I'd really like to be able to produce flower honey by growing seasonal flowers in garden pots near bee houses, especially in the forest map where farming space is more limited. It would make sense to me that bees would not care if there's a pot or not as long as there's a grown flower. Also since the pots need to be watered manually, I don't find that this would make things too easy for the player. Sorry if this is mentioned often, I tried scrolling back some and didn't notice a suggestion about it!
There's a mod called Better Garden Pots which does this https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/2209 The mod actually does enable sprinklers to water garden pots, and also lets you plant ancient seeds in them too, although obviously you don't have to do either, if that feels a bit too cheaty.
