We create California native plant restoration gardens that support wildlife in the urban environment.
WE BELIEVE that each garden can serve as an island for biodiversity - a landing place for birds, bees, and butterflies. Link enough of these islands and we create a corridor that supports life throughout the urban landscape.
How do we do this?
- Create Learning Landscapes or Demonstration Gardens all over California
- Design gardens for private and public landscapes
- Observe and give tours and workdays in these landscapes
- Help developers, towns, planners and everyone understand the impact that using these plants can have on life (biodiversity)
- Education via workshops and partnerships
Next:
- Map all of the square footage of our landscapes
- Observe who is coming to these landscapes with iNaturalist and other tools
Get your hands dirty and learn about native plants at one of our garden days.
- Workday at the Sonoma Botanical Garden 12841 HWY 12
Glen Ellen, CA 95442 Wednesday, March 27 from 10-12 am. Bring your favorite gloves and weeding tools and we will learn while we clean this site up for its grand opening on April 1. Please RSVP: [email protected] to let us know you are coming and get the details!
Our Story
April Owens and Nancy Bauer came together with a common passion for creating habitat in the urban landscape. Nancy the author of The California Wildlife Habitat Garden: How to Attract Bees, Butterflies, Birds, and Other Animals (UC Press) and April a landscape professional bring our combined experience to create a growing urban landscape of habitat gardens.
April Owens
Executive Director and Co-Founder
April collaborates with a wide range of partnerships to continue to create new corridor sites. She also oversees our residential design services, fundraising, talks etc...
Nancy Bauer
Co-Founder
Nancy oversees habitat integrity for all of our demonstration gardens and creates content for our website and newsletter.
Penny Dalton
Demonstration Garden Maintenance Volunteer
Penny keeps all of the public Corridor Project sites thriving and weed free. She hand waters, weeds and gives us support on design and maintenance as they grow.
The Habitat Corridor is a nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS tax code. Federal EIN #84-4353404