The Florida Set
Three printable Florida 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 Florida editions, in one checkout instead of three
- Twelve undated Florida month pages to write the year down in
- The Florida native plants reference, with bloom windows and zone timing
- The Florida 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 Florida pages actually look like
From the Florida editions
Some of what is actually in the set
The Florida Nature Journal
Each Florida month page carries that month's reference side — the blooms, trees and butterflies Florida actually has then. Names you will meet in it:
- Coreopsis (Tickseed)
- Blazing Star (Liatris)
- Tickseed Sunflower & Goldenaster
- String-lily / Swamp Lily
- Pine Lily (Catesby's Lily)
- Spanish Needles (Bidens alba)
- Sabal Palm
- Live Oak
- Bald Cypress
- Red Mangrove
- Southern Magnolia
- Longleaf Pine
- Zebra Longwing
- Gulf Fritillary
- Monarch
- Atala
- Palamedes Swallowtail
- Great Southern White
Native Plants of Florida
30 native species are profiled for Florida, chosen for hardiness zones 8a–11b. A dozen of them:
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Butterfly Weed
- Swamp Milkweed
- Wild Columbine
- Cardinal Flower
- Wild Lupine
- Dense Blazing Star
- Common Boneset
- Rattlesnake Master
- Obedient Plant
- Woodland Phlox
- Cinnamon Fern
The Night Sky over Florida
Every dark-sky place the Florida edition sends you to, and every meteor shower it tracks through the year:
- Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
- Big Cypress National Preserve
- Rural state parks and wildlife management areas inland
- Quadrantids
- Lyrids
- Eta Aquariids
- Southern Delta Aquariids
- Perseids
- Draconids
- Orionids
- Southern Taurids
- Northern Taurids
- Leonids
- Geminids
- Ursids
How the Florida year breaks down
Counted, not claimed
Across the twelve Florida month pages the reference side draws on 6 wildflowers, 6 trees, 6 butterflies and 7 things coming into season locally.
Something in the Florida list is in bloom from March through October, and June is the peak — 15 of the 30 species are flowering then.
12 of them are caterpillar host plants and 7 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in Florida yards.
On the 2027 numbers the standout for Florida 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 Florida knows which nights are worth the drive.
In the box
Exactly what you receive
| The Florida Nature Journal | 15 pages — twelve month pages plus covers and how-to |
|---|---|
| Native Plants of Florida | 8 pages — the species table, bloom windows and planting calendar |
| The Night Sky over Florida | 8 pages — the meteor calendar, dark-sky places and seasonal targets |
| Pages in all | 31, across 3 Florida 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 Florida files are yours to keep.
Use it through the year
Print the Florida 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 Florida editions
| One at a time | The Florida Set | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Whichever single Florida edition you pick | All three, together |
| Checkouts | One for each — there is no cart here | One, for the whole Florida 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 Florida 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 Florida basics in one go
- Gardeners in Florida who also go out after dark
- Anyone giving the whole Florida set rather than a single file
Not for
- Anyone who already owns one of the three Florida editions in it — buy the rest singly instead
- Anyone who wants the Florida Nature Year; that is the bigger book, sold on its own page
Everything here describes typical timing across Florida, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the Florida 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 Florida set?
Three things, sold separately elsewhere on the site: The Florida Nature Journal, Native Plants of Florida and The Night Sky over Florida. You get every file each of them contains.
What if I already own one of these Florida editions?
Then buy the others on their own — the Florida 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 Florida 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 Florida files arrive together?
They arrive as one download list on one page — 3 files in all for Florida, each downloadable on its own, and the link re-opens for 72 hours.
How accurate is the timing for Florida?
It describes typical timing across Florida drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real Florida dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".
Is it worth paying when the Florida pages here are free?
The free Florida pages are the month you are in; these are the Florida 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 Florida, or just the big cities?
It is written at state resolution — Florida as a whole, with regional notes where Florida genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.
What format is the Florida 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 Florida pages are made to be carried outside.
What if the Florida set is not what I expected?
Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the Florida 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 Florida Nature Journal, Native Plants of Florida and The Night Sky over Florida — and the free Florida pages cover this month either way.
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