Evidence for Using Plants and Fertilizer to Help Break Down Petroleum!
University of Alaska Microbiology Professor Mary Beth Leigh recently lead a team to study the long-term progress of the affects of introducing grass and fertilizer to soil test plots contaminated with petroleum. The original experiment was conducted in 1995 by the US...
PHYTO Trees Clean Contaminated Stormwater!
Kate recently went on a walkthrough of DuPage County Landfill in Chicago where poplar trees are being used to clean up contaminated leachate from an unlined landfill. Since 2018, a remediation system comprised of 8,500 trees on 14 acres of land irrigated by polluted...
Miyawaki Forests in Cambridge!
Offshoots recently discovered an organization called Biodiversity for a Livable Climate (Bio4Climate), the group responsible of the creation and succession of the Miyawaki Forests in Cambridge, MA. Bio4Climate was formed in 2013 when four climate activists bonded...
Phy2SUDOE: A Collaborative Resource for Advancing Phytoremediation Research and Development
Interested in learning more about phytoremediation? The Phy2SUDOE project is a 30-month long research investigation, starting on January 11th, 2020, that focuses on developing phytoremediation strategies for contaminated sites in Southern Europe. The project involves...
NorthCreek Nursery – Space Invaders: Multiflora Rose
NorthCreek Nursery, one of our favorite sources for native plant plugs, has an excellent blog post this month on how this common MA invasive arrived here, how it spreads and impacts the landscape, and steps you can take right now to minimize it's spread. Check it out...
Carbon-Negative Concrete: Meet CarbiCrete!
As Landscape Architects, we are always trying to find ways to reduce a project's carbon footprint, yet one of the most ubiquitous, materials we find ourselves having to specify is concrete; however, the production of concrete produces a lot of carbon dioxide. This is...
Seed Germination at New England Biolabs!
A few weeks ago our installation team wrapped up work on a woodland transition restoration project in Ipswich. The planting mimics the existing Oak-Hickory Forest to create a transition zone that will help restore the woodland edge over time. Quick germinating fescues...
Green Barriers by Ramo!
Check out this green barrier by Ramo! We are always happy to find low carbon footprint alternatives to concrete, plastic, and unsustainable wood sourcing. This noise barrier looks like a promising alternative. Source:...
Hood Bike Park is in Landscape Architecture Magazine!
We are thrilled to find Offshoots’ work featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine (October 2022 issue)! Offshoots and Elkus Manfredi worked together to create Hood Bike Park, a phytoremediating bicycle hub and social space in Charlestown, MA and we are thrilled to...
Hood Bike Park is in Architectural Record!
It’s an honor to find Offshoots’ work featured in Architectural Record (5/2022 issue)! Offshoots and Elkus Manfredi worked together to create Hood Bike Park, a phytoremediating bicycle hub and social space in Charlestown, MA and we are thrilled to have received a 2022...