Mar 10, 2026
We are excited to welcome Ryan Corrigan to Offshoots as our new Director of Ecological Services. Ryan is a Massachusetts Certified Horticulturist and ecological restoration professional with more than 10 years of experience installing and managing complex...
May 23, 2025
The recent New York Times article, “Ecological Landscapes of Abundance,” offers a compelling vision of how intentional landscape design can harmonize human spaces with ecological vitality. It underscores the transformative potential of integrating native plants and...
May 22, 2025
Chelsea Ruiz at North Creek Nurseries recently shared a thoughtful piece on a familiar landscape design challenge: what to plant beneath young trees while waiting for the canopy to fill in. In The Waiting Canopy, she outlines a few practical strategies for making the...
Apr 23, 2025
The Offshoots Team spent the day doing safety training at Hood Park: The bike pavilion’s roof in the park is a PHYTO Air Pollution Buffer. The planted roof addresses the air pollution caused by the congested highway traffic on the interstate immediately to the...
Jul 16, 2021
Our Hood project was written up in the local paper, the Charlestown Patriot-Bridge. Read the full article here