There are several packages that let you disable several role/job outfits by choice (e. g. maid, mailman, director, librarian, butler, nanny, ...). Just install what you want. If you want, you can download missing role npcs from the Gallery using #rollennpc.
After separating the plant grouping in this pack, I decided to try to turn the containers into functional planters and it worked out great! These planters will all fit shrubs and flowers. The only planter that will hold a tree is the large burlap sack, and although you can put mushrooms in any of these the dirt pile is a little larger so it may stick out of the container a little bit. Also, the half-barrel planter has an additional slot for small deco. I shrank and put some little rocks in there but any of my modular plants would work well there too!