The Louisiana Set
Three printable Louisiana 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 Louisiana editions, in one checkout instead of three
- Twelve undated Louisiana month pages to write the year down in
- The Louisiana native plants reference, with bloom windows and zone timing
- The Louisiana 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 Louisiana pages actually look like
From the Louisiana editions
Some of what is actually in the set
The Louisiana Nature Journal
Each Louisiana month page carries that month's reference side — the blooms, trees and butterflies Louisiana actually has then. Names you will meet in it:
- Louisiana Iris
- Spider Lily
- Blue-eyed Grass
- Coreopsis (Tickseed)
- Cardinal Flower
- Goldenrod
- Bald Cypress
- Southern Magnolia
- Live Oak
- Water Tupelo
- Loblolly Pine
- Sweetgum
- Monarch
- Gulf Fritillary
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Cloudless Sulphur
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Giant Swallowtail
Native Plants of Louisiana
32 native species are profiled for Louisiana, chosen for hardiness zones 8a–9b. A dozen of them:
- Purple Coneflower
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Butterfly Weed
- Cardinal Flower
- Foxglove Beardtongue
- Dense Blazing Star
- Prairie Blazing Star
- Common Boneset
- Compass Plant
- Short-Toothed Mountain Mint
- Rattlesnake Master
- Obedient Plant
The Night Sky over Louisiana
Every dark-sky place the Louisiana edition sends you to, and every meteor shower it tracks through the year:
- Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
- Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
- Kisatchie National Forest
- Atchafalaya Basin
- Quadrantids
- Lyrids
- Eta Aquariids
- Southern Delta Aquariids
- Perseids
- Draconids
- Orionids
- Southern Taurids
- Northern Taurids
- Leonids
- Geminids
- Ursids
How the Louisiana year breaks down
Counted, not claimed
Across the twelve Louisiana month pages the reference side draws on 6 wildflowers, 6 trees, 6 butterflies and 7 things coming into season locally.
Something in the Louisiana list is in bloom from March through October, and July is the peak — 16 of the 32 species are flowering then.
10 of them are caterpillar host plants and 8 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in Louisiana yards.
On the 2027 numbers the standout for Louisiana 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 Louisiana knows which nights are worth the drive.
In the box
Exactly what you receive
| The Louisiana Nature Journal | 15 pages — twelve month pages plus covers and how-to |
|---|---|
| Native Plants of Louisiana | 8 pages — the species table, bloom windows and planting calendar |
| The Night Sky over Louisiana | 8 pages — the meteor calendar, dark-sky places and seasonal targets |
| Pages in all | 31, across 3 Louisiana 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 Louisiana files are yours to keep.
Use it through the year
Print the Louisiana 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 Louisiana editions
| One at a time | The Louisiana Set | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Whichever single Louisiana edition you pick | All three, together |
| Checkouts | One for each — there is no cart here | One, for the whole Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana basics in one go
- Gardeners in Louisiana who also go out after dark
- Anyone giving the whole Louisiana set rather than a single file
Not for
- Anyone who already owns one of the three Louisiana editions in it — buy the rest singly instead
- Anyone who wants the Louisiana Nature Year; that is the bigger book, sold on its own page
Everything here describes typical timing across Louisiana, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the Louisiana 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 Louisiana set?
Three things, sold separately elsewhere on the site: The Louisiana Nature Journal, Native Plants of Louisiana and The Night Sky over Louisiana. You get every file each of them contains.
What if I already own one of these Louisiana editions?
Then buy the others on their own — the Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana files arrive together?
They arrive as one download list on one page — 3 files in all for Louisiana, each downloadable on its own, and the link re-opens for 72 hours.
How accurate is the timing for Louisiana?
It describes typical timing across Louisiana drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real Louisiana dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".
Is it worth paying when the Louisiana pages here are free?
The free Louisiana pages are the month you are in; these are the Louisiana 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 Louisiana, or just the big cities?
It is written at state resolution — Louisiana as a whole, with regional notes where Louisiana genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.
What format is the Louisiana 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 Louisiana pages are made to be carried outside.
What if the Louisiana set is not what I expected?
Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the Louisiana 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 Louisiana Nature Journal, Native Plants of Louisiana and The Night Sky over Louisiana — and the free Louisiana pages cover this month either way.
The rest of the Louisiana shelf
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