The Michigan Set
Three printable Michigan 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 Michigan editions, in one checkout instead of three
- Twelve undated Michigan month pages to write the year down in
- The Michigan native plants reference, with bloom windows and zone timing
- The Michigan 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 Michigan pages actually look like
From the Michigan editions
Some of what is actually in the set
The Michigan Nature Journal
Each Michigan month page carries that month's reference side — the blooms, trees and butterflies Michigan actually has then. Names you will meet in it:
- Large-flowered Trillium
- Marsh Marigold
- Wild Lupine
- Pitcher's Thistle
- Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
- New England Aster
- Eastern White Pine
- Sugar Maple
- Quaking Aspen
- Jack Pine
- Paper Birch
- Tamarack
- Monarch
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Great Spangled Fritillary
- Mourning Cloak
- Red Admiral
- Black Swallowtail
Native Plants of Michigan
64 native species are profiled for Michigan, chosen for hardiness zones 4a–6b. A dozen of them:
- Purple Coneflower
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Butterfly Weed
- Common Milkweed
- Swamp Milkweed
- Wild Bergamot
- Scarlet Beebalm
- New England Aster
- Showy Goldenrod
- Stiff Goldenrod
- Wild Columbine
- Cardinal Flower
The Night Sky over Michigan
Every dark-sky place the Michigan edition sends you to, and every meteor shower it tracks through the year:
- Headlands International Dark Sky Park
- Isle Royale National Park
- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
- State and national forest land across the Upper Peninsula
- Quadrantids
- Lyrids
- Eta Aquariids
- Southern Delta Aquariids
- Perseids
- Draconids
- Orionids
- Southern Taurids
- Northern Taurids
- Leonids
- Geminids
- Ursids
How the Michigan year breaks down
Counted, not claimed
Across the twelve Michigan month pages the reference side draws on 6 wildflowers, 6 trees, 6 butterflies and 7 things coming into season locally.
Something in the Michigan list is in bloom from March through October, and June is the peak — 28 of the 64 species are flowering then.
19 of them are caterpillar host plants and 22 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in Michigan yards.
On the 2027 numbers the standout for Michigan 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 Michigan knows which nights are worth the drive.
In the box
Exactly what you receive
| The Michigan Nature Journal | 15 pages — twelve month pages plus covers and how-to |
|---|---|
| Native Plants of Michigan | 10 pages — the species table, bloom windows and planting calendar |
| The Night Sky over Michigan | 8 pages — the meteor calendar, dark-sky places and seasonal targets |
| Pages in all | 33, across 3 Michigan 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 Michigan files are yours to keep.
Use it through the year
Print the Michigan 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 Michigan editions
| One at a time | The Michigan Set | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Whichever single Michigan edition you pick | All three, together |
| Checkouts | One for each — there is no cart here | One, for the whole Michigan 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 Michigan 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 Michigan basics in one go
- Gardeners in Michigan who also go out after dark
- Anyone giving the whole Michigan set rather than a single file
Not for
- Anyone who already owns one of the three Michigan editions in it — buy the rest singly instead
- Anyone who wants the Michigan Nature Year; that is the bigger book, sold on its own page
Everything here describes typical timing across Michigan, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the Michigan 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 Michigan set?
Three things, sold separately elsewhere on the site: The Michigan Nature Journal, Native Plants of Michigan and The Night Sky over Michigan. You get every file each of them contains.
What if I already own one of these Michigan editions?
Then buy the others on their own — the Michigan 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 Michigan 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 Michigan files arrive together?
They arrive as one download list on one page — 3 files in all for Michigan, each downloadable on its own, and the link re-opens for 72 hours.
How accurate is the timing for Michigan?
It describes typical timing across Michigan drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real Michigan dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".
Is it worth paying when the Michigan pages here are free?
The free Michigan pages are the month you are in; these are the Michigan 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 Michigan, or just the big cities?
It is written at state resolution — Michigan as a whole, with regional notes where Michigan genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.
What format is the Michigan 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 Michigan pages are made to be carried outside.
What if the Michigan set is not what I expected?
Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the Michigan 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 Michigan Nature Journal, Native Plants of Michigan and The Night Sky over Michigan — and the free Michigan pages cover this month either way.
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