“Experience all the seasons of the garden - in miniature!”

Brighten your shelf, desk, or table with these beautiful miniature gardens, each built atop a small display resembling a carved wooden stand!

The Model:

Model Main Features:

- Two pint-sized dioramas perfect for display on shelves, tables, desks, or any place for people to enjoy and to admire!

- Each diorama is themed around the main architectural style of the miniature garden. Explore a charming Ancient Greek island garden, or a beautiful pagoda garden.

- Customizable foliage and accessories. Change the placement and type of trees, bushes, statuary, and fountains, or change seasons as you wish!

- Pagoda Garden: A beautiful, serene pagoda and deck preside over a large, peaceful pond.

- Large lily pads float on the pond, and tiny details abound around the grassy landscape.

- Customize the landscape to adapt to the changing seasons, with autumn and winter themed foliage, in addition to summer and winter pine trees. Add some clear tiles to the blue of the pond for a wintery, icy effect.

- Greek Island: A sunny, pristine landscape populated by soaring fountains, Greek columns, and meticulously maintained shrubbery.

- Brilliant white stone and gold accents shine through in this diorama, enhanced by the abundant topiaries and burbling fountains

- Customize the landscape to adapt to the changing seasons, or swap foliage and trees around for a new look.

For this entry, I wanted to create a detailed miniature model that utilized less than 1000 pieces. My challenge was to fit a large amount of detail into a very small amount of space. (The models themselves measure 3x4 inches). I started with the pagoda garden, anticipating the design to be one display stand that could just be customized with different buildings and landscapes. This morphed into two distinct dioramas featuring different architectural styles, with customizable foliage instead.

One of the unique challenges of this design was rendering the buildings and trees in such a small space. The cherry tree in particular was a strange design, and I’m not entirely sure if it will work in real bricks. The pagoda was my favorite to build, I love the little hot dogs on the roof and the little flower on the very top. I tried to build it relatively close to photos that I saw online. I wanted to be able to include a bridge over the pond, but I wasn’t able to figure out how to create one that worked in that scale or was aesthetically pleasing. Hence why there is a deck with railings instead.

Dimensions:

Total Pieces: 771
Individual Garden Dimensions:

Length: 4 in (10.16 cm)
Width: 3 in (7.62 cm)
Height: 5 in (12.7 cm)