25-Urban Wildlife Habitat

Anacapa Island morning glory and ceanothus slip through an iron fence to greet travelers on their way to the nearby Metro Station. This Certified Wildlife Habitat wraps an historic workman’s cottage in one of Santa Monica’s most urban neighborhoods. Inside its gate, decomposed granite paths invite visitors and wildlife to explore beds filled with white and bubblegum-pink buckwheat, aromatic bee’s bliss and hummingbird sage, as well as dainty blue-eyed grass—they open their deep blue “eyes” only to the sun. Edible greenery fills substantial raised beds and benefits from pollinators drawn to the native foliage.