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Complete nature guides
Printable PDF references built from public data — the complete version of what the free pages preview. Instant download after checkout.
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Every edition is built from that state's own data, so the shelf is different in each one.
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Washington, D.C.
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
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What each edition is
The Nature Year 2027
$34.00
A year of one state as a book — twelve chapters carrying every zone's garden notes, a week-by-week layer, four posters, the sky calendar, a life list, and a monthly note through the year.
Every state · PDF
The Nature Journal
$14.00
Twelve month pages: a reference side built from public data for your state, and a field-notes side that stays blank until you fill it. Undated — reprint it every year.
Every state · PDF
Birds — field reference
The state's most-recorded species, ranked from survey data, with presence charts and a life list built to last three seasons.
Every state · PDF
Native plants — garden reference
$9.99
What belongs in your yard, by zone, with bloom windows and pollinator pairings.
Every state · PDF
Night sky — stargazing guide
$9.99
The meteor calendar, the darkest places in the state, and how to read any year's sky. Evergreen: it does not expire in January.
Every state · PDF
The 2027 Sky Year
$10.00
Every shower and moon phase of 2027, with the moon's brightness computed for each peak — so you know which nights are worth staying up for.
One edition, everywhere · PDF
The Zone Planting Planner
$9.00
One USDA zone's whole gardening year, in windows rather than dates.
Nine zones · PDF
Two at a time
$42.00
There is no cart here — every edition checks out on its own. Two sets put the Nature Year with the journal, or the journal with the plants and night-sky guides, into one purchase for less than the parts.
Every state · PDF
Not tied to one state
For a zone, or for the year’s sky
The 2027 Sky Year
Every meteor shower and moon phase of 2027, with the moon's brightness computed for each peak — so you know which…
$10.00
Zone 3 Planting Planner
The whole gardening year for one USDA zone, in windows rather than dates.
$9.00
Zone 4 Planting Planner
The whole gardening year for one USDA zone, in windows rather than dates.
$9.00
Zone 5 Planting Planner
The whole gardening year for one USDA zone, in windows rather than dates.
$9.00
Zone 6 Planting Planner
The whole gardening year for one USDA zone, in windows rather than dates.
$9.00
Zone 7 Planting Planner
The whole gardening year for one USDA zone, in windows rather than dates.
$9.00
Zone 8 Planting Planner
The whole gardening year for one USDA zone, in windows rather than dates.
$9.00
Zone 9 Planting Planner
The whole gardening year for one USDA zone, in windows rather than dates.
$9.00
Zone 10 Planting Planner
The whole gardening year for one USDA zone, in windows rather than dates.
$9.00
Zone 11 Planting Planner
The whole gardening year for one USDA zone, in windows rather than dates.
$9.00
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