The Kentucky Set
Three printable Kentucky 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 Kentucky editions, in one checkout instead of three
- Twelve undated Kentucky month pages to write the year down in
- The Kentucky native plants reference, with bloom windows and zone timing
- The Kentucky 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 Kentucky pages actually look like
From the Kentucky editions
Some of what is actually in the set
The Kentucky Nature Journal
Each Kentucky month page carries that month's reference side — the blooms, trees and butterflies Kentucky actually has then. Names you will meet in it:
- Virginia Bluebells
- Large-flowered Trillium
- Trout Lily
- Fire Pink
- Wild Blue Phlox
- Goldenrod
- Tulip Poplar
- Eastern Redbud
- Flowering Dogwood
- Sugar Maple
- American Sycamore
- Pawpaw
- Monarch
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Great Spangled Fritillary
- Zebra Swallowtail
- Mourning Cloak
Native Plants of Kentucky
46 native species are profiled for Kentucky, chosen for hardiness zones 6a–7b. A dozen of them:
- Purple Coneflower
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Butterfly Weed
- Common Milkweed
- Swamp Milkweed
- Wild Bergamot
- New England Aster
- Aromatic Aster
- Stiff Goldenrod
- Wild Columbine
- Cardinal Flower
- Great Blue Lobelia
The Night Sky over Kentucky
Every dark-sky place the Kentucky edition sends you to, and every meteor shower it tracks through the year:
- Mammoth Cave National Park
- Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area
- Daniel Boone National Forest (Red River Gorge area)
- Rural western Kentucky and the Appalachian counties of the east
- Quadrantids
- Lyrids
- Eta Aquariids
- Southern Delta Aquariids
- Perseids
- Draconids
- Orionids
- Southern Taurids
- Northern Taurids
- Leonids
- Geminids
- Ursids
How the Kentucky year breaks down
Counted, not claimed
Across the twelve Kentucky month pages the reference side draws on 6 wildflowers, 6 trees, 6 butterflies and 7 things coming into season locally.
Something in the Kentucky list is in bloom from March through November, and June is the peak — 20 of the 46 species are flowering then.
12 of them are caterpillar host plants and 16 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in Kentucky yards.
On the 2027 numbers the standout for Kentucky 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 Kentucky knows which nights are worth the drive.
In the box
Exactly what you receive
| The Kentucky Nature Journal | 15 pages — twelve month pages plus covers and how-to |
|---|---|
| Native Plants of Kentucky | 9 pages — the species table, bloom windows and planting calendar |
| The Night Sky over Kentucky | 8 pages — the meteor calendar, dark-sky places and seasonal targets |
| Pages in all | 32, across 3 Kentucky 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 Kentucky files are yours to keep.
Use it through the year
Print the Kentucky 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 Kentucky editions
| One at a time | The Kentucky Set | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Whichever single Kentucky edition you pick | All three, together |
| Checkouts | One for each — there is no cart here | One, for the whole Kentucky 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 Kentucky 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 Kentucky basics in one go
- Gardeners in Kentucky who also go out after dark
- Anyone giving the whole Kentucky set rather than a single file
Not for
- Anyone who already owns one of the three Kentucky editions in it — buy the rest singly instead
- Anyone who wants the Kentucky Nature Year; that is the bigger book, sold on its own page
Everything here describes typical timing across Kentucky, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the Kentucky 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 Kentucky set?
Three things, sold separately elsewhere on the site: The Kentucky Nature Journal, Native Plants of Kentucky and The Night Sky over Kentucky. You get every file each of them contains.
What if I already own one of these Kentucky editions?
Then buy the others on their own — the Kentucky 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 Kentucky 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 Kentucky files arrive together?
They arrive as one download list on one page — 3 files in all for Kentucky, each downloadable on its own, and the link re-opens for 72 hours.
How accurate is the timing for Kentucky?
It describes typical timing across Kentucky drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real Kentucky dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".
Is it worth paying when the Kentucky pages here are free?
The free Kentucky pages are the month you are in; these are the Kentucky 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 Kentucky, or just the big cities?
It is written at state resolution — Kentucky as a whole, with regional notes where Kentucky genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.
What format is the Kentucky 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 Kentucky pages are made to be carried outside.
What if the Kentucky set is not what I expected?
Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the Kentucky 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 Kentucky Nature Journal, Native Plants of Kentucky and The Night Sky over Kentucky — and the free Kentucky pages cover this month either way.
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