It is possible without cheats, though through these steps:
- Get the Magic PlantSim Stump from build mode, located under Activities & Skills category Outdoors sub-category.
- Get Gardening skill to level 10.
- Here's the most annoying part: get Rare Plants seed packet for 1,000 Simoleons and open it. It can contain a magical bean. You'll need to collect 6 different beans (which are also shown in Collections section). Happy RNG!
- Once you have collected all the beans, place these on the stump and you can water it.
- The stump grows into a portal tree! Send your sim into it to explore it for a Forbitten Fruit!
- Once you get the fruit, congratulations, you win! You can either plant it to grow more, or eat it to turn into a PlantSim for 5 days.
So yeah... Gallery method is also an option though...