Meet Kate Kennen – Boston Voyager
Boston Voyager recently featured Kate as a part of their Inspiring Stories series! "Every neighborhood in Beantown has its own vibe, style, culture and history, but what consistently amazes us is not what differentiates the various neighborhoods but rather what they...
Meet Kate Kennen- Boston Voyager
Boston Voyager recently featured Kate as a part of their Inspiring Stories series! “Every neighborhood in Beantown has its own vibe, style, culture and history, but what consistently amazes us is not what differentiates the various neighborhoods but rather what they...
Exhibit – Under the Surface: Hidden Dimensions of Drainage Landscapes
Rebecca recently completed her Master in Design Studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and her project, Under the Surface: Hidden Dimensions of Drainage Landscapes, will be on display until the 30th! We are very proud of her and encourage you to check out...
BSLA Merit Award in Analysis and Planning – Route 6 Stormwater and Vegetation Plan
We were honored to receive a merit award in analysis and planning from the Boston Society of Landscape Architects for the Route 6 Stormwater and Vegetation Plan at the BSLA Gala last week. The plan was written in collaboration with Horsley Whitten Group and...
March Phytoremediation Lectures at ELA, NJ ASLA & Temple University
The Ecological Landscape Alliance, New Jersey American Society of Landscape Architects and Temple University Landscape Architecture Deparment will be hosting Kate Kennen in March to lecture on phytotechnologies. Links to these public lectures are provided below. Hope...
Phytoremediation: Overview and Opportunities for Integration in Landscape Design
The Ecological Landscape Alliance has featured and excerpt from Kate and Niall's PHYTO book in their February Newsletter. The following Foreword to Phyto: Principles and Resources for Site Remediation and Landscape Design, Routledge, written by Steve Rock at the EPA...
Offshoots Celebrates 5 Year Anniversary
Happy Anniversary Offshoots, Inc.! The new year marks the 5th Anniversary for Offshoots. Since 2012, the team has taken on over 115 installation and design projects amounting to 100 acres, and 18 planning projects totaling over 1,600 acres. Offshoots projects have...
Happy Holidays!
What a wonderful year! Offshoots kicked off 2016 in style with a retreat to Jay Peak, Vermont where we welcomed Rebecca, Shelby and Sam (the dog) to our design team and Joe B. (aka- ‘the other Joe’) and Adham to our installation crew. Kate’s PHYTO book won both...
64 Allandale Project – A Win for Climate Change Advocates in Boston
We're excited to be working with Merge Architects Inc. and Wondergroup on 64 Allandale, an important Net Zero community in Boston. The project was approved by the ZBA yesterday. A great win for climate change advocates in boston!...
Edible Landscapes – TED
This TED Talk is a few years old but is still as relevant as ever. Food is a universal language which makes it a great tool for getting people engaged in their landscape. Pam Warhurst presents her experience in getting edible gardening into the most unlikely of places...