The Delaware Set
Three printable Delaware 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 Delaware editions, in one checkout instead of three
- Twelve undated Delaware month pages to write the year down in
- The Delaware native plants reference, with bloom windows and zone timing
- The Delaware 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 Delaware pages actually look like
From the Delaware editions
Some of what is actually in the set
The Delaware Nature Journal
Each Delaware month page carries that month's reference side — the blooms, trees and butterflies Delaware actually has then. Names you will meet in it:
- Virginia Bluebells
- Spring Beauty
- Marsh Marigold
- Seabeach Amaranth
- Cardinal Flower
- New England Aster
- American Holly
- Flowering Dogwood
- Eastern Redbud
- Red Maple
- Tulip Tree
- Loblolly Pine
- Monarch
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Spicebush Swallowtail
- Common Buckeye
- American Lady
- Mourning Cloak
Native Plants of Delaware
24 native species are profiled for Delaware, chosen for hardiness zones 7a–7b. A dozen of them:
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Butterfly Weed
- Common Milkweed
- Swamp Milkweed
- Cardinal Flower
- Great Blue Lobelia
- Foxglove Beardtongue
- Short-Toothed Mountain Mint
- Virginia Bluebells
- Christmas Fern
- Cinnamon Fern
- Pennsylvania Sedge
The Night Sky over Delaware
Every dark-sky place the Delaware edition sends you to, and every meteor shower it tracks through the year:
- Cape Henlopen State Park
- Trap Pond State Park
- Redden State Forest
- Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
- Rural farm country in Kent and Sussex counties
- Quadrantids
- Lyrids
- Eta Aquariids
- Southern Delta Aquariids
- Perseids
- Draconids
- Orionids
- Southern Taurids
- Northern Taurids
- Leonids
- Geminids
- Ursids
How the Delaware year breaks down
Counted, not claimed
Across the twelve Delaware month pages the reference side draws on 6 wildflowers, 6 trees, 6 butterflies and 7 things coming into season locally.
Something in the Delaware list is in bloom from March through September, and June is the peak — 11 of the 24 species are flowering then.
11 of them are caterpillar host plants and 4 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in Delaware yards.
On the 2027 numbers the standout for Delaware 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 Delaware knows which nights are worth the drive.
In the box
Exactly what you receive
| The Delaware Nature Journal | 15 pages — twelve month pages plus covers and how-to |
|---|---|
| Native Plants of Delaware | 7 pages — the species table, bloom windows and planting calendar |
| The Night Sky over Delaware | 8 pages — the meteor calendar, dark-sky places and seasonal targets |
| Pages in all | 30, across 3 Delaware 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 Delaware files are yours to keep.
Use it through the year
Print the Delaware 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 Delaware editions
| One at a time | The Delaware Set | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Whichever single Delaware edition you pick | All three, together |
| Checkouts | One for each — there is no cart here | One, for the whole Delaware 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 Delaware 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 Delaware basics in one go
- Gardeners in Delaware who also go out after dark
- Anyone giving the whole Delaware set rather than a single file
Not for
- Anyone who already owns one of the three Delaware editions in it — buy the rest singly instead
- Anyone who wants the Delaware Nature Year; that is the bigger book, sold on its own page
Everything here describes typical timing across Delaware, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the Delaware 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 Delaware set?
Three things, sold separately elsewhere on the site: The Delaware Nature Journal, Native Plants of Delaware and The Night Sky over Delaware. You get every file each of them contains.
What if I already own one of these Delaware editions?
Then buy the others on their own — the Delaware 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 Delaware 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 Delaware files arrive together?
They arrive as one download list on one page — 3 files in all for Delaware, each downloadable on its own, and the link re-opens for 72 hours.
How accurate is the timing for Delaware?
It describes typical timing across Delaware drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real Delaware dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".
Is it worth paying when the Delaware pages here are free?
The free Delaware pages are the month you are in; these are the Delaware 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 Delaware, or just the big cities?
It is written at state resolution — Delaware as a whole, with regional notes where Delaware genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.
What format is the Delaware 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 Delaware pages are made to be carried outside.
What if the Delaware set is not what I expected?
Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the Delaware 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 Delaware Nature Journal, Native Plants of Delaware and The Night Sky over Delaware — and the free Delaware pages cover this month either way.
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