boundless-botany
by zabarion
With Boundless Botany, players choose which plants can be set on which solid blocks, giving a world-wide planting setup more control than vanilla allows.
What it does
Boundless Botany lets a configured plant be placed on a configured block, so flowers, crops, saplings and Nether plants can grow where the player wants instead of only on their usual ground. The list covers plants from the Overworld and the Nether, and the mod widens what a garden can hold without changing how plants grow.
The mod is a client-side only Fabric decoration mod with a game mechanics tag. Only the client needs it, so players can join servers without installing anything. It is published for Fabric alone, with files for 1.21.4 – 26.3 across seven release versions, and the source code is public under the MIT License, which makes it open source. Mod Menu and Cloth Config are used for its settings screen.
Key features
Plantable block configuration
Each block can be set as a valid base for plants, and the rules are kept in a configuration that players can edit.
Wide plant support
Flowers, crops, trees, saplings and Nether plants are covered, so one setup can serve many kinds of planting.
Automatic filtering
Plants are filtered against the configured rules, so only the combinations the player allows can be placed.
Settings through Mod Menu
The options open from Mod Menu with Cloth Config drawing the screen, and the rules can be adjusted in game.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Growing outside normal soil
Players can grow flowers, crops or trees on stone, sand or other blocks where vanilla planting would not allow it.
Building a themed garden
Builders can decide which plants sit on which decorative blocks, so a garden matches the look of a build.
Who it’s for: Players who build gardens or farms, and builders who want planting on blocks vanilla does not allow. Since only the client needs the mod, it suits single-player and multiplayer play alike.
How it compares
Genetica Flora is a Fabric mod for 1.21.5 that needs both client and server and is open source under the MIT License. Plantable Golden Carrot is a Fabric mod for 1.21 – 1.21.1 that also needs both client and server and is not open source, released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Boundless Botany is client-side only, so servers do not need it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| boundless-botany | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-03 |
| Genetica Flora | Fabric | 1.21.5 | Client and server | 2025-08-26 |
| Plantable Golden Carrot | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-08-16 |
Questions
Does Boundless Botany need to be on the server?
Which game versions does Boundless Botany support?
Can the planting rules be changed?
In the catalog
boundless-botany is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Boundless Botany is a Minecraft mod designed to enhance your plant-growing experience. It allows you to configure which plants can be placed on solid blocks in your world, offering complete control over your farming and gardening. Whether you're growing flowers, crops, or trees, Boundless Botany makes your plant…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/boundless-botany
- Owner
- zabarion
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15