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...
Union Point Featured on Chronicle
“You know the old saying ‘use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without?’ That applies to hand-me-down clothing and to places.” Offshoots recently completed construction documents for an upcoming phase of LStar’s Union Point that will be located on the corner of...
Free Stormwater Workshop on Cape Cod
The Association to Preserve Cape Cod has sponsored a free stormwater workshop to exlplore the opportunity to integrate phytoremediation and phytotechnologies into stormwater design. Kate will be presenting with Brian Kuchar from Horsley Witten Group on opportunities...
Bomb-Spotting Plants?
Want to learn more about plants that could detect explosives? This is an older article, but we just found out about these potential plants that elicit responses when TNT is around: https://www.wired.com/2011/01/grow-your-own-bomb-detector We're interested in Jane...
Kate Presenting at Mayors Institute on City Design
Kate will be presenting at the Mayors’ Institute on City Design on Friday, 23 September 2016, in Miami Beach. The Mayors’ Institute on City Design (MICD) is a leadership initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the American Architectural...
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Signage Project Installed
This summer Offshoots completed a comprehensive signage and wayfinding system for the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts. The project included designing signage for camp property entries, regulatory road signs, welcome signs and wayfinding signs as well as...
PHYTO Book Reviewed in the Journal of Architectural Education
Review of PHYTO book just published in the Journal of Architectural Education. Thank you Frank Sleegers!! http://www.jaeonline.org/articles/reviews-books/phyto#/page1/
PHYTO Book Wins ASLA Honor Award
Thank you ASLA for honoring our book with an award today! We look forward to celebrating with the profession in October in New Orleans! https://www.asla.org/2016awards/172182.html https://www.amazon.com/Phyto-Principles-Resources-Remediation-Landscape/dp/0415814154...
South End Installation
When the season is as busy as it has been, we often forget to post photos of our garden installations. We have just completed this formal South End project complete with granite edging and pavers, massed plants with high foliage contrast, formal fastigiate Hornbeam...
Kate’s Upcoming Speaking Engagements – BSA Urban Design Committee
Interested in Phytoremediation? Catch Kate speak and offer highlights from her PHYTO book on Thursday, July 28th at the BSA Space! This presentation, hosted by the Urban Design Committee, is free and open to the public. Click here for more information! 7/28- 6:30pm...
Route 6 Stormwater and Vegetation Management Plan
Offshoots has been selected by the Cape Cod Commission to work on the Route 6 Stormwater and Vegetation Management Plan for the area from the Sagamore Bridge to the Orleans Rotary. Route 6, also known as the Mid-Cape Highway, was constructed over a 20-year...
Materials Test – Turf
Meet Sam, the new Materials Librarian for Offshoots! This week he has been hard at work testing the comfort and durability of artificial turf for a bocce court in Boston. Check out the Offshoot's Staff page to learn more about Sam!
Girl Scouts Signage Project Underway
This summer, Offshoots will see their signage project for the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts camp properties come to fruition! The project entails the design of entry, wayfinding and welcome signs for 5 camps, as well as the design of master plan graphics and...
Kate’s Latest Speaking Engagements
Come see Kate speak at the following upcoming events! April 11th: BSLA Landscape Architecture Conference + Xpo at the Hyatt Regency, Boston Downtown Crossing http://bslanow.org/xpo/sessions/ April 14th: BAC public lecture series- 6pm
Kate’s Phyto Book Wins the BSLA Honor Award in Communications
Kate's Phyto: Principles and Resources for Site Remediation and Landscape Design book was just recently awarded the Honor Award in Communications from the Boston Society of Landscape Architects! Here's a great review of the book from Dirt Magazine. ...
Portland Press Herald Interview With Kate
http://www.pressherald.com/2016/03/13/maine-gardener-wield-the-power-of-plants-to-prevent-pollution/
Offshoots Welcomes Shelby Chapman-Hale to Our Team
We are excited to share the news and welcome the newest addition to our team, Shelby Chapman-Hale, as a Landscape Architectural Designer here at Offshoots. Shelby received a Bachelor of Environmental Science with a concentration in Ecological Design from the...
Houzz Awards For Service and Design
We love our clients! We couldn't be more thrilled to receive multiple awards from Houzz.com for both Design and Service. We look forward to working with so many more amazing people. Please check out our page and give a review if we have worked with you in the past....
PHYTO Book Launch at the Harvard COOP 2/17
BOOK LAUNCH: ‘PHYTO: Principles oand Resources for Site Remediation and Landscape Design’ The event is at the Harvard COOP on the 3rd Floor and open to the public. Authors: Kate Kennen ASLA and Niall Kirkwood FASLA, Published by Routledge 7.00pm Wednesday 17...
PHYTO Named One of 2015’s Top 10 Books
Thank you to ASLA's 'The Dirt' for naming Kate & Niall's new book on phytoremediation one of 2015's top 10 landscape books! http://dirt.asla.org/2015/12/01/best-books-of-2015/ PHYTO: Principles for site remediation and landscape design
Want to Learn More About Phytoremediation?
Checkout our latest article on 'Pollution Purging Plants!" published by the Ecological Landscape Association: http://www.ecolandscaping.org/09/restoration/pollutant-purging-plants/