Why You Should Plant Oaks
Great article by @awaytogarden in the @nytimes yesterday on the value of oak trees and how these long lived giants support more life forms then any other trees in a North America. Plant some oaks! Read the full article from The New York Times here Featured image by...
Cut Back for Spring
Its almost time for Spring cleaning!...and Spring cut backs! Northcreek Nursery has a great article explaining how they do cut backs in early Spring just as plants are waking up. Everyone performs spring cut backs a little differently, but they explain tools that they...
Offshoots and Partners Win Calahan Park Master Planning Project in Burlington, VT!
Our team at Offshoots, Inc., in collaboration with Horsley Witten Group, Duncan Wisniewski Architecture, and Stone Environmental, is excited to announce that we’ve been selected to create a Master Plan for Calahan Park in Burlington, VT! Offshoots will lead the...
Senior Associate Terry Kinsler Featured in New England Home Magazine
Our very own Terry Kinsler was featured in the March-April Issue of New England Home Magazine! The client made a simple request: “I want white flowers and a secret garden.” Providing this on a small lot with a close neighbor required thoughtful study of the views to...
Join our Design Studio! Landscape Architecture 2021 Summer Intern
Landscape Architecture 2021 Summer Intern Offshoots, Inc. seeks a landscape architecture intern to join our Boston office team for the Summer of 2021. We are looking for assistance illustrating design projects and diagramming landscape strategies. Candidates must have...
Join our Installation Team! Field Supervisor/Foreman, Landscape Laborer, Gardener
About Offshoots: Focused on creating productive landscapes that provide ecological, social and economic benefits, Offshoots, Inc. is a landscape architecture, planning and horticultural installation company in Boston. We specialize in the design of highly specific...
Join our Design Studio! Landscape Designer / Landscape Architect
About our Practice: Focused on creating productive landscapes that provide ecological, social and economic benefits, Offshoots, Inc. is a landscape architecture, planning and horticultural installation company in Boston. We specialize in the planting design and the...
Offshoots and Partners Win Malden River Works Project!
Hot off the DRAFT-Board! Offshoots is excited to announce we will be acting as horticultural and phytoremediation consultants for the design and construction of The City of Malden’s first public riverfront park! The project - led by Landing Studio and Horsley Witten...
Low Maintenance Native Alternatives to Lawn
Native grasses and sedges can be used to give a similar look as conventional lawn, but with the added benefits of: Low maintenance - (no fertilizing, weeding, irrigating, weekly mowing) Increased ecological value (deep roots benefiting hydrology, and food and habitat...
Milkweed attracts and kills Spotted Lanternfly!
Spotted Lanternfly is attracted to milkweed (Asclepias sp.) for it's thick, sweet sap, but has not co-evolved with the plant like the endangered Monarch butterfly and so falls victim to its toxins. Read the full article from North Creek Nurseries...