La serre, Marie Boiseau (500 pcs)

This Green House puzzle invites you into a winter garden bursting with life. A gardener with curly blonde hair, a bandana tied over her head and a tiger-striped orange jumpsuit, waters a row of terracotta pots lined up in front of her with a blue watering can. At her feet sit a bag of potting soil and a garden rake, set down on the greenhouse floor. The glass structure, drawn in fine navy blue lines forming a tall arched frame, surrounds the scene and hints at a golden sun glowing through the panes. All around her, an explosion of tropical foliage fills the frame: oversized monstera leaves, slender palm fronds, spotted snake plants and ferns in shades of green, blue and lemon yellow, dotted with small white flowers and red berries. Set against a powdery pink background, this gouache composition, with its rounded shapes and bold colors, radiates the warmth and calm of an afternoon spent tending to plants inside a truly lush greenhouse.

This puzzle belongs to Holiyay's 500-piece collection, a brand known for its vibrant illustrations by independent artists. The pieces are cut from thick blue-core board for lasting durability, and the finished image gets a matte finish that cuts down on glare, a real plus for admiring every detail of the botanical garden once the puzzle is complete. The illustrator has also lent her lush style to other puzzles in the same collection, including Pop-Up Market and Ephemeral Market, all driven by the same passion for nature and everyday scenes.

Marie Boiseau is an illustrator from Nantes, a graduate of the Beaux-Arts school in Angouleme, who has worked as a freelance illustrator since 2017. Her work celebrates the diversity of women's bodies and draws inspiration from the shapes and colors of nature, everyday moments and fashion. Her medium of choice, gouache, gives her rounded characters and lush greenery that warm, painterly texture that makes this puzzle for adults so charming.

DIMENSIONS: 50 cm x 70 cm (19.7 x 27.6 in) once assembled.