Blending Science, Art and Passion
Susie Vanderlip is a 5-Star speaker! She has great depth of experience in speaking, monarch butterflies, and Yoga for the Gardener. She is the Monarch Conservation Specialist in southern California for Monarch Watch, a Monarch Butterfly Citizen Scientist, and key contributor to Western Monarch Advocates. Susie is also a professional speaker with 30 years of experience and an inductee into the prestigious National Speakers Association ‘Speakers Hall of Fame.’
She has spoken, both live and virtual, on monarch butterflies since 2012 for numerous garden clubs, botanic gardens, expos, events, nurseries, and schools. She is also administrator of a Facebook group dedicated to guiding southern California urban gardeners in planting to attract and save monarch butterflies as well as other pollinators. You are welcome to join at ‘Monarch Butterfly Guardians – southern California‘. She also has an informative page on Facebook, “Monarch Butterfly Speaker“.
Susie has raised hundreds of monarch butterflies in her garden since April 2010 and is an enthusiastic speaker, author, and photographer on monarchs. She is often referred to as the ‘monarch butterfly whisperer’ of Orange County and acclaimed for her entertaining as well as educational presentation Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Monarch Butterflies. Her and products all about monarch butterflies! Susie is a
Monarch Citizen Scientist providing observations from the field to Monarch Health at University of Georgia, and she is a Monarch Conservation Specialist for Monarch Watch, a premiere monarch research organization, helping to bring the awe and wonder of monarchs to the public. Susie is author of an award-winning children’s photo storybook and 10-minute action video on monarch life cycle, The Story of Chester, The Monarch Caterpillar/Larva (www.tinyurl.com/MonarchProducts ).”
The Story of Chester book is recommended by the National Science Teachers Association for use in pre-K thru 2nd grade classroom.
In addition, Susie has taken her passion for photography in the garden and created a successful 8-year photo greeting card line with beautiful butterflies, 
flowers, and the whimsy of life (www.svgreetingcards.com ). Her cards are sold at premiere boutique markets and florists in southern California as well as in her online Shop.
As an avid gardener, she thoroughly enjoys sharing about monarch butterflies with other gardeners. Her additional passion is presenting her Yoga for the Gardener program to guide gardeners in easy self-care stretches to do Before, During, and After gardening, reducing injuries, aches, and pains and adding longevity to our joyful gardening lives!
Susie presents both both virtually and live using PowerPoint and the gorgeous photos and amazing videos taken in her garden plus delightful personal anecdotes. Susie is often considered the best speaker a garden club has had – See her Great Garden Speaker Reviews.
You don’t want to miss her engaging presentation! Contact at susie@storyofchester.com or call 714-716-7168.
Her programs cover a variety of topics including:
- Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle
- Migration of Eastern and Western Monarchs
- Milkweed and Nectar Plant
- Butterfly Gardening
- Population Decline Concerns
- How we can all Help Save Monarchs
- and more!
She stays and answers everyone’s questions and provides handouts to guide attendees when the program is over.
CONTACT HER NOW TO BOOK AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS: 714-716-7168 susie@storyofchester.com
Susie’s blog: www.tinyurl.com/AllAboutMonarchs
Facebook page: @MonarchButterflySpeaker
