Phy2SUDOE Workshop: Phytomanagement for Soil Remediation
On October 6th, 2022 Interreg Sudoe Phy2SUDOE (funded by the European Union) will host it's 3rd Workshop: Phytomanagement for Soil Remediation and the Creation of Value. Soil contamination is a widespread problem in Europe with adverse consequences for biodiversity,...
Offshoots is in the BSLA Field Book this month!
Pick up a copy of the BSLA Field Book HOME issue! We are happy to help celebrate Lynn Wolff's legacy and Women's Lunch Place on Newbury Street in Boston by sharing an article written by Offshoots' Kate Kennen and Nelle Ward that was published in the HOME issue of the...
Staff Picks – Native Plants: Chionanthus virginicus
Chionanthus virginicus, White Fringe Tree. A beautiful small specimen tree with fragrant, fringy flowers, white fringe trees attract pollinators and birds and can tolerate drought, salt, and compaction. – Jiin Choi Photo Courtesy of Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center...
BSLA Inside/Out Tour Success!
BSLA's Inside/Out Tour at Hood Bike Park was a hit last Thursday! Principal Kate Kennen and lead designer Terry Kinsler took attendees around the park and described the design decisions behind the site's program, phytoremediation-focused plant communities, materials,...
PHTYO Day!
Pushing the field of phytoremediation forward on PHTYO Day! Phyto Day offers various demonstrations to prevent landfill chemicals from spreading! These scientists were the minds behind some of the case studies featured in Kate Kennen and Niall Kirkwood's book Phyto:...
Inside/Out Tour This Thursday!
Inside/Out continues! Join us outside as we explore Hood Park and learn about how landscape architecture projects and planning are turning this site from gravel to green. Charlestown’s Hood Park -- a former freight depot, industrial landmark, and Hood Milk dairy plant...
Support our Pollinators!
The Monarch butterfly is an icon among pollinators - however the decline of vital plant species have put them, along with many other insects, at risk. Monarch butterflies have developed a specialist relationship with milkweed (Asclepias spp.), evolving to utilize the...
Fireflies at Blessing of the Bay!
Fireflies have arrived! In collaboration with Mystic River Watershed and DCR, Offshoots Inc. has just completed a new Art Installation at the Blessing of the Bay Meadow. Designed and built by local artist @carolynlcreative, the installation consists of 32 fireflies...
Be on the lookout for the Spotted Lantern Fly!
This time of year it is super important to be on the look out for the Spotted Lantern Fly! This little guy, while very beautiful, is our decimating native plant communities and agricultural systems. The Spotted Lantern Fly originates in Asia; because it did not evolve...
Researchers find wetland plant can filter PFAS chemicals!
PFAS is a BIG emerging contaminant of concern, and new studies are starting to pop up looking at how plants can help remediate polluted waters - check out this new study will likely impact the phytoremediation world! Conducted by Australian and Chinese researchers,...