The Connecticut Set
Three printable Connecticut 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 Connecticut editions, in one checkout instead of three
- Twelve undated Connecticut month pages to write the year down in
- The Connecticut native plants reference, with bloom windows and zone timing
- The Connecticut 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 Connecticut pages actually look like
From the Connecticut editions
Some of what is actually in the set
The Connecticut Nature Journal
Each Connecticut month page carries that month's reference side — the blooms, trees and butterflies Connecticut actually has then. Names you will meet in it:
- Bloodroot
- Spring Beauty
- Marsh Marigold
- Mountain Laurel
- Cardinal Flower
- New England Aster
- White Oak
- Sugar Maple
- Eastern White Pine
- Mountain Laurel
- American Beech
- Tupelo (Black Gum)
- Monarch
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Great Spangled Fritillary
- Mourning Cloak
- Red Admiral
- Spicebush Swallowtail
Native Plants of Connecticut
57 native species are profiled for Connecticut, chosen for hardiness zones 5a–7b. A dozen of them:
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Butterfly Weed
- Common Milkweed
- Swamp Milkweed
- Wild Bergamot
- Scarlet Beebalm
- New England Aster
- Showy Goldenrod
- Stiff Goldenrod
- Wild Columbine
- Cardinal Flower
- Great Blue Lobelia
The Night Sky over Connecticut
Every dark-sky place the Connecticut edition sends you to, and every meteor shower it tracks through the year:
- Litchfield Hills (northwest Connecticut)
- The Quiet Corner (northeastern Connecticut)
- Rural land off the I-95 and I-91 corridors
- Quadrantids
- Lyrids
- Eta Aquariids
- Southern Delta Aquariids
- Perseids
- Draconids
- Orionids
- Southern Taurids
- Northern Taurids
- Leonids
- Geminids
- Ursids
How the Connecticut year breaks down
Counted, not claimed
Across the twelve Connecticut month pages the reference side draws on 6 wildflowers, 6 trees, 6 butterflies and 7 things coming into season locally.
Something in the Connecticut list is in bloom from March through October, and June is the peak — 27 of the 57 species are flowering then.
17 of them are caterpillar host plants and 17 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in Connecticut yards.
On the 2027 numbers the standout for Connecticut 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 Connecticut knows which nights are worth the drive.
In the box
Exactly what you receive
| The Connecticut Nature Journal | 15 pages — twelve month pages plus covers and how-to |
|---|---|
| Native Plants of Connecticut | 10 pages — the species table, bloom windows and planting calendar |
| The Night Sky over Connecticut | 8 pages — the meteor calendar, dark-sky places and seasonal targets |
| Pages in all | 33, across 3 Connecticut 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 Connecticut files are yours to keep.
Use it through the year
Print the Connecticut 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 Connecticut editions
| One at a time | The Connecticut Set | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Whichever single Connecticut edition you pick | All three, together |
| Checkouts | One for each — there is no cart here | One, for the whole Connecticut 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 Connecticut 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 Connecticut basics in one go
- Gardeners in Connecticut who also go out after dark
- Anyone giving the whole Connecticut set rather than a single file
Not for
- Anyone who already owns one of the three Connecticut editions in it — buy the rest singly instead
- Anyone who wants the Connecticut Nature Year; that is the bigger book, sold on its own page
Everything here describes typical timing across Connecticut, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the Connecticut 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 Connecticut set?
Three things, sold separately elsewhere on the site: The Connecticut Nature Journal, Native Plants of Connecticut and The Night Sky over Connecticut. You get every file each of them contains.
What if I already own one of these Connecticut editions?
Then buy the others on their own — the Connecticut 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 Connecticut 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 Connecticut files arrive together?
They arrive as one download list on one page — 3 files in all for Connecticut, each downloadable on its own, and the link re-opens for 72 hours.
How accurate is the timing for Connecticut?
It describes typical timing across Connecticut drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real Connecticut dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".
Is it worth paying when the Connecticut pages here are free?
The free Connecticut pages are the month you are in; these are the Connecticut 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 Connecticut, or just the big cities?
It is written at state resolution — Connecticut as a whole, with regional notes where Connecticut genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.
What format is the Connecticut 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 Connecticut pages are made to be carried outside.
What if the Connecticut set is not what I expected?
Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the Connecticut 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 Connecticut Nature Journal, Native Plants of Connecticut and The Night Sky over Connecticut — and the free Connecticut pages cover this month either way.
The rest of the Connecticut shelf
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