Reading Town Forest: Restoring a Native Understory

Reading Town Forest: Restoring a Native Understory

  At Reading Town Forest, our team is working through several areas along the Ipswich River where invasive plants have become well established. The wet, low-lying areas of the forest provide ideal conditions for glossy buckthorn (Fragula alnus), which has formed...
Wetland Restoration at Stoneham High School

Wetland Restoration at Stoneham High School

  At Stoneham High School in Stoneham, Massachusetts, the Offshoots installation team is helping restore an existing wetland through invasive species removal and large-scale native planting. Working as a subcontractor for SumCo Eco-Contracting, our team is...
Malden River Works Invasive Plant Management Day!

Malden River Works Invasive Plant Management Day!

Malden River Works Invasive Plant Management Day! Welcome back to the second year of Malden River Works Invasive Plant Management Day, a community-driven initiative in collaboration with Offshoots, dedicated to restoring and preserving the ecological balance of the...
NorthCreek Nursery – Space Invaders: Multiflora Rose

NorthCreek Nursery – Space Invaders: Multiflora Rose

NorthCreek Nursery, one of our favorite sources for native plant plugs, has an excellent blog post this month on how this common MA invasive arrived here, how it spreads and impacts the landscape, and steps you can take right now to minimize it’s spread. Check...
Ipswich Middle Schoolers Get a Lesson in Ecology

Ipswich Middle Schoolers Get a Lesson in Ecology

The other week, Kate Kennen of Offshoots along with Joanne and Kylie from Studio MNLA ran an ‘Ipswich Green Team’ session for 6th through 8th graders at our New England Biolabs Childcare Facility Project. Students learned the importance of wetlands, native...