When it comes around to late February and early March we are desperate for some tulips to start blooming. But alas! It still isn’t time to start planting. What do we do with these gloomy months of waiting? And how does the waiting help prepare us for the glories of Spring? 

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Christie Purifoy is a writer and gardener who loves to grow flowers and community. Most of all, she is a placemaker, and the place she is making with her family is a red brick Victorian farmhouse in Pennsylvania called Maplehurst.

She’s the author of numerous books including Seedtime and Harvest: How Gardens Grow Roots, Connection, Wholeness and Hope which was released by Harvest House Publishers in March 2024, which completes her trilogy of gardening gift books that began with Garden Maker (2022) and A Home in Bloom (2023).