The cover of New York Nature Year 2027

Guides New York

New York Nature Year 2027

Everything Birch Compass knows about a year of nature in one state — the book, the posters, the sky calendar, the life list, and a weekly note through 2027.

  • The full year as a book — twelve chapters, every zone's garden notes
  • A week-by-week layer: 52 entries, not 12
  • Four printable posters, at letter size and 18x24
  • The 2027 sky calendar for your latitude
  • A life list built to last three seasons

$34.00one-time

Instant download · yours to keep, with no account and no renewal · full refund within 30 days

A look inside

What the New York pages actually look like

Download a two-page sample — real pages from the New York edition, not a mock-up.

From the New York edition

Some of what is actually in it

The garden chapters carry 69 native species for New York, each with its bloom window and zone timing. Among them:

  • Purple Coneflower
  • Black-Eyed Susan
  • Butterfly Weed
  • Common Milkweed
  • Swamp Milkweed
  • Wild Bergamot
  • Scarlet Beebalm
  • New England Aster
  • Aromatic Aster
  • Showy Goldenrod
  • Stiff Goldenrod
  • Wild Columbine

How the New York year breaks down

Counted, not claimed

Something in the New York list is in bloom from March through November, and June is the peak — 32 of the 69 species are flowering then.

19 of them are caterpillar host plants and 21 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in New York yards.

In the box

Exactly what you receive

The book55 pages, twelve chapters — one per month of the New York year
Sky calendar5 pages, computed for New York's latitude, dated to 2027
Printable posters8 files — four designs, each at letter size and 18×24 inches
Life list1 page with first-sighting columns for 2027, 2028 and 2029
Weekly noteOne short New York email a week through 2027, from this same data
FilesEleven in all, on one New York library page — each downloadable on its own
FormatPDF, laid out for both Letter and A4
DeliveryAn instant download link, plus a link you can re-open for 72 hours
AccessYours to keep — no expiry, no account, no subscription
RefundsFull refund within 30 days, no questions

How it works

From checkout to the field

  1. Buy it

    Checkout takes a card and an email address — no account to create.

  2. Open it straight away

    The download link appears immediately and the New York files are yours to keep.

  3. Use it through the year

    Every week through 2027 a short New York note arrives — what to look for in the days ahead, from the same data.

Free and paid, side by side

The New York pages here stay free. Here is what the edition adds.

The free New York pagesNew York Nature Year 2027
What it coversThe month New York is in, free and alwaysAll twelve New York months, planned before they arrive
Garden timingThe notes for your zone, once the site knows itEvery New York zone from 3a–7b, side by side on the page
Where you can read itOn a screen, wherever New York has signalOn paper, in the field, with no signal at all
Through the yearYou come back and look it upA short New York note each week tells you what is happening now
PriceFree, and staying that way$34.00 once — no renewal, no account

Before you buy

Who this is for

Made for

  • Someone who wants the whole New York year in one place, planned ahead
  • Households where more than one person goes outside
  • Anyone who would rather print it once than look it up twelve times

Not for

  • Anyone who only ever needs one month — the free New York pages already do that well

Everything here describes typical timing across New York, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the New York pages say "usually early May" and never "May 4th", which is not hedging but the most the data can honestly carry.

Where it comes from

Compiled from

USGS Breeding Bird Survey · State fish & wildlife agencies · USA National Phenology Network · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center · The Xerces Society · USDA PLANTS Database · GBIF occurrence records · USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map · Cooperative Extension (land-grant directory) · International Meteor Organization. How each of these is used in the New York edition, and which figures are measured rather than modeled, is set out in the methodology.

Questions

Before you decide

Is this specific to New York, or a national guide with the name swapped in?

It is built from New York's own data. Every chapter is New York's — its species, its timing, and garden notes for every zone from 3a–7b.

New York spans several hardiness zones — which one does this cover?

All of them. New York runs 3a–7b, and the guide carries each zone's timing rather than picking one and hoping it fits your garden.

How accurate is the timing for New York?

It describes typical timing across New York drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real New York dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".

Is it worth paying when the New York pages here are free?

The free New York pages are the month you are in; this is the whole New York year, planned before it arrives and printable, so you are not holding a screen in the garden.

Will it work for my part of New York, or just the big cities?

It is written at state resolution — New York as a whole, with regional notes where New York genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.

What format is the New York 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 New York pages are made to be carried outside.

What is the weekly New York note, and does it stop?

One short email a week through 2027, built from this same New York data — what to look for that week. It runs the edition year, then stops; it is not a subscription and there is nothing to cancel.

What if the New York guide is not what I expected?

Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the New York edition, and keep the files either way — asking for them back would be theatre.

Every month of this book has a free page on the site — start with the New York guide. The book carries every zone's garden notes; the page only ever shows you yours.

The rest of the New York shelf

Also for New York