Remineralizing Soils With Rock Dust and Biochar
On a recently completed project focusing on 100% edible plants (fruiting trees, shrubs and perennials within Tea and Cocktail gardens) we added applications of Bio Char and Rock Dusts into the soil to add nutrients while increasing overall soil fertility, making other...
Metals Munching Plants! Work by Dylan Burge
An interesting recent video on plants for metals hyperaccumulation can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqXyq64VdVY&feature=youtu.be&t=0s and an article on the same subject: ...
Hiring Landscaping Laborer/ Installation Crew Member
We are seeking to immediately add a new landscape laborer to our team to work on sustainable residential landscape and garden installations. Qualified candidates will be motivated individuals interested in working outside in a landscaping position. Candidates must...
Ridgewood Park in Hyannis, MA is Out for Bid
Ridgewood Park has gone out for bid! This park develops two existing parcels within Hyannis’s “tree streets” neighborhood. Extenstive community meetings has led to a plan for a series of undulating passive path “loops”, as well as a small play area, exploratory...
Magnolias In Bloom
The blooming of magnolia trees in Boston is a special time for us. It meas that a new season is upon us and time for a fresh start. In many cultures Magnolia flowers have symbolic meanings of purity, nobility, youth and innocence. In North America the Magnolia...
Hiring: Landacape Installation Crew Members & Foreman (In Training)
Offshoots, Inc. is a landscape architecture and horticultural installation practice focusing on ecological and productive landscape strategies. We are looking for hard working crew members to assist with our residential installations and grow into leadership roles....
Hiring Two Landscape Architects
Hiring 2 positions: Landscape Designer/ Architect: 1-3 Years Experience and Landscape Designer/ Architect: 3-5 Years Experience Offshoots, Inc. seeks two candidates to join our Boston office team. We are looking for two self-starting and flexible individuals to help...
Sheet Mulching
Sheet Mulching As we come into the fall season it’s a great time to start thinking about planning new garden spaces. Sheet mulching, or lasagna composting, can make your job much easier. Sheet Mulching is a technique of layering organic materials, nitrogen (green) and...
Hugelkulture
Are you tired of watering your plants constantly or spending too much money on your irrigation bill? If so, Hugelkulture might be the answer for you. Hugelkulture (“hoogle culture” or mound culture) is a technique that uses woody debris such as branches,...
Coppicing Trees
Have you ever cut down a tree just to have it grow back, even multiply? Well, you may just be that trees best friend. Coppicing is a method of tree management based on the regeneration of new shoots, or suckers, of wood when a tree is cut to the ground. Coppicing...