Imagine the typical apartment of a young woman living in Brooklyn. Now, imagine that said young woman is a working model. What springs to mind?

If you’re anything like us – or like lots of people all over the United States for whom “Brooklyn” has come to be synonymous with “hipster” – you’re probably picturing something trendy. Maybe some exposed brick, with art prints on the walls and a bicycle in the hallway, or maybe something streamlined and clean in that super-modern style. Whichever modern-sitcom-worthy abode you’re picturing, we guarantee you that the home of model, author and environmentalist Summer Rayne Oakes is definitely not what you’re expecting.

Sure, the outside of her building looks pretty typical for newer construction in any modern American city . . .

. . . but the inside is a completely different story.

You see, Summer has a passion, and a collection to go with it. And no, that collection’s not made up of vinyl records, expensive art, designer gowns left over from photo shoots or even childhood tchotchkes. No, Summer’s collection is much more unusual, especially for a major metropolis like New York City, and it’s one that makes her much less of a Carrie Bradshaw or a Hannah Horvath and more of an Agnes Arbor.

Don’t know who that last one is? Agnes Arbor is one of the foremost female botanists to ever look at a plant, and the comparison to Summer is apt because the young Brooklynite’s obsession is plants. Lots and lots of plants. Seriously. Look.

Guys, that is her kitchen! I can’t believe this indoor jungle is growing inside somebody’s home, much less in the urban jungle of New York City. And yet, there it is, and Summer loves it.

In the video tour below from Barcroft TV, Summer explains that she grows over 500 plants in the 1200-square-foot converted industrial space. The plants range from typical kitchen herbs to more exotic and interesting plants, and Summer says she spends about $100 a month and 30 minutes a day caring for her plants. She even converted a closet – precious real estate in a city! – into a kitchen garden.

Why the plant obsession? As Summer explains to Modern Farmer, it sprang from her rural, farmland upbringing:

Although Oakes studied environmental science in school, her love of agriculture goes back further than that. She grew up, she says, on five acres of land in rural northeastern Pennsylvania, alongside chickens, goats, and an orchard [. . .] Her apartment is an attempt to cram a country house into a Brooklyn apartment. None of that is really possible in the city, but Oakes does her best: a vermiculture kit beneath the kitchen sink, a compost bin, LED lighting systems, a sub-irrigation system for certain plants, and plants, plants everywhere.

According to Summer, when friends first enter her apartment, people don’t even say anything, because their jaws are too busy dropping. We’re absolutely sure you’ll feel the same when you take the video tour below. (Unlike her friends, you won’t have to worry about being hit in the face with a branch!) Check it out to see this seriously impressive urban jungle.

I’ll be honest, friends— when I first saw this video and saw the reveal of Summer’s jungle-like collection, and listened to her talk about her plants, I thought, “Oh, so instead of a ‘crazy cat lady,’ she’s a ‘crazy plant lady’.” And then I felt badly, because you know, it’s a pretty delightful, if unusual, collection, and goodness knows she’s probably breathing the cleanest air in the whole city. But then Summer calls herself a “crazy plant lady” at the end of the video, so I felt better. Plus, if you Google “plant woman,” Summer’s the sixth result. True story.

But what do YOU think? Are you impressed, or even overwhelmed, by Summer’s indoor garden oasis? What are the challenges or problems you imagine housing this kind of “collection” would invite? Have you ever done anything similar? Do you have a green thumb, or do you kill any plant you touch? Share with us!