This open concept living space connects directly to the family living room, extending into the outdoors where the family and their guests can enjoy barbecuing, al fresco dining, or lounge for cocktails. The planting focuses on grasses (Brooklyn native panicum and northern sea oats) and perennials with prominent seed heads that are left wild, overgrown, and spilling out of the planters while a selection of vines climb the architecture. As a finishing touch, we added NYC native river birches and a magnolia tree to obscure the local electrical utilities. The planting is done in two sections, one right against the window and one lining the back wall of the terrace, to give the impression of depth and fullness in a relatively modest space.