We create California native plant restoration gardens that support wildlife.
WE BELIEVE that each California native garden serves as an island for biodiversity - a landing place for birds, bees, and butterflies. Link enough of these islands, and a corridor that supports pollinators throughout the urban landscape is created.
How do we do this?
- Create California native plant and Resilient Demonstration Gardens all over California
- Design private and public landscapes
- Provide open days, tours, and workdays
- Help developers, municipalities, urban planners, and beyond understand the impact these gardens can have on life (biodiversity)
- We educate, empowering everyone to create their own habitat garden with workshops and partnerships
Next:
- Map the square footage of our landscapes
- Create a public map of habitat gardens to visit in Sonoma and Marin Counties
- Observe who is coming to these landscapes using iNaturalist and other tools
Executive Director Update - December 12, 2025
Hello, thank you for dropping by!
It's been a crazy day - finishing up our weekly newsletter. It should be a quiet time but planning is in full swing for 2026. Stay tuned.
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AND: enjoy our latest newsletter tips for habitat gardening for the fall at: https://mailchi.mp/habitatcorridorproject.org/salvia
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Hope to see you in the garden!
Questions? Please email.
With Hope.
April
april@habitatcorridorproject.org
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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