Hello! :) It has been awhile since I’ve played Sims, and I have bought some new packs recently, so I would like some help or advice on a gameplay aspect. I have not touched gardening in a long time, and there has been updates and patches since then, and I would like to get my sims to start some gardening alongside their cooking.What are the various gardening items and gardening and cooking gameplay for the entire game plus packs so far? Which various packs added to/enhanced the gardening and cooking gameplay? (I almost have all of the packs, except for some Stuff packs and the Kits. I recently bought the new one with bunnies and country animals, but haven’t played it yet.)I am a bit overwhelmed since there has been some patches and updates in the last year or two, and I only just started getting a few plant seeds and did some basic weeding, lol. Any gardening guides to help as well? Any help or guidance on where to start would be greatly appreciated! (Can be detailed tips as well.)

I would say Seasons and Cottage Living will give you everything you need for gardening, and it sounds like you just got Cottage Living.If you like easter eggs/shortcuts, City Living has two festivals that will give you some otherwise hard-to-find seeds, and Realm of Magic has a vendor stall that sells otherwise hard-to-find seeds. City Living really enhances the cooking gameplay a lot because there are many unlockable recipes from ordering food at the food stalls. Snowy Escape has a few too.

You may want to check out these resources.https://simguided.com/guides/sims-4-gardening-and-plant-list/https://simscommunity.info/2021/07/26/the-sims-4-cottage-living-oversized-crops-guide/https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/skills/gardening/https://ultimatesimsguides.com/sims-4-gardening/

"mightysprite;c-18030429" wrote:I would say Seasons and Cottage Living will give you everything you need for gardening, and it sounds like you just got Cottage Living.If you like easter eggs/shortcuts, City Living has two festivals that will give you some otherwise hard-to-find seeds, and Realm of Magic has a vendor stall that sells otherwise hard-to-find seeds. City Living really enhances the cooking gameplay a lot because there are many unlockable recipes from ordering food at the food stalls. Snowy Escape has a few too.Ah, I didn't know those other packs had more seeds and recipes! Yes, I have just gotten the new Cottage Living pack recently. Thanks so much! :smiley:

"bunny-gypsy;c-18030452" wrote:Oh, I was reading and skimming through the guides, but none of them mention how green houses work in detail? Is it something you build yourself...? Are these special materials for one? Which pack has the core stuff for greenhouses if it is something we must build or buy? Greenhouses in The Sims 4 are just regular rooms! In fact, you don’t even need the Seasons expansion pack to build one. Any enclosed space protected from the elements in the game can function as a greenhouse for your plants but of course, you can make your greenhouses look more like greenhouses with windows and glass roofing.https://simscommunity.info/2021/11/13/building-greenhouses-in-the-sims-4/

@bunny-gypsy In sims 4, a ''green house'' is just a room that you make look like a typical green house with windows and a glass roof.https://simsvip.com/2018/06/20/tutorial-using-glass-roofs-in-the-sims-4/

Gardening Essentials? (BG+packs)

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mightyspritesims
Legend
4 years ago
I would say Seasons and Cottage Living will give you everything you need for gardening, and it sounds like you just got Cottage Living.

If you like easter eggs/shortcuts, City Living has two festivals that will give you some otherwise hard-to-find seeds, and Realm of Magic has a vendor stall that sells otherwise hard-to-find seeds.

City Living really enhances the cooking gameplay a lot because there are many unlockable recipes from ordering food at the food stalls. Snowy Escape has a few too.
simgirl1010
Hero
4 years ago
You may want to check out these resources.

https://simguided.com/guides/sims-4-gardening-and-plant-list/

https://simscommunity.info/2021/07/26/the-sims-4-cottage-living-oversized-crops-guide/

https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/skills/gardening/

https://ultimatesimsguides.com/sims-4-gardening/
LatinaBunny
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"mightysprite;c-18030429" wrote:
I would say Seasons and Cottage Living will give you everything you need for gardening, and it sounds like you just got Cottage Living.

If you like easter eggs/shortcuts, City Living has two festivals that will give you some otherwise hard-to-find seeds, and Realm of Magic has a vendor stall that sells otherwise hard-to-find seeds.

City Living really enhances the cooking gameplay a lot because there are many unlockable recipes from ordering food at the food stalls. Snowy Escape has a few too.

Ah, I didn't know those other packs had more seeds and recipes! Yes, I have just gotten the new Cottage Living pack recently. Thanks so much! :smiley:
LatinaBunny
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"simgirl1010;c-18030430" wrote:
You may want to check out these resources.

https://simguided.com/guides/sims-4-gardening-and-plant-list/

https://simscommunity.info/2021/07/26/the-sims-4-cottage-living-oversized-crops-guide/

https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/skills/gardening/

https://ultimatesimsguides.com/sims-4-gardening/

Ooh!! Yay for guides! I need this! Thank you very much! :smiley:
LatinaBunny
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Oh, I was reading and skimming through the guides, but none of them mention how green houses work in detail? Is it something you build yourself...? Are these special materials for one? Which pack has the core stuff for greenhouses if it is something we must build or buy?
simgirl1010
Hero
4 years ago
"bunny-gypsy;c-18030452" wrote:
Oh, I was reading and skimming through the guides, but none of them mention how green houses work in detail? Is it something you build yourself...? Are these special materials for one? Which pack has the core stuff for greenhouses if it is something we must build or buy?

Greenhouses in The Sims 4 are just regular rooms! In fact, you don’t even need the Seasons expansion pack to build one. Any enclosed space protected from the elements in the game can function as a greenhouse for your plants but of course, you can make your greenhouses look more like greenhouses with windows and glass roofing.

https://simscommunity.info/2021/11/13/building-greenhouses-in-the-sims-4/
Skyrryx
Rising Veteran
4 years ago
@bunny-gypsy In sims 4, a ''green house'' is just a room that you make look like a typical green house with windows and a glass roof.
https://simsvip.com/2018/06/20/tutorial-using-glass-roofs-in-the-sims-4/
simgirl1010
Hero
4 years ago
Also, don't forget about the experimental recipes. In order to learn these recipes you must first try them at a restaurant. There are 20 recipes. There is also a collection which requires you to take a picture of each dish. Requires Dine Out.

https://www.ign.com/wikis/the-sims-4/Experimental_Recipes
LatinaBunny
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"simgirl1010;c-18030477" wrote:
"bunny-????;c-18030452" wrote:
Oh, I was reading and skimming through the guides, but none of them mention how green houses work in detail? Is it something you build yourself...? Are these special materials for one? Which pack has the core stuff for greenhouses if it is something we must build or buy?

Greenhouses in The Sims 4 are just regular rooms! In fact, you don’t even need the Seasons expansion pack to build one. Any enclosed space protected from the elements in the game can function as a greenhouse for your plants but of course, you can make your greenhouses look more like greenhouses with windows and glass roofing.

https://simscommunity.info/2021/11/13/building-greenhouses-in-the-sims-4/

Ah, so it's just a room, nice!
"Skyrryx;c-18030480" wrote:
@bunny-???? In sims 4, a ''green house'' is just a room that you make look like a typical green house with windows and a glass roof.
https://simsvip.com/2018/06/20/tutorial-using-glass-roofs-in-the-sims-4/

Oh, so it is not a special thing, just a room! Thank you so much!

"simgirl1010;c-18030484" wrote:
Also, don't forget about the experimental recipes. In order to learn these recipes you must first try them at a restaurant. There are 20 recipes. There is also a collection which requires you to take a picture of each dish. Requires Dine Out.

https://www.ign.com/wikis/the-sims-4/Experimental_Recipes

Ooh! More mysterious/rare/hidden recipes! :o

If I had my sim own and manage a restaurant, would they be able to have access to these recipes? Or is it only an NPC-led restaurant that has these recipes?
atreya33
Legend
4 years ago
"bunny-gypsy;c-18030500" wrote:

"simgirl1010;c-18030484" wrote:
Also, don't forget about the experimental recipes. In order to learn these recipes you must first try them at a restaurant. There are 20 recipes. There is also a collection which requires you to take a picture of each dish. Requires Dine Out.

https://www.ign.com/wikis/the-sims-4/Experimental_Recipes

Ooh! More mysterious/rare/hidden recipes! :o

If I had my sim own and manage a restaurant, would they be able to have access to these recipes? Or is it only an NPC-led restaurant that has these recipes?

If you like to unlock recipes, there are a few more packs that add food you can unlock by eating them. There are seafood dishes in cats and dogs, selvadora dishes in jungle adventure and batuu recipes in journey to batuu.

A short cut for those who like mods is the cookbook mod by littlemssam to unlock the recipes. This allows you to learn all the recipes of a pack by reading a cookbook.
https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175405693313/cookbooks-this-mod-adds-new-buyable-cookbooks-into

The experimental recipes are on the menu of the chez llama restaurant that comes with the dine out pack. (the restaurant should be in your library if you have the pack) I was able to add the batuu recipes to an unowned restaurant and my sims learned to make them after tasting them in the restaurant. I have never tried on an owned restaurant.

Something else that hasn't been mentioned in this thread but is closely related to cooking and gardening is the simple living lot challenge. You need cottage living for this one. This challenge makes recipes require ingredients to be able to cook them. You need to buy basic ingredients like flour and sugar on the phone or the cottage living market stall and grow your fruit and veggies.