Product Description
by Christie Purifoy (Author)
Seedtime and Harvest is a series of lyrical essays exploring the myriad ways that gardening deepens our understanding of the natural world and grows our capacity for care and connection.
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"While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease" (Genesis 8:22).
All the earth is a garden--full of beauty and decay, untimely ends and new beginnings, promises and possibilities. You are invited to treasure these beautiful reflections on the soul-healing gifts the garden graciously yields, revealing that gardening can be more than a hobby--it can be embraced as a way of life.
As you explore how the garden grows roots, connection, wholeness, and hope, you'll gain greater perspective on what matters most in life.Author Biography
Christie Purifoy is a writer and avid gardener. She earned a PhD in English Literature from the University of Chicago and has taught literature and composition at the undergraduate level. Her books include A Home in Bloom, Garden Maker, and Placemaker. She explores her love of gardening and all things beautiful at her Victorian farmhouse in southeastern Pennsylvania.
