The Colorado Set
Three printable Colorado editions in one purchase — the twelve-month journal, the native plants reference and the stargazing guide — for less than the three cost apart.
- Three printable Colorado editions, in one checkout instead of three
- Twelve undated Colorado month pages to write the year down in
- The Colorado native plants reference, with bloom windows and zone timing
- The Colorado night sky guide — dark places and the year's meteor calendar
$29.00one-time$33.98 bought separately
Instant download · yours to keep, with no account and no renewal · full refund within 30 days
A look inside
What the Colorado pages actually look like
From the Colorado editions
Some of what is actually in the set
The Colorado Nature Journal
Each Colorado month page carries that month's reference side — the blooms, trees and butterflies Colorado actually has then. Names you will meet in it:
- Rocky Mountain Columbine
- Colorado Blue Columbine's companion — Alpine Forget-me-not
- Indian Paintbrush
- Mountain Lupine (Silvery Lupine)
- Prairie Sunflower
- Glacier Lily (Avalanche Lily)
- Quaking Aspen
- Colorado Blue Spruce
- Ponderosa Pine
- Plains Cottonwood
- Gambel Oak
- Rocky Mountain Juniper
- Monarch
- Colorado Hairstreak
- Western Tiger Swallowtail
- Rocky Mountain Parnassian
- Mourning Cloak
- Weidemeyer's Admiral
Native Plants of Colorado
59 native species are profiled for Colorado, chosen for hardiness zones 3a–6b. A dozen of them:
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Butterfly Weed
- Swamp Milkweed
- Showy Milkweed
- Wild Bergamot
- Aromatic Aster
- Stiff Goldenrod
- Great Blue Lobelia
- Dense Blazing Star
- Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
- Anise Hyssop
- Purple Prairie Clover
The Night Sky over Colorado
Every dark-sky place the Colorado edition sends you to, and every meteor shower it tracks through the year:
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
- Dinosaur National Monument
- Hovenweep National Monument
- Remote public lands in southern and western Colorado
- Quadrantids
- Lyrids
- Eta Aquariids
- Southern Delta Aquariids
- Perseids
- Draconids
- Orionids
- Southern Taurids
- Northern Taurids
- Leonids
- Geminids
- Ursids
How the Colorado year breaks down
Counted, not claimed
Across the twelve Colorado month pages the reference side draws on 6 wildflowers, 6 trees, 6 butterflies and 7 things coming into season locally.
Something in the Colorado list is in bloom from March through November, and June is the peak — 32 of the 59 species are flowering then.
17 of them are caterpillar host plants and 11 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in Colorado yards.
On the 2027 numbers the standout for Colorado is the Quadrantids — about 120 an hour at its peak with the moon only 18% lit, best after midnight into dawn.
The Geminids, by contrast, peak against a 100%-lit moon that year — the kind of night the guide tells you to skip rather than let you find out at 2am.
The calendar runs every major shower of the year — 12 of them — with the moon's brightness worked out for each peak, so Colorado knows which nights are worth the drive.
In the box
Exactly what you receive
| The Colorado Nature Journal | 15 pages — twelve month pages plus covers and how-to |
|---|---|
| Native Plants of Colorado | 10 pages — the species table, bloom windows and planting calendar |
| The Night Sky over Colorado | 8 pages — the meteor calendar, dark-sky places and seasonal targets |
| Pages in all | 33, across 3 Colorado files |
| What you save | $4.98 — $33.98 bought apart, $29.00 bought together |
| Format | PDF, laid out for both Letter and A4 |
| Delivery | An instant download link, plus a link you can re-open for 72 hours |
| Access | Yours to keep — no expiry, no account, no subscription |
| Refunds | Full refund within 30 days, no questions |
How it works
From checkout to the field
Buy it
Checkout takes a card and an email address — no account to create.
Open it straight away
The download link appears immediately and the Colorado files are yours to keep.
Use it through the year
Print the Colorado pages you want and take them outside; they are laid out with room to write on as the season moves.
The set, or the pieces
Both are honest ways to buy the Colorado editions
| One at a time | The Colorado Set | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Whichever single Colorado edition you pick | All three, together |
| Checkouts | One for each — there is no cart here | One, for the whole Colorado set |
| What it costs | $33.98 for the three apart | $29.00, saving $4.98 |
| If you only want one | Buy it on its own; every Colorado edition is sold separately | The set is only worth it if all of it is new to you |
Before you buy
Who this is for
Made for
- Someone starting from nothing who wants the Colorado basics in one go
- Gardeners in Colorado who also go out after dark
- Anyone giving the whole Colorado set rather than a single file
Not for
- Anyone who already owns one of the three Colorado editions in it — buy the rest singly instead
- Anyone who wants the Colorado Nature Year; that is the bigger book, sold on its own page
Everything here describes typical timing across Colorado, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the Colorado pages say "usually early May" and never "May 4th", which is not hedging but the most the data can honestly carry.
Questions
Before you decide
What exactly is in the Colorado set?
Three things, sold separately elsewhere on the site: The Colorado Nature Journal, Native Plants of Colorado and The Night Sky over Colorado. You get every file each of them contains.
What if I already own one of these Colorado editions?
Then buy the others on their own — the Colorado set only saves money if all of it is new to you, and we would rather say so than take $29.00 for a file you already have.
Is this cheaper than buying the Colorado editions one at a time?
Yes — $29.00 rather than $33.98, a saving of $4.98. There is no cart here, so buying them apart also means checking out 3 separate times.
Do the Colorado files arrive together?
They arrive as one download list on one page — 3 files in all for Colorado, each downloadable on its own, and the link re-opens for 72 hours.
How accurate is the timing for Colorado?
It describes typical timing across Colorado drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real Colorado dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".
Is it worth paying when the Colorado pages here are free?
The free Colorado pages are the month you are in; these are the Colorado editions around them — planned before the year arrives, and printable, so you are not holding a screen in the garden.
Will it work for my part of Colorado, or just the big cities?
It is written at state resolution — Colorado as a whole, with regional notes where Colorado genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.
What format is the Colorado edition, and can I print it?
A PDF laid out for both Letter and A4, one page per sheet — printing it is the point, since the Colorado pages are made to be carried outside.
What if the Colorado set is not what I expected?
Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the Colorado edition, and keep the files either way — asking for them back would be theatre.
Everything in this set is also sold on its own — The Colorado Nature Journal, Native Plants of Colorado and The Night Sky over Colorado — and the free Colorado pages cover this month either way.
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