Posted July 25, 20195 yr The Botanical garden has an indoor Sakura Tree, a fountain, numerous plants and a flower shop and coffee corner. It is a modular, the roof with ventilators can be removed. The statue on the front is Persophone, goddess of the springtime, flowers and vegetation. Also goddess of the underworld, (wife of Hades) but that's less relevant in this context :). She holds a sistrum (musical instrument).Free building instruction, parts list and PDF for sign sticker available on rebrickable:https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-26998/Berthil/botanical-garden/  Edited July 25, 20195 yr by Berthil
July 26, 20195 yr Love the entire look and feel of this. For a botanical garden, the design embraces functionality. At the same time it looks like it would stand out in anyone's setup. What font is the sign made from? It looks really cool and I wouldn't mind getting my hands on a copy of it.
July 26, 20195 yr Author @Bludchylde Thanks! Overal I tried to design in the direction of Art Nouveau/Jugendstil so also with the font. The Font is called ParisMetro and should be available for free when you Google for it. The name is not by accident ParisMetro, the font resembles the sign of a famous Art Nouveau metro entrance in Paris, Port Dauphine:
July 28, 20195 yr I really love the shaping! It's bold and unique, especially when paired with those big transparent panels. I really like the colors and the details too. The upper section does look a bit like a bus/train in one of the images.  (I think it's great)
July 29, 20195 yr This is brilliant. So beautiful and densely detailed. There is so much for the eye to discover!Â
February 17, 20205 yr Author Currently my free building instruction of the Botanical Garden is being sold on eBay so don't buy it as it is free on Rebrickable (see 1st topic):https://www.ebay.com/itm/233456452324 You can help please by reporting the item to eBay:https://ocswf.ebay.com/rti/compose?items=233456452324&seller=rcgrocery Somehow for me this page doesn't work, I can't select a category so I would appreciate any help.
February 18, 20205 yr That's amazing. I never got around to buying Ship in a Bottle because it was always overpriced to me, but this is exactly what I wanted to do with the window pieces. It's perfect. I never buy a set the first day of release, but I'd buy this right away. It's stunning.
February 18, 20205 yr Great architecture ... I like the use of new fences to recreate the liberty work!
February 19, 20205 yr Nicely kept. I do not have much thoughts on botanical things, but I enjoy it's curvature glass.
February 20, 20205 yr thank you very much for share the idea of this clean and clear building, many application of this kind of building, maybe a coffee bar as well.
June 5, 20204 yr Author Thank you all! Just to let you know my design has been stolen and cloned to a LEPIN / Mouldking set without my permission! I'm NOT endorsing this set and would kindly ask any potential buyer to stay away from it. Edited July 14, 20204 yr by Berthil
June 5, 20204 yr 3 hours ago, Berthil said: Thank you all! Just to let you know my design has been stolen and cloned to a LEPIN / Mouldking set without my permission! I'm NOT endorsing this set and would kindly ask any potential buyer to stay away from it. link removed I'm sorry mate, those Chinese copiers are ruthless. Still I strongly recommend you to remove the direct link, and post a screenshot of the product instead. Otherwise you might advertise it :/ Edited June 5, 20204 yr by Rick
June 5, 20204 yr Author 4 minutes ago, Doge said: I'm sorry mate, those Chinese copiers are ruthless. Still I strongly recommend you to remove the direct link, and post a screenshot of the product instead. Otherwise you might advertise it :/ You've copied it in your quote of my message and I can't remove that :)
July 14, 20204 yr Author On 6/5/2020 at 12:50 PM, Berthil said: Just to let you know my design has been stolen and cloned to a LEPIN / Mouldking set without my permission! I'm NOT endorsing this set and would kindly ask any potential buyer to stay away from it. I'm happy to announce MouldKing has paid for the design and in this way has honored me as the original designer. I won't endorse non-LEGO on this forum but MouldKing has done the right thing. The money will flow 100% into new LEGO builds :)Â Edited July 14, 20204 yr by Berthil typos
July 14, 20204 yr 5 hours ago, Berthil said: I'm happy to announce MouldKing has paid for the design and in this way has honored me as the original designer. I won't endorse non-LEGO on this forum but MouldKing has done the right thing. The money will flow 100% into new LEGO builds :)Â Wow, congratulations! That's propably unprecedented! Did you just contact them and they owned up to it, or was there some legal counseling involved? I think you're not the only MOCer they stole from, either...
July 14, 20204 yr Author They had contacted me on their own 3 months ago but have not heard from them after that. I confronted them with the set they had published without my permission and they followed up a few weeks later. I feel there is competition in China amongst set producers and they want to distinguish themselves by selling with approval from the designer. Edited July 14, 20204 yr by Berthil typos
July 27, 20204 yr Author Not promoting sales of this on a LEGO forum but just to let you know some AFOL designers get honored by Chinese manufacturers the right way.Free instructions still up for anyone who wants to build it and I will keep publishing free instructions.
September 24, 20213 yr Just wanted to express my thanks to @Berthil for the instructions for this. I've spent almost a year getting the parts together, but it's finally complete. What a great model! I made a few changes from the original. Some colour tweaks, like the flowers and the tiled floors. Added a layer of tiles/jumpers so that I could remove the structure to access everything inside, and an iron flower at the front in place of a sign. But it really is fabulous, and I'm very pleased to add it. If anyone wants to try it, you absolutely should - https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-26998/BrickPolis/botanical-garden/ Edited September 24, 20213 yr by RichardGoring
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