Wasteland Gardening
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.7% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #73 of 81 Crafting - Home/Settlement mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
- After spending a great deal of time building your settlement as you please, you decide it's time to fill in the details and decorate. Maybe a bit of greenery would make the place a bit less drab. But what's this? Only a few ferns!? Not on my watch! With this mod, you have access to a wide varity of salvaged pots and planters, which will automatically fill themselves with random flowers when placed.
FEATURES
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[]Pots and planters fill themselves with random flowers and decorations.
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]A large variety of salvage-themed planters to decorate with.[]A large variety of salvage-themed pots to decorate with.
[]Many of the planters can be chained with snap points.
[]Pots can be placed on the ground or other surfaces, or hung from roofs.
[]Adds hooks, stands, and chains for more options when hanging pots.
[]Hanging pots can be chained together.
[]Flagged as a light plugin (esl-flagged esp) for minimal impact on load order.
FAQ
- How do I start using this mod?
Just install it! No configuration or special steps necessary.
- It does! However, SMM isn't required and you can use the optional uninstaller to remove it if necessary.
- I can, but when making this mod I opted for simple and easy construction recipes, which is in line with the base game. If you prefer more complex or detailed recipes, feel free to patch this mod (or request someone make a patch) to your liking. You can even post your changes, if you like.
- How do I start using this mod?
Wasteland Gardening adds a variety of salvaged pots and planters for settlement decoration in Fallout 4. With over 1,000 endorsements and 161k downloads, it's a popular choice for builders looking to add greenery to their settlements. Last updated in February 2026, it remains actively maintained.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 1,076 endorsements and 161k downloads—clearly a go-to for settlement builders.
- Recent update (Feb 2026) means it's likely compatible with current game patches.
- Simple concept that fills a niche: making settlements feel lived-in with plants.
⚠️ Cons
- No screenshots or videos provided, so you're flying blind on what the pots actually look like.
- Purely cosmetic—if you want gameplay changes, this isn't it.
For Fallout 4 settlement builders who want to add a touch of nature to their wasteland bases. If you're into decorating and want more variety beyond the vanilla planters, this is a solid pick. Skip if you're looking for gameplay mechanics or quests.
💡 Beginner Tips
- After installing, check the 'Decorations' or 'Furniture' category in the workshop menu—most settlement mods place items there.
- If you're using a mod manager like Vortex, let it handle the install to avoid manual file placement errors.
- Combine with a scrap mod to easily remove unwanted plants if you change your layout.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 4 Mods
- Author
- Glitchfinder
- Version
- 1.04
- Downloads
- 161,098
- Endorsements
- 1,076
- Category
- Crafting - Home/Settlement
- Created
- 11/2/2022
- Updated
- 2/6/2026
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