Sandra Knauf
Earth-lover, mother, gardener, writer, publisher, and entrepreneur.
Sandra moved to Colorado when she was 16 and has now been here over four decades. She started Greenwoman Publishing, LLC in 2011, and decided to start Greenwoman Market in late 2019 to help other business owners, like herself, who want to help "save the Earth" (in their own way).
As a small business owner, she's experienced firsthand the #1 challenge: Getting the word out.
She feels that Greenwoman Market will help like-minded entrepreneurs do just that. That it will provide a much needed network of earth-friendly businesses and customers.
As a small business owner, she's experienced firsthand the #1 challenge: Getting the word out.
She feels that Greenwoman Market will help like-minded entrepreneurs do just that. That it will provide a much needed network of earth-friendly businesses and customers.
Her Bio:
Sandra's writing background includes work as a “Colorado Voices” columnist for The Denver Post (writing on the environment) and her writing has appeared in Colorado Gardener as well as national publications such as GreenPrints and MaryJanesFarm Magazine. She’s also been a guest commentator, reading her humorous, sometimes political, and often nature-themed essays on KRCC’s “Western Skies” radio show (a NPR affiliate station). In 2011 she started Greenwoman Publishing and has since published a literary garden writing journal, Greenwoman: Vols. I-6; her own YA fantasy novel, Zera and the Green Man: an anthology of sexy gardening stories (Fifty Shades of Green); and, most recently, her gardening memoir, Please Don’t Piss on the Petunias: Raising Kids, Crops, and Critters in the City.
Her work as received several awards, including Finalist in the 2019 North Street Book Prize awards for Petunias.
Apart from her work as an artist and writer (and sometimes short term rental host), Sandra has helped her husband Andy run his HVAC business for over 28 years.
She lives and works in Colorado Springs in the historic Old Colorado City neighborhood.
Her home/business property/ garden is 100% organic, pollinator and beneficial insect friendly. It is a certified Xerces Society Pollinator Habitat and a National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat.
Sandra's writing background includes work as a “Colorado Voices” columnist for The Denver Post (writing on the environment) and her writing has appeared in Colorado Gardener as well as national publications such as GreenPrints and MaryJanesFarm Magazine. She’s also been a guest commentator, reading her humorous, sometimes political, and often nature-themed essays on KRCC’s “Western Skies” radio show (a NPR affiliate station). In 2011 she started Greenwoman Publishing and has since published a literary garden writing journal, Greenwoman: Vols. I-6; her own YA fantasy novel, Zera and the Green Man: an anthology of sexy gardening stories (Fifty Shades of Green); and, most recently, her gardening memoir, Please Don’t Piss on the Petunias: Raising Kids, Crops, and Critters in the City.
Her work as received several awards, including Finalist in the 2019 North Street Book Prize awards for Petunias.
Apart from her work as an artist and writer (and sometimes short term rental host), Sandra has helped her husband Andy run his HVAC business for over 28 years.
She lives and works in Colorado Springs in the historic Old Colorado City neighborhood.
Her home/business property/ garden is 100% organic, pollinator and beneficial insect friendly. It is a certified Xerces Society Pollinator Habitat and a National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat.
One view of Sandra's urban garden, where she grows dozens of herbs, lilies for cut flowers, and some vegetables and fruits, namely heirloom tomatoes, blackberries, raspberries, lettuces, and spaghetti squash. There are lots of wild spots in her two-yard garden, too, with plants like self-seeded bluemist spirea, mullein, lambs quarters, and, of course, dandelions are allowed!