Riverwalk PointRoosevelt Island , NY This project includes an entrance garden , ground floorrear terrace garden , walking paths to the esplanade , shaded destinations nearthe waterfront , open lawn areas and meadows , and shaded forest areas with largedeciduous trees and structural evergreens . An entrance garden includes a driveway with a passengerdrop off and turnaround . Mid - sized specimen flowering trees will provide ashowy front to the building and help to soften the transition from the streetto the building edge . A distinctive paving pattern of concrete pavers andattractive bollards will address the ground plane . Large landscape beds mayanchor the base and corners of the building and be planted with large swathesof low - lying perennials and grasses . The roof garden will be designed to include dining areas , grill stations , open areas for sunbathing and shaded areas for comfortablelounging . Rooftop garden elements may include concrete pavers , wood deck areas , a pergola , an outdoor kitchen , wood planters , and plantings . The plantings maybe low maintenance evergreen shrubs , perennials , grasses and a few specimentrees . A south facing green wall adjacent to mechanical areas creates animpactful moment for the roof garden while buffering the noise created by themechanical units .