PHYTO – Case Study – Ford Motor Company Factory
Project Name: Ford Motor Company Factory (Barac et al 1999) Location: Genk, Belgium Scientists: Tanja Barac (a); Nele Weyens (a); Licy Oeyen (a); Safiyh Taghavi (b); Daniel van der Lelie (b); Dirk Dubin (c); Marco Spliet (d); Jaco Vangronsveld (a)...
Prepping Site for a Phytobuffer
Offshoots, Inc is preparing a phytobuffer site. At a family-owned natural stone supplier, Offshoots's team is taking down a small set of Spruce to clear the way for poplars to protect the site and groundwater from a petroleum leak that occurred on the site. High...
Testing Heavy Metal Remediation Possibilities of Biomass Production Crops
Article from the European Commission Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS). E.U. has funded Phyto2Energy Initiative studies potential of using plants grown for biomass to also remediate pollutants from the soil. Chelators (soil additives) may...
Green Wall Planting Medium Matters for Air Pollution Removal
New article in the Journal of Hazardous Materials found on ScienceDirect. With the growing attention of functional green walls for their air cleaning abilities, this study concerns the possibility of increasing their remediation abilities by adjusting the substrate....
Offshoots Bikes the Charles River for Vegetation Management Plan
Offshoots took to the Charles River Reservation with Weston & Sampson and the Boston Department of Recreation and Conservation for the upcoming Charles River Vegetation Management Plan. Read more about the CRVMP on our projects page. [gallery columns="2"...
Testing Prolific Growth Aquatic Plants to Remediate Metal Pollutants
An Article from The Conversation: U.K. tests phytoremediation potential of fast-growing Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth) with promising results. Because the water hyacinth is invasive, testing plants were arranged in pods in the river to keep the species...
Turning an Old Junkyard into a River Park
Article from the Mountain Express: using phytoremediation to clean up a brownfield site sitting next to the French Broad River Park in Asheville, NC that had previously been an auto junkyard for more than 40 years. With the initial work started in 2011, the park could...
PHYTO – Case Study – Petroleum – US Coast Guard Former Fuel Storage Facility
CASE STUDY - PETROLEUM Project Name: US Coast Guard Former Fuel Storage Facility (Guthrie Nichols et al., 2014) (Cook et al 2010) Location: Elizabeth City, NC Scientists: Elizabeth Guthrie Nichols (a); Rachel L. Cook (a); James E. Landmeyer (b); Brad Atkinson (c);...
Join the Offshoots Horticulture Installation Team!
Offshoots is looking to grow their horticulture installation team! We are seeking a seasonal landscaping laborer to work on residential landscape and garden installations with our horticulture team. We focus on creating sustainable, ecologically sound landscapes and...
Announcing 2 New Members of the Offshoots Inc Team!
Offshoots Inc. is very excited to announce two new members to the Offshoots team: Emily Humphrey and Julie Salvatoriello. Emily is a welcome addition to the Offshoots Inc. design team. Emily is a landscape designer from Providence, RI, where she worked for several...