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Starting with this aspiration is a good idea if you want toplay with a PlantSim.

This is especially useful when playing on Lots with cheap appliances, fireplaces, or bonfires.

A PlantSim is leaning over in the garden to talk to a valerian plant next to a cowplant.

Plants grow slowly, so completing the aspiration can take a while.

If you have The Sims 4: Cottage Living, ensure you arent choosing the oversized crops.

Weed or water plant three times

Plants will dry out and grow weeds with time.

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Garden Variety

Achieve level 4 gardening skill

The gardening skill can be levelled up bymaintaining plantsorreading gardening skill books.

you’re able to buy books directly from the bookshelf.

Evolve five different plants

At gardening skill level 2, your Sim can evolve well-looked-after plants.

An overview of the Freelance Botanist Aspiration, showing the list of tasks, under the Nature menu.

Look out forsparklesin your plot or hover over plants to see their progress.

it’s possible for you to alsopurchase medium and high-level skill booksto help out.

At gardening skill level 5, youll unlock the option toTake Cuttingsfrom plants.

A PlantSim in The Sims 4 is standing in his garden talking to his plants.

Once yourSim has a cuttingin their inventory, theGraft interactionshould appear when you select another plant.

Fertilise five plants

You unlock fertiliser at gardening skill level 3.

Buy fertiliser by clicking on a planter, or use some harvestables from your garden to save cash.

A PlantSim is playing with a cowplant with his arms outstretched in the garden.

Freelance Botanist

Achieve level 10 gardening skill

Keep grindingin the fields to max out the gardening skill.

At level 10, youll be able to buy Rare Seeds to start the journey to becoming a PlantSim.

Grow a cowplant

To grow a cowplant, you need tofind or graft a cowplant berry.

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Evolve ten Excellent plants

A plant needs toevolve three timesfor it to reachExcellent quality.

Water, weed, and fertilise your plant to increase its quality.

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Youll get a head start if youkeep evolving the same plantsyou levelled during the Garden Variety milestone.

Tips For Completing The Freelance Botanist Aspiration Guide

This aspiration can be slow to finish.

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