Homestead Brooklyn: model creates urban forest in her NYC flat

Summer Rayne Oakes moved to New York City as a model, not expecting it to be permanent, but 15 years and over 1100 plants later, she s created an urban forest in the Brooklyn apartment she calls home. Growing up in the country, close to nature and my mother s collection of National Geographic magazines, I had never imagined myself living in the city for so long I think a lot of people are like merural transplants in an urban environment, seeking a way to live more sustainably and in sync with nature. Ev