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 it creates a corridor that supports pollinators 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, municipalities, urban planners and beyond understand the impact these gardens can have on life (biodiversity)
- Education via workshops and partnerships
Next:
- Map the square footage of our landscapes
- Observe who is coming to these landscapes using iNaturalist and other tools
Executive Director Update - March 31, 2025
Hello, thank you for dropping by!
As spring emerges and plants are growing inches per day, I encourage you all to enjoy the delights of native plants in your gardens. As I look out my office window, the wildflowers are about to burst.
Our work with the Resilient Landscapes Coalition is keeping us busy tabling and workshopping how to create resilient landscapes. Gardens that are fire-wise, drought-tolerant, and biodiverse. Learn more at ResilientLandscapesCoalition.org.
We are also tending our demonstration gardens throughout Sonoma and Marin Counties. See below for an opportunity to visit the Sonoma Botanical Garden for free with a couple of hours of help.
Have you signed up for our newsletter? Please do - all of the info is there for how to engage with us. On our socials too: @habitatcorridorproject
Hope to see you in the garden, or email me with questions about how to bring biodiversity to your garden.
More soon!
April
Get your hands dirty and learn about native plants at one of our garden days.
Our Story
April Owens and Nancy Bauer came together with a common passion for creating habitat in the urban landscape. Nancy, author of The California Wildlife Habitat Garden: How to Attract Bees, Butterflies, Birds, and Other Animals (UC Press), and April, a landscape design/build 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 partners to create new corridor sites. She also oversees public landscape design services, serves as fundraiser and grant writer, gives talks, workshops, and more.

Nancy Bauer
Co-Founder
Nancy oversees habitat integrity for all of our demonstration gardens and creates wonderful content for our website and newsletter.
The Habitat Corridor is a nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS tax code. Federal EIN #84-4353404