From seed to simoleon — grow your green thumb with this rewarding and profitable skill! Perfect for homey players, challenge fans, and herb nerds alike. 🌱💚
🎯 Skill Info
- Skill Type: Major Skill
- Max Level: 10
- 📦 Base Game Compatible (with bonus features in DLCs)
- 🌍 Works beautifully in all neighbourhoods and challenge play
🌱 How to Build the Gardening Skill
Your Sim can start building Gardening by:
- 🪴 Buying seed packets in Build/Buy Mode or through planters
- 🌼 Harvesting wild plants around the world
- 🌱 Using the “Plant” interaction after placing seeds
- 💻 Researching Gardening on the computer
- 🗣️ Chatting with plants (yes, really!)
As they grow their skills, they’ll unlock:
- More efficient plant care
- Rare and hybrid crops
- A surprising amount of Simoleon-making potential!
📈 Gardening Skill Levels & Unlocks
| Level | Unlocks |
|---|---|
| 1 | 🌱 Can plant, water, weed, and harvest |
| 2 | 💻 Research Gardening on PC 📓 View plant info in notebook 💧 Water nearby plants |
| 3 | 😄 Gardening becomes fun! Can now Fertilise plants |
| 4 | 🗣️ Talk to plants to boost Social Need 🌾 Harvest in nearby area |
| 5 | ✂️ Take Cuttings & Graft plants for hybrids |
| 6 | 🌿 Weed in a larger area |
| 7 | 📦 Buy Uncommon & Farmer seed packets 🐛 Spray bugs in large area |
| 8 | 🌳 Over-prune bonsai trees 💰 Super Sell in large area |
| 9 | 🌼 Use Tend Garden — waters, weeds, and sprays bugs in one click |
| 10 | 🎁 Buy Rare Seed Packets — includes rare and valuable plants |
👩🌾 Careers That Benefit from Gardening
| Career | Pack |
|---|---|
| 🌾 Gardener (Botanist / Floral Designer) | Seasons |
| 🌍 Conservationist (Field Work) | Island Living |
🧪 Cheats, Traits & Ideal Moods
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| 🧬 Cheat | stats.set_skill_level Major_Gardening 10 |
| 😌 Ideal Mood | Focused |
| 🎭 Traits | Loves the Outdoors (happy outside = better gardening) |
| 🌟 Aspirations | Freelance Botanist, Outdoor Enthusiast, Purveyor of Potions |
💡 Tips & Strategy
- 🗺️ Collect plants from multiple worlds to complete your garden
- 💻 Use planters or computers to buy specific produce
- 🪴 Keep your plants close together to make Tend Garden more efficient
- 🌱 Graft to create rare hybrids like Cowplant Berries or Bird of Paradise
- 💰 Selling high-quality crops = serious Simoleon gains
- 🌳 Explore Sylvan Glade by befriending the glowing tree in Willow Creek!
🎥 Video / Gallery
🔚 Final Thoughts
Gardening is a calm yet deeply rewarding skill that fits every kind of Sim — from potion makers to eco-warriors. Whether you’re after cash crops or aesthetic gardens, this green-thumb skill brings nature to life right outside your Sim’s door. 🌷🍓
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