35+ Sims 4 Gardening CC and Mods
Gardening is pretty much the only way my sims make money since I’m WAY too focused on homestead-style play. That’s where these cute and useful Sims 4 gardening cc and mod picks come in.
Whether you want something new to decorate your outdoor space with, or you need something that helps making caring for your 175 crops considerably easier – there’s an option out there for you. From easy-to-use mods like Ravasheen’s No Fig Deal to classy outdoor furniture updates like Garden At Home there’s truly plenty to keep your gameplay interesting.
If you’ve been looking for the best Sims 4 gardening cc and mods, this is the list you need to dig into. Which will you download next?
Sims 4 Gardening CC Furniture & Decor
1. Editor’s Pick: Garden At Home by Max20
Max20 is probably one of my favorite creators and this Garden At Home pack is NO exception. Seriously, it’s so dang cute! Honestly, I don’t hate that the promo images of this Maxis match are in a bold pink.
With this set you get:
- Plants like hydrangeas, lilies and tulips
- Decorative items like a wheel barrow and a bird bath
- Working objects like a cute swing chair and a small garden lamp
- Terrain like fallen leaves and clover grass
This is a really gorgeous, full garden set – I particularly enjoy the funky gate (that IS functional) that comes with it. It’s the perfect one to fully develop your sim’s outdoor area.
2. Moonwood Garden by Myshunosun
The Moonwood Garden set is slightly smaller (with only 13 items) but it definitely covers all of your gardening needs.
This set comes with a more minimalistic version of the flower arranging table (though you’ll need the Seasons EP for it to function), new garden beds, a nice shelf and some decorative plant items. I really like the decorative potted plants that come in the stacked shelves.
This is a great set to download if you’re looking for some cute garden clutter to spice up your home.
3. Garden Sign Collection by Caigel
Do you ever plant something and totally forget what it is? I do it ALL the time (in the Sims and IRL), which is why this Garden Sign Collection is must-have. These are great for marketing what you’ve placed and where so you can keep a cute, tiny garden going in-game.
Like other items in-game, these items can be sized up or down so you can make a real custom garden. You only need the base game for these bad boys to work, however there are additional signs for the different packs – so your expansion plants won’t be left out!
4. Floret Grove by leaf-motif
I LOVE the Floret Garden set. It’s a small but mighty set that features:
- 2 small planters
- Bee box
- Functional vertical lattice
- Baseket full of mushrooms
- Dresser stuffed with plants
It’s cute, colorful and truly perfect for your outdoor garden space. I particularly like the hanging plant style pieces in the dresser.
5. Straight Outta Compost by Ravasheen
If you love playing an eco-friendly game, then Ravasheen’s Straight Outta Compost is for you.
This bad (in a good way) lil bucket can help you sims turn almost any organic items (think: food scraps, dust, leaves) into fertilizer you can use for gardening. In a few easy sim days your garbage will become amazing fertilizer that you can use to grow awesome crops.
Ready to start composting?
6. Magic Garden by leaf-motif
Leaf-motif has another fun and whimsical garden-focused set, Magic Garden features 12 items that add a bit of color and magic to your home’s outdoor area.
With this set you get a mailbox shaped like a fairy house, 4 different bird house styles, and some brand new potted plants to spice the area up. What’s great about this set is that it’s base game compatible, so EVERYONE can use it.
7. Garden Outdoor Lamp Set by DOT
If you want a little light in your garden, this Outdoor Lamp Set is for you.
It features a collection of traditional-looking outdoor lamps. You get a contemporary style, and something a little more classic with glass and metal-looking features.
8. Summer Gardening Adventures by sim_man123
The Summer Gardening Adventures pack is perfect if you want it something small to decorate the outside of your sim’s home.
Both of the flower beds that come in this set are functional, however the wheelbarrow and flowerpots are just decorative shelves – you cannot actually plant seeds in them. It’s a simple, cute set.
9. Willow Porch by leaf-motif
The Willow Porch garden swing is GORGEOUS and a must-have for any comfortable outdoor space. But this set is MORE than just a cute swing, it also features:
- Pillows that would look killer in your living room
- Small decorative chest
- Surfaces like a pedestal and table
- Cute potted plants
For a classic outdoor space, this is truly a must-have set. Seriously, I HIGHLY recommend downloading it.
10. Eco Utility Set by Ravasheen
Another great set for eco-friendly living is the Alter Eco Utility Set.
This set is base game compatible (though some interactions are restricted to packs like Eco Lifestyle) and is perfect for your off-grid homes. It focuses on water and power production for both regular and off-grid lots.
If you’re interested in lot challenges, this is a set you’ll want to download. Not to mention it’s great for a homesteading style lifestyle.
11. Breezic Watering Can by ArwenKaboom
A small addition to your gardening decor, the Breezic Watering Can is perfect for a traditional looking garden space.
This is a base game deco watering can that comes with 6 different, metallic-looking recolors.
12. Garland Lights by Kardofe
If you’re anything like me and love a good set of fairy lights, these Garland Lights are for you.
These are the perfect outdoor addition to your backyard space. You’ll need to place these using the Alt key to get them correctly on the sticks of the pergola.
13. Hortensia by Syboulette
If a rustic style garden is for you, the Hortensia set comes with 9 objects that include both functional items and decorative ones. With this download you get:
- Two table choices
- Stone snail
- Five different kinds of flowers (to give you a little more variety)
- Decorative bird houses
This set is perfect for those that like a rusticy feel to it.
14. My Garden (Part 2) by Soloriya
For something super cute and decorative there’s the My Garden (Part 2) set.
If you’re building a garden that has a more whimsical look and feel to it, this is the PERFECT download. It includes 9 items that have 3 to 6 color variations to pick from, including:
- Tables
- Bird house
- Stone snail
- Additional flower decorations
It’s a great way to give a little color and texture to your outdoor space.
15. Gardening Foyer by SIMcredible!
This cute Gardening Foryer set features a TON OF PLANTS!
To clarify: these are decorative plants. Your sims do not need to care for them, they’re just to liven up your space. This cute little set features 14 different plants – including a variety of flowers – each of which comes in a cute, fun pot. We’ve got teapots, bags, rain boots and even a soup can.
Whether you want to bring your house to life with a little greenery inside or out, this is the set for you.
16. Cottage Garden Stuff by The Plumbob Tea Society
I really love the Cottage Garden Stuff, but it’s a bit old and the group is no longer active, so some of the items might not work. You’ve been warned!
This gardening-focused set features 171 items. You get CAS items like hair styles and clothing items, along with Build/Buy stuff like potting clutter, a wheel barrow, gorgeous plant items, and a bunch of other must-have clutter.
This is a dream-like garden set if you’re looking put together a magical lot or you simply want some cute cottage vibes.
17. Produce Stand Retail Fridge by BrazenLotus
You will need the Get to Work EP for this Product Stand Retail Fridge, but it’s a GREAT addition to any retail store, especially if you’re itching to set up a grocery store.
This produce stand is a repurposed retail fridge that you can stock with items that sims can purchase autonomously while in your store. They will also keep items like your fish from spoiling as fast. Not to mention they look super cute.
18. Garden Stories by Myshunosun
If you want an all-in-one backyard pack that encompasses some items that are perfect for your garden, then Garden Stories is for you.
This is a gorgeous pack that features 7 items, including a cute garden swing and some swanky looking planting boxes. The flower arranging table is also functional if you have the Seasons EP. All of the items in this mini pack are base game compatible, except the flower arranging table.
19. Mushroom Collection by Helen-Sims
For anyone that loves to add a little mushroom to their gameplay, this Mushroom Collection is for you. It’s the perfect addition to the garden of your cottagecore-style home.
These are decorative items that you can use to spice up your yard or your foraging basket. Pair them with the cute mushroom kitchen clutter for a full mushroomcore themed home!
20. Farm and Orchard: Raised Row Gardening Soil Squares by Snowhaze
Ready to step up your soil game? Then the Farm and Orchard: Raised Row Gardening Soil Squares is for you.
It essentially provides you a 3D look for your soil. I admit that it’s not the smoothest looking dirt, but it definitely adds some personality.
21. Im-Peck-Able Bird Houses by Ravasheen
Itching to see more birds in your game? Clearly you need one of these Im-Peck-Able Bird Houses.
These work just like the Flock Of Wild Birds that came with Cottage Living. They’re fully functional bird homes, and they’re pre-unlocked for BB.
22. Absolutely Radishing Garden Planters by Ravasheen
If you want something that gives you a little height dimension in your game, the Absolutely Radishing Garden Planters.
These are an improvement on your basic boxes because you can purchase seeds directly from them. I also love them because they’re compatible with custom harvestables.
23. Large Bamboo Planter Box by Simsta
These cute little Large Bamboo Planter Boxes are great if you want a little more order in your garden.
Technically, this planter box is designed for the large outdoor ground plants (aka shrubs), but you need to add the move objects cheat and Alt to make it work purposefully.
24. Plastic Garden Chair by Kliekie
Everyone NEEDS a classic plastic garden chair.
While it’s not the most gorgeous piece of furniture you can get your hands on, it is very practical if you’re going to be building a trailer park, long-stay motel or even a classic suburban house.
It’s actually kind of a shock that these aren’t already included in the game.
Custom Harvestable Plants
There are SO MANY custom harvestable plants available for you to download, with that in mind I’m only going to include a small collection of items you can use. If you like to play simple living style where you need to have items on-hand to cook, these are perfect for adding essence to your custom dishes:
25. Harvestable Sugarcane by Icemunmun
If you want to add a little more homestead to your game, consider growing some harvestable sugarcane. You can find it in Buy Mode and get it in seed packets as well. It’s tagged as a herb, so it can be eaten raw or added to any recipe that calls for a herb. It grows in spring, summer and fall.
26. Lime Harvestable by Pied Piper
Who doesn’t want to add a little citrus in their game? This custom lime harvestable is perfect for cooking and adds a cute tree to your garden. Its tagged as a fruit which means you can eat it raw or use it in any recipe that requires fruit.
27. Harvestable Artichoke by BrazenLotus
If you want to add a new vegetable harvestable to your game, this Artichoke is for you. It adds a new “vegetable” ingredient to your game, and something you can garden.
This plant has a few great benefits, including adding nutrients to soil helping your nearby plants evolve faster. However, it needs more water than other plants so you’ll need to stay on it to make sure it doesn’t dry out. For those that like to collect insects, the Artichoke attracts Jewel Beetles.
28. Pistachio Harvestable by Pied Piper
This fun pistachio harvestable can be added to your garden and planted, eaten or used in recipes.
It’s tagged as a fruit, so you can use it in any recipe that requires a fruit as an ingredient.
29. Harvestable Aloe Vera by Icemunmun
This custom Aloe Vera plant is tagged as a flower and can be grown in all seasons.
It looks particularly cute on sulani beach lots (says someone who legitimately has an aloe plant in her sub-tropical yard) and can be purchased from the Cottage Living EP stall.
30. Lavender Harvestable & Plant by BrazenLotus
I LOVE plants like Lavender – I honestly tried to grow some IRL but it didn’t make it 💔.
This custom harvestable can be planted, harvested and used in recipes. It will keep nearby bees happy and attracts Monarch butterflies to your garden. This flower also can provide a tiny boost of inspiration when your sim uses it in a flower arrangement.
Note: You need BrazenLotus’ core harvestables downloaded for this to work properly.
Sims 4 Gardening Mods
31. No Fig Deal Garden Care System by Ravasheen
If gardening is your main source of income in the Sims 4 and you want to take a day off, your could 100% lose your garden (seriously, things go downhill SO fast), that’s where the No Fig Dead Garden Care System comes in.
This mini mod is base game compatible and helps you set up and customize a system to fertilize, water, spray and weed your harvestables WITHOUT you having to do it.
The control system allows you to customize each of your “tenders” and your garden tenders come in different sizes so you can set up the perfect system for your garden.
This mod is particularly helpful if you’re trying to run a homestead where you have plants AND animals to care for.
32. Gardening Event by Caradriel
This little Gardening Event requires both the Eco Lifestyle and Seasons EPs to work, and is perfect for getting help on your garden from other sims in the neighbourhood.
Your sim will need to gardening skill for ALL the even objectives to be available. This event works like other events in the game where you have objectives to fill.
33. Farmer Trait by KiaraSims4Mods
Adding custom traits can make your game a little more customized, and the Farmer Trait by KiaraSims4Mods is no exception. This is a trait I often assign to my own sims because I LOVE spending hours on homesteading gameplay.
This is a very simple trait that can be given to any sim that’s aged young adult to elder, and it essentially gives you positive moodlets for performing famring-related tasks like fishing, woodworking and gardening. It also adds farm-focused whims to your gameplay too.
If you’re looking to fully immerse yourself in the farm life, this is a must-have mod.
34. Autonomous Gardening by LittleMissSam
I realize the point of The Sims 4 is to control your sim, but sometimes you have better things to do – that’s where Autonomous Gardening comes in.
With it, your sims… autonomously garden, so you don’t have to tell them to do it all the time.
35. Faster Gardening Mod by Scumbumbo
Have you ever noticed it takes sims an abnormally long time to do anything? Should it really take an hour to plant 5 carrots? Probably not.
But alas, it does – which is why you need the Faster Gardening Mod. It’s simple, it’s easy to use, and it gives your sim back valuable time.
36. Kids Can Garden Mod by ArienLi
The Kids Can Garden Mod is exactly what it sounds like – it modifies your game so your kids can participate in gardening adventures. This is genuinely awesome if you’re running a family farm as more hands makes the work go faster.
37. Gardening for ALL Seasons Mod by Gettp
If you feel seasons are pesky and get in the way of gardening, but you don’t want to put up a green house (or simply cover your plants with a roof), then the Gardening for ALL Seasons Mod is perfect for you.
There’s not much to say about this mod, it lets you garden in all seasons. Enough said!
38. Homesteading Aspiration by JustJones
If you’re looking for a great aspiration that goes along with the gardening life, then you need Homesteading.
This is something that goes along well with my personal gameplay. It’s perfect for sims who want to spend less on groceries, eat healthier and spend most of their time at home… guilty.
Final Thoughts: Sims 4 Gardening CC and Mods
If you like gardening as much as I do, these cc and mod options are perfect for you.
Mods like No Fig Deal and the Homesteading Aspiration can help add a tiny bit of fun to your game, while still maintaining the difficulty you need to keep it still interesting. I’m also interested in the different custom harvestables that you can add to your collection.
Gardening is one of the BEST ways for your sims to make money, these gardening mods and can help you do it better.
