Gardening Career Guide

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If your Sim dreams of lush gardens, rare plants, and floral masterpieces, the Gardening Career is a perfect fit! 🌷✨ Choose between two rewarding branches: Botanist or Floral Designer. Whether working from home 🌿 or heading into a rabbit hole career 🚪, your Sim can bloom beautifully!

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🌱 How to Start

• 📱 Use your Sim’s phone or computer → Find a Job → Select Gardener
• 🏡 Choose rabbit hole work or work-from-home assignments
• 🌟 Best skills: Gardening, plus Logic for Botanist or Flower Arranging for Floral Designer
• 🛠️ Cheat: careers.promote adult_gardener

💡 Tip: With Seasons, indoor plants bloom year-round — no need to wait for summer!

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🌼 Career Progression: Levels 1–4

Level	Title	Pay	Daily Task	Rewards
1	Dirt-Digger	§20/hr	Purchase Gardening Seeds	–
2	Soil-Sifter	§21/hr	Research Gardening	§300, Starter Fruits
3	Seed-Scatterer	§23/hr	Purchase Gardening Seeds	§400, Starter Flowers, Garden Plant Box
4	Leaf-Cutter	§25/hr	Harvest Harvestables	§500, Seasonal Summer Plants, Sprinkler, Wall Decal

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🌻 Botanist Branch

Level	Title	Pay	Daily Task	Rewards
5	Plant Nerd	§40/hr	Purchase Gardening Seeds	§600, Cowplant Berry
6	Stem Researcher	§45/hr	Research Gardening	§700, Wall Picture
7	Sap-Splicer	§70/hr	Research Gardening	§800, Microscope Object
8	Flower Fellow	§75/hr	Research Gardening	§900, Hooplankton Wall Art
9	Bouquet Biologist	§90/hr	Research Gardening	§1,000, Rhapsody Wall Art
10	PhD of Pollen!	§420/hr	Research Gardening	§1,200, Blemish Blossom Wall Art

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🌸 Floral Designer Branch

Level	Title	Pay	Daily Task	Rewards
5	Petal-Placer	§35/hr	Craft Flower Arrangement	§550, Bonsai Tree
6	Stem Cutter	§42/hr	Craft Flower Arrangement	§650, Flower Arranging Table
7	Anther Artist	§60/hr	Craft Flower Arrangement	§750, Caress Wheel Barrench
8	Floral Organizer	§68/hr	Craft Flower Arrangement	§850, Starblossoms Decor Plant
9	Leafy Luminary	§350/hr	Craft Flower Arrangement	§1,000, Domec Floral Vase, Single Rose
10	Budding Icon	§420/hr	Craft Flower Arrangement	§1,200, Petal Power Wall Trophy, New Clothes

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🌿 Tips & Strategy

• 🍃 Where to Get Plants: Buy seeds from planters, computers, or the Henford-on-Bagley grocery stall (if installed), or harvest wild plants after a few in-game days.
• 🌼 Too Many Plants?: Hire a gardener NPC to help keep things tidy!
• 🪴 Seasons Players: Keep valuable or delicate plants indoors for year-round growth.
• 🌟 Combine with Freelance Work: Sell flower arrangements or harvested produce on the side for extra income.

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🧠 Final Thoughts

The Gardening Career is a peaceful, fulfilling path for Sims who love nature. Whether you focus on rare plant research as a Botanist or bring joy with stunning bouquets as a Floral Designer, your Sim’s green thumb can lead to big rewards — and a backyard full of life! 🌿💚

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