The Utah Set
Three printable Utah 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 Utah editions, in one checkout instead of three
- Twelve undated Utah month pages to write the year down in
- The Utah native plants reference, with bloom windows and zone timing
- The Utah 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 Utah pages actually look like
From the Utah editions
Some of what is actually in the set
The Utah Nature Journal
Each Utah month page carries that month's reference side — the blooms, trees and butterflies Utah actually has then. Names you will meet in it:
- Sego Lily
- Arrowleaf Balsamroot
- Indian Paintbrush
- Wasatch Penstemon
- Claret Cup Cactus
- Colorado Columbine
- Quaking Aspen
- Fremont Cottonwood
- Gambel Oak
- Utah Juniper
- Colorado Pinyon
- Bristlecone Pine
- Monarch
- Western Tiger Swallowtail
- Mourning Cloak
- Anise Swallowtail
- Weidemeyer's Admiral
- Sagebrush Checkerspot
Native Plants of Utah
45 native species are profiled for Utah, chosen for hardiness zones 4a–8b. A dozen of them:
- Butterfly Weed
- Swamp Milkweed
- Showy Milkweed
- Cardinal Flower
- Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
- Blue Vervain
- Sideoats Grama
- Blue Grama
- Prairie Smoke
- Pasque Flower
- California Poppy
- Rocky Mountain Penstemon
The Night Sky over Utah
Every dark-sky place the Utah edition sends you to, and every meteor shower it tracks through the year:
- Natural Bridges National Monument
- Capitol Reef National Park
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Arches National Park
- Canyonlands National Park
- Quadrantids
- Lyrids
- Eta Aquariids
- Southern Delta Aquariids
- Perseids
- Draconids
- Orionids
- Southern Taurids
- Northern Taurids
- Leonids
- Geminids
- Ursids
How the Utah year breaks down
Counted, not claimed
Across the twelve Utah month pages the reference side draws on 6 wildflowers, 6 trees, 6 butterflies and 7 things coming into season locally.
Something in the Utah list is in bloom from March through October, and June is the peak — 28 of the 45 species are flowering then.
9 of them are caterpillar host plants and 9 support specialist bees — the ones that do the most work in Utah yards.
On the 2027 numbers the standout for Utah 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 Utah knows which nights are worth the drive.
In the box
Exactly what you receive
| The Utah Nature Journal | 15 pages — twelve month pages plus covers and how-to |
|---|---|
| Native Plants of Utah | 9 pages — the species table, bloom windows and planting calendar |
| The Night Sky over Utah | 8 pages — the meteor calendar, dark-sky places and seasonal targets |
| Pages in all | 32, across 3 Utah 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 Utah files are yours to keep.
Use it through the year
Print the Utah 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 Utah editions
| One at a time | The Utah Set | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Whichever single Utah edition you pick | All three, together |
| Checkouts | One for each — there is no cart here | One, for the whole Utah 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 Utah 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 Utah basics in one go
- Gardeners in Utah who also go out after dark
- Anyone giving the whole Utah set rather than a single file
Not for
- Anyone who already owns one of the three Utah editions in it — buy the rest singly instead
- Anyone who wants the Utah Nature Year; that is the bigger book, sold on its own page
Everything here describes typical timing across Utah, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the Utah 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 Utah set?
Three things, sold separately elsewhere on the site: The Utah Nature Journal, Native Plants of Utah and The Night Sky over Utah. You get every file each of them contains.
What if I already own one of these Utah editions?
Then buy the others on their own — the Utah 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 Utah 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 Utah files arrive together?
They arrive as one download list on one page — 3 files in all for Utah, each downloadable on its own, and the link re-opens for 72 hours.
How accurate is the timing for Utah?
It describes typical timing across Utah drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real Utah dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".
Is it worth paying when the Utah pages here are free?
The free Utah pages are the month you are in; these are the Utah 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 Utah, or just the big cities?
It is written at state resolution — Utah as a whole, with regional notes where Utah genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.
What format is the Utah 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 Utah pages are made to be carried outside.
What if the Utah set is not what I expected?
Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the Utah 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 Utah Nature Journal, Native Plants of Utah and The Night Sky over Utah — and the free Utah pages cover this month either way.
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