Designing for Wildlife: Creating Habitat Corridors in Suburban Gardens

The Urban Biodiversity Crisis Urban and suburban landscapes are hostile to most native wildlife — dominated by hard surfaces, exotic plants that provide little food value to native fauna, manicured lawns, and barriers between green spaces. Yet the aggregate area of suburban gardens is vast and could, if managed differently, represent an extraordinary opportunity for urban biodiversity conservation. The key concept is the habitat corridor: a connected pathway of suitable habitat that allows wil…