How to upgrade LEGO Ideas 21353 The Botanical Garden

LEGO Ideas 21353 The Botanical Garden is coming soon but there are a few changes you might want to consider, including modular compatability.

The latest LEGO Ideas set has been revealed as 21353 The Botanical Garden, making more than a few changes to the original design by Valentina Bima, including the removal of modular building-compatible features. The design team have added much too, though there are a few changes and upgrades we have in mind, especially for anyone wanting to integrate the set into a city display.

From making the model modular as it was originally intended, to adding more plants and insects to the set here are some upgrades we've thought of for LEGO Ideas 21353 The Botanical Garden, all using pieces on Pick a Brick.

Make it modular-compatible

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A botanical garden in the middle of a bustling city or street isn't a common sight, but the LEGO Group does consider this build a part of the collection. Still, it seems likely that many enthusiasts will want to modify 21353 The Botanical Garden to fit the build into their city, as was originally pitched. This will mean that 5009005 Entrance Gate won't fit at the front anymore though.

Thankfully, by taking out the two flowerbeds at the front of the model, there's enough room for pavement and other typical modular features without affecting anything else in the natural build, including the decorative pavement design. Here's the parts list required based on our suggested design, which keeps the unique decorated pavement from the set intact.

We've opted to not introduce any Technic pin connection points to allow the set room to breathe as the designer originally intended. You could integrate such connection points via some bushes, though it would restrict access to the back of the building by minifigures without walking through the indoor garden.

Click here to see all of the below elements directly on Pick a Brick, ready for you to add them to your order in the following quantities.

Design ID	Element ID	Quantity
25269	6199549	6
3070	4210848	2
87079	4560184	12
4162	4211481	6
63864	4558169	2
3022	4211094	2
11062	6014274	2
3626	6513992	2
4740	474001	2
27925	6265306	1
3068	4211055	2
63864	4568734	2
2431	4211053	1
2412b	4619636	1
3069	4211052	1

Fill the planters

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Aside from the addition of the modular street that was originally proposed for the LEGO Ideas set, the uniform design of the planets in the interior means some empty space and exposed soil. Thankfully, filling these gaps is easy with Pick a Brick.

Here are some interesting plant and plant-adjacent elements you can use to upgrade LEGO Ideas 21353 The Botanical Garden's floral offerings, as much as some elements may not be quite to scale with minifigures.

Image	Design ID	Element ID
	49656	6458631
	106069	6466742
	106211	6467694
	104744	6449711
	68102	6500798
	19119	6269940
	24855	6269971
	2659	4211053
	2682	6447541
	68211	6434871

Add some more insects

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While you're unlikely to see the likes of a squirrel in a botanical garden (though some birds have managed to find their way into the LEGO Ideas set), insects are much more common in our experience and Pick a Brick has some interesting varieties to consider. The set officially includes just one beetle but there are many others on Pick a Brick to bolster the building.

There's a wide selection of butterflies on the service too using the more recent element, which could be paired with transparent elements to great effect as they are in 41757 Botanical Garden.