Garden plot A garden plot is a constructible item added to " Fallout 4 " by the " Wasteland Workshop " add - on . Characteristics . The garden plot , accessed through the resources / food menu in the workshop , is a type of world object that the " Wasteland Workshop " add - on permits the Sole Survivor to construct in most settlements using the workshop ' s resources / materials menu . Once placed , plants seem to function in the garden plots in exactly the same way as on natural dirt ; there does not seem to be any improvements in yield , harvest rates , etc . , and settler assignment and harvesting works exactly as with plants on natural dirt . The garden plot may be used to supplement the food supplies of settlements with terrain that makes the amount of natural dirt inadequate or inconvenient for production . There are a few potential settlements — e . g . , the Boston Airport , Home Plate within Diamond City , and The Mechanist ' s lair ( from the Automatron add - on ) — in which all of the workshop ' s planting functions are deliberately disabled . In general , garden plots aren ' t a work around to support much larger settlement populations than the game designers intended for those particular settlements , but they may be useful in improving effectiveness of farming in many other settlements . Garden plots also have other potential benefits — even in settlements with ample natural dirt already available : Each garden plot ' s outlines — which are visually modeled after partially buried landscaping timbers — provide a clear and obvious visual demarcation of its boundaries , even if multiple garden plots are placed as closely as possible side - by - side . ( They do not snap together , or to any other world items , so each garden plot must be manually placed on its own . ) Each is a square slightly smaller than a shack foundation floor , so each requires a fairly large area of unobstructed horizontal space for initial placement . Larger plants ( like razorgrain ) may require moderately patient rotating , jiggling and experimentation in order for all four plants to fit together in one garden plot . Nevertheless , even if the garden plots are placed closely side - by - side , and even if the above - ground foliage from their plants partially overlaps with others in the same or adjacent garden plots ( as typically happens with closely - spaced mutfruit ) , it is still obvious at a glance which individual plants are in which garden plot . Garden plots can help the Sole Survivor organize and keep better visual track of how many plants , and where , and of what types , each settlement has at any given time . Likewise , as compared especially to plants placed on terrain with only limited and irregular spots of natural dirt , one may or may not be able to achieve a higher plant density per square - foot . But regardless , garden plots make it relatively easier to check for ( typically exactly ) four healthy plants in each garden plot : simply by sorting the plants into obvious groups of four , it ' s easier to spot at a glance , for example , which ( if any ) plants have been damaged by a raid . Likewise , when manually harvesting , the visual organization imposed by the plots ' boundaries will permit faster and more thorough collection by the Sole Survivor . Although most other objects can block placement of a garden plot , one can place the garden plot over already - planted and existing plants without having to store or move them first , and once a garden plot has been planted , it can be picked up and moved together with its plants , which permits construction and reorganization / movement of the Sole Survivor ' s agricultural areas in a more efficient fashion . Garden plots may be placed on fairly rough , angled , or uneven terrain , so long as the ground space isn ' t obstructed by other world objects . But they are not limited to placement on natural , unimproved terrain . Rather , garden plots may also be placed upon many other places , including settler - accessible rooftops , or inside greenhouses or similar enclosed , elevated and roofed structures — which may make their crops relatively more defensible than crops planted in natural dirt . One doesn ' t need " grow lights , " continuing applications of fertilizer ( although it ' s an initial construction component ) or other special equipment for garden plots to work as well indoors as out . If placed immediately on top of natural ground that would have otherwise supported a water pump or powered water pump , those will function normally ( although it would be a waste of the garden plot ) ; if on top of a roof or other structure already above ground , however , the potting soil of the garden plot can ' t be drilled through to strike water and the pumps can ' t be placed . Crafting . The garden plot is located under " Resources → Miscellaneous " in the workshop . Notes . Garden plots cannot be built in the Mechanist ' s lair , at the Boston Airport , inside Home Plate and other settlements that do not allow crops to be planted .