EA has added on a lot to the gardening aspect of the game through expansion packs, including World Adventures, Supernatural and even University Life. How they have added on:
World Adventures: This expansion pack brings 10 new plants to game play–which you will see them listed later on–and even a new way to interact with the fruit you have grown; nectar-making! [Nectar-making skill post coming soon]. If your Sim is a gardener, it will be easy to make prize nectar and improve your nectar-making skill.
Supernatural: This expansion pack introduces 11 new plants to game play which you will see listed later on. The gardening skill goes hand-in-hand with the Alchemy skill and is also extremely helpful to Fairies who have a positive effect on plants and are known for their luscious gardens.
University Life: This expansion pack has added a new occult life state, related to gardening. PlantSims! They also introduce the Forbidden Fruit which will turn a Sim into a PlantSim four hours after consumption. They can be cured before turning if they pay $3,000 simoleons.
How to start gardening: If you want your Sim to garden, you should give them the Green Thumb, Loves the Outdoors, and Eco-Friendly traits, right off the bat. It will help them gain skill level more quickly and they will understand the concepts of gardening better. Next, switch on the TV and have them watch the gardening channel, Got Garden. Head to the bookstore and purchase the gardening books: Gardening Vol.1: The Watercan Chronicles, Gardening Vol.2: Odor Free Fertilizer, and Gardening Vol.3: Gardening to Riches. Reading these books while sitting near the TV–switched onto the gardening channel–can improve your skill faster.
Traits in Depth
Green Thumb
Green-thumbs are the best gardeners. They find solace and comfort amongst their garden and can revive plants in the worst of conditions.
Loves The Outdoors
These Sims love spending time outdoors and find a special joy amidst nature that others do not.
Eco-Friendy (Ambitions)
Eco-Friendly Sims prefer a lifestyle of energy conservation, recycling and sustainable eating.
Skills and Gardening Self-Employment
Each time you improve your gardening skill, you gain new abilities. Here is a complete list of all the abilities you can acquire:
Level 0-1 - you can plant apples, grapes, lettuce and tomatoes.
Level 2 - you can tend your garden by weeding it.
Level 3 - you can fertilize your plants (with fish, horse manure, etc.)
Level 4 - nothing new.
Level 5 - you can now plant seeds labeled "uncommon".
Level 6 - if your Sim has the "Green Thumb" trait, they now have the ability to revive plants.
Level 7 - your Sim can now plant seeds labeled "Rare" and "Special".
Level 8 - if your Sim completed the attached opportunity, they can plant "Cheese" and "Egg" plants.
Level 9 - if your Sims completed the attached opportunity, they can now plant "Burger" and Steak" plants.
Level 10 - if your Sims completed the attached opportunity, they now have the ability to plant "Omni" plants.
Being a self-employed gardener: If you own Ambitions, you can register to be a self-employed gardener at City Hall. You must be at least be at Level 1 before you register. Here is the list of promotions you will earn through-out this profession:
Cucumber Smasher: harvest $30 worth of produce to earn a promotion.
Dirt Digger: harvest $150 worth of produce to earn a promotion.
Clodhopper: harvest $605 worth of produce to earn a promotion.
Master Weeder: harvest $1,605 worth of produce to earn a promotion.
Fertilizer Flinger: harvest $4,105 worth of produce to earn a promotion and a bonus of $500.
Bushwacker: harvest $11,605 worth of produce to earn a promotion.
Seed Sewer: harvest $26,605 worth of produce to earn a promotion and a bonus of $1,500.
Famed Farmer: harvest $56,605 worth of produce to earn a promotion.
Progeny of the Harvest: harvest $116,605 worth of produce to earn a promotion.
Dirt Digger: harvest $196,606 to gain a promotion and a $5,000 bonus.
Complete List of Plants
- Apple Tree
- Basil
- Cherimola Blan Grapes
- Cortado Bean
- Ginseng
- Grapevine
- Kona Bean
- Lettuce Plant
- Mandrake
- Maui Bean
- Midnight Bean
- Peppermint
- Porcinis
- Red Berry Bean
- Red Toadstools
- Red Valerian Root
- Renoit Grapes
- Tomato Plant
- White Cap
- Wolfsbane
- Avornalino Grapes
- Banana Tree
- Buzzberry
- Carrot
- Cinnamon
- Greenleaf
- Lavender
- Licorice
- Lime Tree
- Onion
- Meloire Grapes
- Mycenas
- Plum Tree
- Pomegranate Tree
- Potato
- Spotlight Mushroom
- Sweet Grass
- Watermelon
- Wonderpetal
- Bell Pepper
- Bumbleleaf
- Chamomile
- Cherry Tree
- Cranerlet
- Garlic
- Ghost Chili
- Glow Orbs
- Gralladina Fran Grapes
- Pomelo Tree
- Truffles
- Burger Plant
- Cheese Plant
- Death Flower
- Egg Plant
- Forbidden Fruit
- Flame Fruit
- Life Fruit Plant
- Money Tree
- Omni Plant
- Plasma Fruit
- Steak Plant
List Courtesy of Carl's Sims 3 Guide
More Tips
If you want to make easy money in the gardening profession, grow money trees. The money bags are valuable and your Sims will soon be rolling in cash that they can then donate to charities for endangered species and dwindling rain forests!
There are two Lifetime Rewards that your Sims can purchase to help them with their gardens as well. The first one is the "Super Green Thumb" reward for 20,000 Lifetime Reward Points. It will help your Sim grow higher quality plants which are much more valuable. Then, there is the "Collection Helper" which you can purchase for 40,000 points. It helps your Sim find all the seeds around your neighborhood.
Sources: Carl's Sims 3 Guide, GameYum.
UPDATED: Secrets about gardening exposed!
• There is a Flame Fruit to be found in one of the pyramids of Al Simhara that gives your Sim the "Cozy" moodlet when there are two or more in their inventory,
• There is a Flame Fruit to be found in one of the pyramids of Al Simhara that gives your Sim the "Cozy" moodlet when there are two or more in their inventory,
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