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 19, 2025
Hello, thank you for dropping by!
I am looking at 2026 and it is so bright! Amazing projects including: professional landscaping trainings, new additions to the Sonoma Botanical Garden native plant welcome center landscape, workshops in partnership with the Theodore Payne Foundation and the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden at the CNPS Conference, some fun demonstration garden pop-up situations, and more.
Want to learn more - weekly? sign up for our newsletter! https://mailchi.mp/habitatcorridorproject/creating-habitat-corridors-in-the-urban-landscape
Please check out our blog tab for the most recent content from Nancy Bauer focusing on creating habitat in your garden.
AND: enjoy our latest newsletter tips for habitat gardening at: https://mailchi.mp/habitatcorridorproject.org/salvia
Our socials too: @habitatcorridorproject
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