This is more of a materialistic suggestion but it'd be nice to be able to build your own patio with flooring that you can add outside and also a grill so your sims could host a BBQ party or maybe incorporate it into the foodie party. When I first started playing the game and saw the outdoors icon I thought there would be BBQ's so I was very disappointed to only see shrubs and hedges.
Agreed! I'd really like to see some more outdoor decorations; statues, fountains, birdabaths, fish ponds, bbqs, patio furniture with umbrellas and sun loungers,, a "create your own" water feature that can be used to make swimming pools and moats around the house, a bridge that can go over a stream or just be placed on land.
I'd like to see a gardening hobby. The primary hobby item could be a bonsai plant. Buying and placing the plant in your home would trigger the hobby, the same way the writing desk or guitar (etc.) triggers those hobbies. Items to unlock through the hobby could be gardening gloves and weeding mat, garden trolley, maybe some of the garden features I mentioned above? Perhaps the grand prize for completing the hobby could be a lovely fountain or fishpond or something cool like that.
