Sims do gain gardening skill by harvesting plants around town and planting, tending and weeding a garden on their home lot. They do not gain skill by picking up seeds.
Sims do not have to water when it's raining, but can still weed and otherwise tend plants.
Gardening Classes (§400.) can be taken at the Science Lab, and will gain Sims level 1 gardening skill.
To Join the Gardener Career:
Click on City Hall > Register as Self-Employed > Gardener
Sims can get between 1 and 4 harvestables per plant/tree. -- It takes 3 or 4 days before most plants will become harvestable on the home lot after first planted. Some plants take upwards of 7 to 14 days to become fully harvestable after first planted.
Harvestable Plant List and Information in
this post.
Notes for the Nectar Making Sim can be found in
this post.
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~ At skill Lv0: A Sim can plant:
Apples, Basil, Cherimola Blan Grapes, Coffee beans, Ginseng, Grapes, Lettuce, Mandrake, Peppermint, Porcinis, Red Toadstool, Red Valerian, Renoit Grapes, Tomatoes, White Caps, Wolfsbane
Coffee Beans -
Cortado, Kona, Maui, Midnight, Red Berry.
Sims 3 Store plants -
Blackberry, Blueberry, Cocoa, Corn, Cucumber, Lemon, Orange, Peach, Pear, Pecan Purple Eggplant, Raspberry, Strawberries,
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~ At Skill Level 1: A Sim will get 6 various seeds to plant of normal quality and may get a wish to join the gardening career.
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~ At Skill Level 5: Avornalino Grapes, Buzzberry, Carrot, Cinnamon, Greenleaf, Lavender, Licorice, Lime, Meloire Grapes, Mycenas, Onion, Plum, Pomegranate, Potato, Pumpkin, Spotlight, Sweet Grass, Watermelon, WonderPetal,
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~ At Skill Level 7: Banana, Bell Pepper, Bumbleleaf, Chamomile, Cherry, Cranerlet Nuala Grapes, FlameFruit, Garlic, Ghost Chilli, Glo Orbs, Gralladina Fran Grapes, Life Fruit, Plasma Fruit, Pomelo, Truffles.
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Gardening Skill Level Information:Gardening Skill Lv0 = Watering Plants
Gardening Skill Lv1 = Can plant some plants
Gardening Skill Lv2 = Weed Plants
Gardening Skill Lv3 = Fertilize Plants (Garlic is Excellent Fertilizer)
Gardening Skill Lv4 = Nothing
Gardening Skill Lv5 = Plant Uncommon Seeds
Gardening Skill Lv6 = Revive plants (with Green Thumb trait)
Gardening Skill Lv7 = Plant Rare and Special seeds
Gardening Skill Lv8 = Plant Cheese and Egg plants (via Skill Opportunities)
Gardening Skill Lv9 = Plant Burger Patty and Steak plants (via Skill Opportunities)
Gardening Skill Lv10 = Plant Omni Plant seeds (via Skill Opportunities)
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Special Gardening Opportunities start at level 8 and with those Cheese, Eggs, Steaks, Burger Patties can be planted.
– Uncommonly Good (Cheese and Eggs)
– Outstandingly Rare (Steak and Burger)
– Omnificent Plant (Omni Seeds)
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Didn't get the Special Gardening Opportunities? Get
Nraas Debug Enabler to help with that.
Click on Sim > Nraas > Debug Enabler > Options: Cell Phone > Opportunities > Add Opportunity > Skills > GardeningSkill - Pick the opportunity you want.
GardeningSkill_SpecialPlants1 = Uncommonly Good - 20 harvested items of Excellent quality to Restaurant
GardeningSkill_SpecialPlants2 = Outstandly Rare - 10 Excellent quality Cheeses to Restaurant
GardeningSkill_SpecialPlants3 = Omnificent Plant - 10 Outstanding Steaks to Restaurant
Reference Links: The Sims Wiki ~ Gardening Sims 3
https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Gardening_(The_Sims_3)
Carl's Guide ~ Gardening
https://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/skills/gardening/
