The cover of South Carolina Nature Year 2027

Guides South Carolina

South Carolina 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 South Carolina pages actually look like

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From the South Carolina edition

Some of what is actually in it

The garden chapters carry 33 native species for South Carolina, each with its bloom window and zone timing. Among them:

  • Black-Eyed Susan
  • Butterfly Weed
  • Cardinal Flower
  • Wild Lupine
  • Dense Blazing Star
  • Common Boneset
  • Rattlesnake Master
  • Obedient Plant
  • Wild Geranium
  • Foamflower
  • Wild Ginger
  • Christmas Fern

How the South Carolina year breaks down

Counted, not claimed

Something in the South Carolina list is in bloom from March through October, and June is the peak — 16 of the 33 species are flowering then.

11 of them are caterpillar host plants and 7 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in South Carolina yards.

In the box

Exactly what you receive

The book54 pages, twelve chapters — one per month of the South Carolina year
Sky calendar5 pages, computed for South Carolina'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 South Carolina email a week through 2027, from this same data
FilesEleven in all, on one South Carolina 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 South Carolina files are yours to keep.

  3. Use it through the year

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

Free and paid, side by side

The South Carolina pages here stay free. Here is what the edition adds.

The free South Carolina pagesSouth Carolina Nature Year 2027
What it coversThe month South Carolina is in, free and alwaysAll twelve South Carolina months, planned before they arrive
Garden timingThe notes for your zone, once the site knows itEvery South Carolina zone from 7a–9b, side by side on the page
Where you can read itOn a screen, wherever South Carolina has signalOn paper, in the field, with no signal at all
Through the yearYou come back and look it upA short South Carolina 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 South Carolina 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 South Carolina pages already do that well

Everything here describes typical timing across South Carolina, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the South Carolina 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 South Carolina edition, and which figures are measured rather than modeled, is set out in the methodology.

Questions

Before you decide

Is this specific to South Carolina, or a national guide with the name swapped in?

It is built from South Carolina's own data. Every chapter is South Carolina's — its species, its timing, and garden notes for every zone from 7a–9b.

South Carolina spans several hardiness zones — which one does this cover?

All of them. South Carolina runs 7a–9b, and the guide carries each zone's timing rather than picking one and hoping it fits your garden.

How accurate is the timing for South Carolina?

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

Is it worth paying when the South Carolina pages here are free?

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

Will it work for my part of South Carolina, or just the big cities?

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

What format is the South Carolina 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 South Carolina pages are made to be carried outside.

What is the weekly South Carolina note, and does it stop?

One short email a week through 2027, built from this same South Carolina 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 South Carolina guide is not what I expected?

Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the South Carolina 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 South Carolina guide. The book carries every zone's garden notes; the page only ever shows you yours.

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