WETA Workshop Polystone - 13 Apple Orchard Hobbit Hole

From New Line Cinema, Peter Jackson and Warner Bros. comes J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, brought to the big screen in an epic trilogy. Weta Workshop was thrilled to return to Middle-earth once again, contributing design, specialty props and specialty costumes to all three films. This gorgeous little environment is an exacting miniature replica of the movie set that can be visited at Hobbiton in Matamata, New Zealand. It was designed by the same artists and craftspeople who worked on the movie. Scattered among the grassy hills of Hobbiton like a purse full of lost coins, the round doors of many dozen hobbit-holes shine in bright, summery hues, each home to a hobbit or family of the little people.

As diverse as the rosy-cheeked hobbits themselves, every smial, as hobbit-holes are known, reflects the unique personality of its inhabitant and nestles into the hillside amid a sea of lush greenery. Ripe red apples dangle thick amid the boughs of number 13's trees, framing the pret