The Sims 4 Careers: Gardener

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Overview

Ready to grow your Sim’s career? Learn how to become a Botanist or Floral Designer, earn rewards, and level up fast.

Table of Contents

About the Gardener career in The Sims 4

The Gardener career comes with The Sims 4 Seasons Expansion Pack and has two career branches: 
  • Botanist
  • Floral Designer.
To join this career, select Find a Job from the phone or computer and choose Gardener.For help with purchasing seeds and leveling up your gardening skill, check out our Sims 4 gardening guide.A blonde-haired Sim with a beard wearing a floral apron waters plants in a wooden planter box with a watering can.
For more help with careers and promotions in The Sims 4, check out our careers guide.  

Gardener career ranks

A menu for choosing a career in The Sims 4 highlights the Gardener career showing the hourly rate, and working days/times.Here’s a breakdown of all ranks of the Gardener career.
  1. 1
    Dirt Digger
    • Pay Per Day: §140
    • Daily Task: Harvest Harvestables
    • Promotion Requirements: Reach Gardening Skill Level 2
    • Career Rewards and New Interactions: None
  2. 2
    Soil-Sifter
    • Pay Per Day: §147
    • Daily Task: Harvest Harvestables
    • Promotion Requirements: Reach Gardening Skill Level 3
    • Career Rewards and New Interactions: §300, Starter Herbs Seed Packet
  3. 3
    Seed Scatterer
    • Pay Per Day: §161
    • Daily Task: Harvest Harvestables
    • Promotion Requirements: Reach Gardening Skill Level 4
    • Career Rewards and New Interactions: §400, Starter Fruits Seed Packet, Garden Planter Box
  4. 4
    Leaf Cutter
    • Pay Per Day: §175
    • Daily Task: Harvest Harvestables
    • Promotion Requirements: Reach Gardening Skill Level 5
    • Career Rewards and New Interactions: §500, Seasonal Summer Plants Seed Packet, Sprinkle-O-Matic 2001 
When your Sim is promoted to rank 4, you’ll choose between the Botanist or Floral Designer career path.

5. Plant Nerd
  • Pay Per Day: §320
  • Daily Task: Harvest Harvestables
  • Promotion Requirements: Reach Gardening Skill Level 6, Reach Logic Skill Level 2
  • Career Rewards and New Interactions: §600, Cowplant Berry
6. Stem Researcher
  • Pay Per Day: §360
  • Daily Task: Harvest Harvestables
  • Promotion Requirements: Reach Gardening Skill Level 7, Reach Logic Skill Level 4
  • Career Rewards and New Interactions: §700, The Drifter
7. Sap Splicer
  • Pay Per Day: §560
  • Daily Task: Harvest Harvestables
  • Promotion Requirements: Reach Gardening Skill Level 8, Reach Logic Skill Level 6
  • Career Rewards and New Interactions: §800, Life Under a Microscope
8. Flower Fellow
  • Pay Per Day: §600
  • Daily Task: Harvest Harvestables
  • Promotion Requirements: Reach Gardening Skill Level 9, Reach Logic Skill Level 8
  • Career Rewards and New Interactions: §900, Hooplankton
9. Bouquet Biologist
  • Pay Per Day: §720 
  • Daily Task: Harvest Harvestables
  • Promotion Requirements: Reach Gardening Skill Level 10, Reach Logic Skill Level 10
  • Career Rewards and New Interactions: §1,000, Rhapsody in Blue
10. PHD of Pollen
  • Pay Per Day: §2,940
  • Daily Task: Harvest Harvestables
  • Promotion Requirements: None
  • Career Rewards and New Interactions: §1,200, Blemish Blossom

5. Petal-Placer
  • Pay Per Day: §245
  • Daily Task: Craft Flower Arrangement
  • Promotion Requirements: Reach Gardening Skill Level 6, Reach Flower Arranging Skill Level 2
  • Career Rewards and New Interactions: §550, Bonsai Tree
6. Stem Cutter
  • Pay Per Day: §294
  • Daily Task: Craft Flower Arrangement
  • Promotion Requirements: Reach Gardening Skill Level 7, Reach Flower Arranging Skill Level 4
  • Career Rewards and New Interactions: §650, Violets are Blue Flower Arranging Table 
7. Anther Artist
  • Pay Per Day: §420
  • Daily Task: Craft Flower Arrangement
  • Promotion Requirements: Reach Gardening Skill Level 8, Reach Flower Arranging Skill Level 8
  • Career Rewards and New Interactions: §750, Caress Wheel Barrench
8. Floral Organizer
  • Pay Per Day: §420
  • Daily Task: Craft Flower Arrangement
  • Promotion Requirements: Reach Gardening Skill Level 9, Reach Flower Arranging Skill Level 8
  • Career Rewards and New Interactions: §850, Starblossoms
9. Leafy Luminary
  • Pay Per Day: §525
  • Daily Task: Craft Flower Arrangement
  • Promotion Requirements: Reach Gardening Skill Level 10, Reach Flower Arranging Skill Level 10
  • Career Rewards and New Interactions: §950, Blossoming Beauty Wall Painting
10. Visionary of Vases
  • Pay Per Day: §2,100
  • Daily Task: Craft Flower Arrangement
  • Promotion Requirements: None
  • Career Rewards and New Interactions: §1,000, Domec Floral Floor Vase, A Single Rose

Gardener career promotion cheats

Using this cheat promotes your Sim by one rank in the Gardener career. You can use it multiple times to reach the top of the career path.
  1. 1
    Press Control + Shift + C to open the cheat dialogue box. 
  2. 2
    Type testingcheats true and press Enter to turn on cheats. 
  3. 3
    Type careers.promote adult_gardener into the cheat dialogue box and press Enter. 
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