The Kansas Set
Three printable Kansas 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 Kansas editions, in one checkout instead of three
- Twelve undated Kansas month pages to write the year down in
- The Kansas native plants reference, with bloom windows and zone timing
- The Kansas 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 Kansas pages actually look like
From the Kansas editions
Some of what is actually in the set
The Kansas Nature Journal
Each Kansas month page carries that month's reference side — the blooms, trees and butterflies Kansas actually has then. Names you will meet in it:
- Butterfly Milkweed
- Compass Plant
- Dotted Gayfeather (Blazing Star)
- Common Sunflower
- Purple Prairie Clover
- Prairie (Pasque) Wildflowers / Plains Wild Indigo
- Eastern Cottonwood
- Bur Oak
- Eastern Redbud
- Osage Orange (Hedge)
- Hackberry
- Black Walnut
- Monarch
- Regal Fritillary
- Black Swallowtail
- Painted Lady
- Variegated Fritillary
- Common Buckeye
Native Plants of Kansas
47 native species are profiled for Kansas, chosen for hardiness zones 5a–7b. A dozen of them:
- Purple Coneflower
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Butterfly Weed
- Common Milkweed
- Swamp Milkweed
- Showy Milkweed
- Wild Bergamot
- New England Aster
- Aromatic Aster
- Stiff Goldenrod
- Wild Columbine
- Cardinal Flower
The Night Sky over Kansas
Every dark-sky place the Kansas edition sends you to, and every meteor shower it tracks through the year:
- Cedar Bluff State Park
- Lake Scott State Park
- Cimarron National Grassland
- Kanopolis State Park
- Quadrantids
- Lyrids
- Eta Aquariids
- Southern Delta Aquariids
- Perseids
- Draconids
- Orionids
- Southern Taurids
- Northern Taurids
- Leonids
- Geminids
- Ursids
How the Kansas year breaks down
Counted, not claimed
Across the twelve Kansas month pages the reference side draws on 6 wildflowers, 6 trees, 6 butterflies and 7 things coming into season locally.
Something in the Kansas list is in bloom from March through November, and July is the peak — 25 of the 47 species are flowering then.
18 of them are caterpillar host plants and 16 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in Kansas yards.
On the 2027 numbers the standout for Kansas 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 Kansas knows which nights are worth the drive.
In the box
Exactly what you receive
| The Kansas Nature Journal | 15 pages — twelve month pages plus covers and how-to |
|---|---|
| Native Plants of Kansas | 9 pages — the species table, bloom windows and planting calendar |
| The Night Sky over Kansas | 8 pages — the meteor calendar, dark-sky places and seasonal targets |
| Pages in all | 32, across 3 Kansas 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 Kansas files are yours to keep.
Use it through the year
Print the Kansas 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 Kansas editions
| One at a time | The Kansas Set | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Whichever single Kansas edition you pick | All three, together |
| Checkouts | One for each — there is no cart here | One, for the whole Kansas 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 Kansas 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 Kansas basics in one go
- Gardeners in Kansas who also go out after dark
- Anyone giving the whole Kansas set rather than a single file
Not for
- Anyone who already owns one of the three Kansas editions in it — buy the rest singly instead
- Anyone who wants the Kansas Nature Year; that is the bigger book, sold on its own page
Everything here describes typical timing across Kansas, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the Kansas 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 Kansas set?
Three things, sold separately elsewhere on the site: The Kansas Nature Journal, Native Plants of Kansas and The Night Sky over Kansas. You get every file each of them contains.
What if I already own one of these Kansas editions?
Then buy the others on their own — the Kansas 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 Kansas 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 Kansas files arrive together?
They arrive as one download list on one page — 3 files in all for Kansas, each downloadable on its own, and the link re-opens for 72 hours.
How accurate is the timing for Kansas?
It describes typical timing across Kansas drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real Kansas dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".
Is it worth paying when the Kansas pages here are free?
The free Kansas pages are the month you are in; these are the Kansas 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 Kansas, or just the big cities?
It is written at state resolution — Kansas as a whole, with regional notes where Kansas genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.
What format is the Kansas 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 Kansas pages are made to be carried outside.
What if the Kansas set is not what I expected?
Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the Kansas 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 Kansas Nature Journal, Native Plants of Kansas and The Night Sky over Kansas — and the free Kansas pages cover this month either way.
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