Graygarden

Graygarden is a fully automated hydroponic garden run by Mister Handy robots in the Commonwealth in 2287. It is also a possible settlement.

Background
The Graygarden facility was built a scant few days before the Great War under the wishes of Doctor Edward Gray, a rather eccentric senior engineer of RobCo Industries. The facility was designed to be completely self sufficient. Water is drawn from the Weston water treatment plant and is used to cultivate crops, which are maintained by worker robots supervised by robots with superior cognition processes: Supervisors Brown, Greene and White. For over two centuries, Graygarden has continued to operate thanks to the efforts of the robots. As of 2287 however, the garden began to face problems with low water pressure and radiation contamination. The robots are looking for anyone who can fix the source of the problems in the treatment plant, whatever they may be.

Layout
Just outside the greenhouse is a large field of mutfruit which are tended to by a couple of Mr. Handies and inside are several planters filled with corn, carrots, gourds, tatos and additional mutfruit.

Due west of the main facility is two buildings. The first is a small garage with assorted junk components and a toolbox. The western building, Graygarden homestead, is a two-story house with an Expert locked basement containing a chemistry station, assorted glassware and a pulse mine. The kitchen has collapsed and is inaccessible from within the homestead.

This settlement is only available after completing Troubled Waters. The settlement encompasses the main greenhouse in the east and the orchard in the west, the latter of which has lots of arable land for crops and water pumps. The robotic workers do not need to be fed, meaning one can grow food here and export it elsewhere. The overpass above can be built upon, but there is no existing way to access it from the Graygarden settlement.

Inhabitants

 * Supervisor Brown
 * Supervisor Greene
 * Supervisor White
 * Three Mister Handies

Notable loot

 * To the east there is a crashed Vertibird on the upper level of the highway with some ammo boxes beneath the overpass. A bit further east, near the next highway support pylon, is a window washer style elevator that lifts to the upper level. Walk back towards Graygarden to find a suit of power armor.

Appearances
Graygarden appears only in Fallout 4.

Behind the scenes

 * Graygarden's location is roughly analogous to the real-world towns of Waltham and Watertown. The two major agricultural sites in these towns are the public farming co-op at Bentley University's now-defunct School of Agriculture and the privately-owned farm at Gore Place.


 * The character of Supervisor White is derived from the US TV show Green Acres (1965-1971). Supervisor White's accent and characteristic use of "darling" and the like is similar to that used by Eva Gabor in the show. This was evidently the show on which her creator, Dr. Edward Gray, based on her unique personality.
 * Graygarden could also be a reference to the estate that Jackie Kennedy Onassis' cousin lived on with her aging mother throughout the 1970s. The pair constantly reminisced about their lives as part of the 1950s social elite in the exposé documentary, Grey Gardens about their appalling living conditions. Supervisor White also shares some similarities with the two women in the documentary, Big Edie and Little Edie.