finding gardening collectibles

"aaronrulz;d-980454" wrote:
Is my sim supposed to know WHERE to go to find gardening collectibles like lemon, sage, cherry, etc? I mean, obviously I can google and I can find where to go but is there a way for my sim to find out on their own, or is the only way to explore every single neighborhood?

Here is something that helped me out a lot. https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/skills/gardening/

scroll down and you will see each harvestable and where it can be found ;) To open seedpackets also counts towards a collection ;)