Inside/Out Tour This Thursday!
Inside/Out continues! Join us outside as we explore Hood Park and learn about how landscape architecture projects and planning are turning this site from gravel to green. Charlestown’s Hood Park -- a former freight depot, industrial landmark, and Hood Milk dairy plant...
Support our Pollinators!
The Monarch butterfly is an icon among pollinators - however the decline of vital plant species have put them, along with many other insects, at risk. Monarch butterflies have developed a specialist relationship with milkweed (Asclepias spp.), evolving to utilize the...
Fireflies at Blessing of the Bay!
Fireflies have arrived! In collaboration with Mystic River Watershed and DCR, Offshoots Inc. has just completed a new Art Installation at the Blessing of the Bay Meadow. Designed and built by local artist @carolynlcreative, the installation consists of 32 fireflies...
Be on the lookout for the Spotted Lantern Fly!
This time of year it is super important to be on the look out for the Spotted Lantern Fly! This little guy, while very beautiful, is our decimating native plant communities and agricultural systems. The Spotted Lantern Fly originates in Asia; because it did not evolve...
Researchers find wetland plant can filter PFAS chemicals!
PFAS is a BIG emerging contaminant of concern, and new studies are starting to pop up looking at how plants can help remediate polluted waters - check out this new study will likely impact the phytoremediation world! Conducted by Australian and Chinese researchers,...
Stacking functions with ecological noise barriers
Noise barriers are often costly and serve only a single purpose; we are excited to have discovered Ramo, a company that offers green barriers, a form of stacking ecological functions and integrating phytotechnology. Check out their website:...
Offshoots is Hiring a Bookkeeper / Office Admin
Bookkeeper & Office Administrator Offshoots, Inc. is seeking a part-time bookkeeper and office administrator. Expected hours are 20-30 hours a week with flexible working hours. Position will involve a combination of in-office work with the potential for some...
Mycofiltration Project
We’re so excited to announce we’ve been selected by MassDOT to conduct a yearlong research project concerning mycofiltration treatment for stormwater management. Mycofiltration is a nascent stormwater management technology that utilizes mycelium or fungal webs as...
Completed Hood Construction
And that's a wrap! The Offshoots installation team has finished installing the Hood Park project located at 6 Stack Street! Here is a time-lapse of some of the installation. [video width="1280" height="718"...
Charlestown Patriot-Bridge Writes About Offshoot’s Hood Project
Our Hood project was written up in the local paper, the Charlestown Patriot-Bridge. Read the full article here