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Julie Anne Dellinger

Julie Anne Dellinger

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Julie is a creative storyteller with a decade of experience in Marketing and a lifetime of experience finding the answers to the questions that matter. In her role at Garden for Wildlife, she's digging into the roots of the company and surfacing stories from nature lovers and wildlife enthusiasts to help grow a vibrant community of sustainable gardeners.

Julie loves learning and has pursued knowledge at several prestigious institutions. She's a proud, first-generation college graduate of Syracuse University. She studied abroad at the University of Indianapolis Athens, Greece campus, and completed a Marketing Strategy certification program through Cornell University.

Posts by Julie Anne Dellinger

A hummingbird feeds from a red flower
The Ultimate Guide to Wildlife Holidays in 2024

Do you love wildlife and nature? Are you looking for ways to share your love of wildlife with family and friends or keep supporters of your fundraiser engaged without repeating the same message over a

three native plant species sitting in dirt alongside gardening tools
Fall is the Best Time to Plant Native Species

Edited by David Mizejewski, National Wildlife Federation Naturalist As the days shorten and the temperatures begin to drop, many gardeners start winding down their gardening activities, but did you kn

A cluster of orange butterfly milkweed flowering perennials
5 Milkweeds to Plant in Your Butterfly Garden

It’s not a weed, and it doesn’t produce milk, but the humble milkweed is one of the most important plants you can have in your garden. This tough native plant grows just as well in North American wetl

A field of swamp milkweed
Top 5 Native Plants in Florida for 2024

Native plants are gaining momentum in Florida as more gardeners embrace wildlife-friendly landscaping. With the help of Garden for Wildlife®, Florida gardeners have added more than 52,000 square feet

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Native Plant Gardening for Patios and Balconies

Creating a container garden using native plants on your patio or balcony is a powerful way to support local wildlife, even in small spaces. Container gardening allows you to attract birds, butterflies

Heather Andrews from Garden Thoughtfully creates a pollinator pot of native plants for her porch
How to Create Pollinator Pots with Native Plants

Looking for a way to bring butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees right to your doorstep? Pollinator pots are an excellent solution for attracting wildlife to your porch while supporting local ecosystems

monarch butterfly on goldenrod
3 Things You Can Do to Help the Monarch Butterfly

The majestic monarch butterfly, renowned for its epic multi-generational migration across North America, is sadly facing endangerment.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is now proposing

bees on purple coneflower in a native garden
25 Native Plants for 2025

We have witnessed the native plant movement picking up steam in recent years as homeowners seek low maintenance alternatives to traditional turf lawns and gardeners seek opportunities to support polli