{"title":"Shawna Coronado","description":"\u003cp\u003eShawna Coronado’s books offer practical and inspiring guidance for anyone looking to embrace organic gardening in their own home. With a focus on sustainability and creativity, her titles explore how to grow thriving plants using natural methods, from innovative living walls to waste-free cultivation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for gardeners who value eco-friendly practices, her work blends hands-on tips with a passion for nurturing green spaces. Readers can expect clear advice enriched with a fresh perspective on cultivating beauty and abundance organically.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"grow-a-living-wall-by-shawna-coronado-9781591866244","title":"Grow a Living Wall","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake a beautiful, practical, environmentally conscious garden, even in a small space - grow \u003cem\u003eUP\u003c\/em\u003e with a living wall! A living wall is a vertical structure, usually outside the home, that is built with live plants growing in containers hung in a decorative arrangement. Sometimes called \"Green Walls\" and \"Vertical Gardens,\" living walls are easier than ever to plan and grow!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrow a Living Wall\u003c\/em\u003e is the first wall-gardening book to focus exclusively on the needs of home gardeners. Make your vertical garden environmentally friendly and sustainable. It's easy with author Shawna Coronado's help!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of her themed vertical gardens is stocked mostly with flowers to make it a haven for bees and other pollinators. Other gardens are filled with vegetables and herbs so anyone with an outdoor wall can grow their own food - beautifully! Even more gardens promote aromatherapy or medicinal plants. 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The word \"hack\" has a multitude of meanings these days, but if you ask garden author Shawna Coronado what a hack is, she might just wave her hand toward her own back yard. She could be pointing at the garden bench she created from leftover wood posts and a few cinder blocks, or the rows of wine bottles buried soldier-style along a winding pathway, or even the garden soil itself, which is blended by hand from an organic soil recipe she devised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA hack is really just a great idea that's come to life. In \u003cem\u003e101 Organic Garden Hacks\u003c\/em\u003e, you'll find the top tips, tricks, and solutions Shawna has dreamed up in her career as one of America's most creative gardeners. Some are practical timesavers; others offer clever ways to \"upcycle\" everyday items in your garden. 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