The Maine Set
Three printable Maine 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 Maine editions, in one checkout instead of three
- Twelve undated Maine month pages to write the year down in
- The Maine native plants reference, with bloom windows and zone timing
- The Maine 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 Maine pages actually look like
From the Maine editions
Some of what is actually in the set
The Maine Nature Journal
Each Maine month page carries that month's reference side — the blooms, trees and butterflies Maine actually has then. Names you will meet in it:
- Bunchberry
- Pink Lady's Slipper
- Lupine
- Rhodora
- Marsh Marigold
- Fireweed
- Eastern White Pine
- Sugar Maple
- Paper Birch
- Balsam Fir
- Red Spruce
- Quaking Aspen
- Monarch
- Atlantis Fritillary
- Canadian Tiger Swallowtail
- Mourning Cloak
- White Admiral
- Clayton's Copper
Native Plants of Maine
32 native species are profiled for Maine, chosen for hardiness zones 3a–6b. A dozen of them:
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Common Milkweed
- Swamp Milkweed
- New England Aster
- Wild Columbine
- Cardinal Flower
- Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
- Common Boneset
- Golden Alexanders
- Obedient Plant
- Blue Vervain
- Wild Geranium
The Night Sky over Maine
Every dark-sky place the Maine edition sends you to, and every meteor shower it tracks through the year:
- Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
- Acadia National Park
- Baxter State Park
- Washington County (Downeast Maine)
- Quadrantids
- Lyrids
- Eta Aquariids
- Southern Delta Aquariids
- Perseids
- Draconids
- Orionids
- Southern Taurids
- Northern Taurids
- Leonids
- Geminids
- Ursids
How the Maine year breaks down
Counted, not claimed
Across the twelve Maine month pages the reference side draws on 6 wildflowers, 6 trees, 6 butterflies and 7 things coming into season locally.
Something in the Maine list is in bloom from April through October, and June is the peak — 15 of the 32 species are flowering then.
8 of them are caterpillar host plants and 8 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in Maine yards.
On the 2027 numbers the standout for Maine 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 Maine knows which nights are worth the drive.
In the box
Exactly what you receive
| The Maine Nature Journal | 15 pages — twelve month pages plus covers and how-to |
|---|---|
| Native Plants of Maine | 8 pages — the species table, bloom windows and planting calendar |
| The Night Sky over Maine | 8 pages — the meteor calendar, dark-sky places and seasonal targets |
| Pages in all | 31, across 3 Maine 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 Maine files are yours to keep.
Use it through the year
Print the Maine 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 Maine editions
| One at a time | The Maine Set | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Whichever single Maine edition you pick | All three, together |
| Checkouts | One for each — there is no cart here | One, for the whole Maine 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 Maine 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 Maine basics in one go
- Gardeners in Maine who also go out after dark
- Anyone giving the whole Maine set rather than a single file
Not for
- Anyone who already owns one of the three Maine editions in it — buy the rest singly instead
- Anyone who wants the Maine Nature Year; that is the bigger book, sold on its own page
Everything here describes typical timing across Maine, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the Maine 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 Maine set?
Three things, sold separately elsewhere on the site: The Maine Nature Journal, Native Plants of Maine and The Night Sky over Maine. You get every file each of them contains.
What if I already own one of these Maine editions?
Then buy the others on their own — the Maine 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 Maine 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 Maine files arrive together?
They arrive as one download list on one page — 3 files in all for Maine, each downloadable on its own, and the link re-opens for 72 hours.
How accurate is the timing for Maine?
It describes typical timing across Maine drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real Maine dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".
Is it worth paying when the Maine pages here are free?
The free Maine pages are the month you are in; these are the Maine 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 Maine, or just the big cities?
It is written at state resolution — Maine as a whole, with regional notes where Maine genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.
What format is the Maine 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 Maine pages are made to be carried outside.
What if the Maine set is not what I expected?
Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the Maine 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 Maine Nature Journal, Native Plants of Maine and The Night Sky over Maine — and the free Maine pages cover this month either way.
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