Offshoots and Partners Win Malden River Works Project!
Hot off the DRAFT-Board! Offshoots is excited to announce we will be acting as horticultural and phytoremediation consultants for the design and construction of The City of Malden’s first public riverfront park! The project - led by Landing Studio and Horsley Witten...
Low Maintenance Native Alternatives to Lawn
Native grasses and sedges can be used to give a similar look as conventional lawn, but with the added benefits of: Low maintenance - (no fertilizing, weeding, irrigating, weekly mowing) Increased ecological value (deep roots benefiting hydrology, and food and habitat...
Milkweed attracts and kills Spotted Lanternfly!
Spotted Lanternfly is attracted to milkweed (Asclepias sp.) for it's thick, sweet sap, but has not co-evolved with the plant like the endangered Monarch butterfly and so falls victim to its toxins. Read the full article from North Creek Nurseries...
Spotted Lanternfly Detections in MA
Keep an eye out for invasive Spotted Lanternfly (SLF)! Two dead specimens were found in Milford and Norwood, MA, and the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) was notified that nursery stock bearing spotted lanternfly adults and eggs may have been...
India’s 1 Million Trees Phytoremediation Project
By the end of 2020, Fiinovation aims to plant 1 million trees in a phytoremediation-based initiative called Ecotopia. Trees will be used combat the effects of rapid industrialization and urbanization; absorb greenhouse gases, increase evaporation and transpiration,...
Join our Installation Team! Field Supervisor/Foreman, Landscape Laborer, Gardener
About Offshoots: Focused on creating productive landscapes that provide ecological, social and economic benefits, Offshoots, Inc. is a landscape architecture, planning and horticultural installation company in Boston. We specialize in the design of green...
Join our Design Studio! Landscape Designer & Landscape Designer / Landscape Architect
About our Practice: Focused on creating productive landscapes that provide ecological, social and economic benefits, Offshoots, Inc. is a landscape architecture, planning and horticultural installation company in Boston. We specialize in the planting design and the...
Superfund, Meet Super Plants
Plant microbiologist Sharon Doty is using microbes naturally associated with Poplar to increase success of phytoremediation efforts. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/science/superfund-plant-microbiome.html?smid=em-share
We are working remotely!
To Offshoots friends and family, We wanted to make you aware of our plan during these difficult times. In order to protect the health of our clients and staff, Offshoots is implementing the following policies: - Our office is open for business and all design projects...
Phytomining in the New York Times
"What if, as a partial substitute to traditional, energy-intensive and environmentally costly mining and smelting, the world harvested nickel plants?" Read the New York Times article here