This set has an almost identical part count – and what appears to be a couple of subtle differences.

The set has 789 pieces and will be released on October 1st 2025, selling for $AUD99.99/ $USD59.99 /59.99€ / £54.99. This set was provided by the LEGO Group for review purposes. All opinions are my own. Let’s take a closer look.

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10373 Mini Bonsai: Is there a lot to learn from these tiny trees?

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Trees are large, making them less than ideal subjects for life-size LEGO® models. Bonsai, the Japanese art of cultivating trees to grow in a miniaturized form in limited space, offers an end product that may be better represented in a domestic brick-building studio.

Bonsai trees have been part of the Lego Botanical Collection since its earliest days, and we recently saw a Japanese red maple added to the collection. Set 10373 brings us a collection of three small bonsai trees: a ginko, a Japanese black pine and a wisteria. But will this be a beautiful decoration, or the start of something more interesting?

LEGO® Botanicals set 10373 Mini Bonsai Trees will be released on 1 August. It is priced in $AUD99.99 / €59.99 /£54.99 / $USD64.99 and has 709 pieces. Let’s take a closer look. [This set was provided by the LEGO Group for review purposes. All opinions are my own.

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