The idea that perhaps humans are more comfortable living and working in a space filled with nature, rather than glass tarmac and concrete came surprisingly late, an idea that is more common sense than a revelation, came pretty late in human history.

The term biophilia was first coined in 1973. It took 11 more years for the term Biophilia Hypothesis and the idea that humans’ attraction to nature is more than just psychological, it is essential, to take hold.

Fast forward to today, 37 years later, and LEGO adds its own twist to the idea in two forms. 

First, an album of sounds under the name LEGO White Noise. An instrumental, according to Apple Music. 

“The playlist is composed of a series of audio tracks created using nothing but the iconic sounds that the LEGO brick makes, sounds that are recognised by generations all over the world,” says LEGO. 

There are 7 tracks in all. 

Wild as the wind, the second track in the album, imagines the sound of leaves rustling in the wind if the leaves were made out of LEGO, with sounds of actual nature, or an approximation of it, in the background. It sounds like thousands of lego pips and dots being sloshed around in a forest.

The Waterfall, the seventh track in the album, according to LEGO is made by pouring thousands of LEGO bricks on top of each other. It sounds like how you would imagine a waterfall made of LEGO bricks would sound like and a LEGO Master Model Builder’s catastrophic failure nightmare.

LEGO designed these sounds as an alternative to white noise often used for relaxation, meditation, and sleep aid. And not all of them are nature adjacent.

Build for Two, the first song in the album, for example, is the sound of a person quietly building a large lego set. It comes complete with sounds of rummaging through piles of bricks and flipping through the building instructions. What it does not have the expletive-filled exclamations when a particularly difficult to find brick decides to become a grandmaster at hide and seek.

LEGO white noise is novel, sweet, and innovative. Find it on your favourite music streaming platform or listen to it for free at LEGO.com.

The second idea LEGO has is the new LEGO Botanical Collection. It comes in two sets, the LEGO Flower Bouquet and the LEGO Bonsai Tree. Both sets are fairly priced and build beautiful models inspired by nature. 

The names are descriptive. The LEGO Flower Bouquet is an arrangement of flowers made with LEGO. But, you will have to provide your own vase. No water needed, but you could still put some for the visual effect I guess.

The one that was sold out everywhere when it first came out was the LEGO Bonsai Tree, a testament to the LEGO fan’s want for sets that mimics real-life objects like portraits and in this case, pygmy trees.

Builders have the option to build the LEGO Bonsai flourishing with green leaves or blooming with pink flowers made out of frog shapes. It’s one issue is that this set uses loose 1×1 round plate elements to represent the potting soil the tree is growing in. One spill and it is a chore to clean up. 

LEGO Botanical Collection is available now. If you can find it.

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