The 2027 Birch Year Club
Never miss another bloom, bird, planting window or meteor night. In any state.
One membership opens every guide, journal and planner we make, for all 48 states and Washington, D.C.:
- The birds to watch, month by month
- Wildflowers: what blooms when, and what to plant
- Planting windows, week by week for your zone
- The best nights to look up, ranked for the year
- Every state’s editions, for trips and family
- 12% off everything in the shop
- $20 credit every year, and more with every order
Bought one at a time, at today’s prices: $2,099.02
All of it for $49 a year
That is $4.08 a month, billed once a year.
- 30-day full refund
- Turn renewal off in one click
- Keep every download
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Real covers from the Texas editions. Every state’s are made the same way, from its own data.
206
guides, journals and planners, ready to download
49
state editions of each guide: 48 states and Washington, D.C.
30
days for a full refund, no reason needed
$4.08
a month, billed once a year
Sound familiar?
The information is out there. Just never when, or where, you need it.
They came through without you.
The warblers passed through on their way north, and you heard about it after they had gone.
The bloom you missed.
You went looking for the wildflowers the weekend after they peaked, and found only leaves.
The packet said one thing.
The seed packet gave one date for the whole country. Your state, and your zone, had other plans.
You heard about it at breakfast.
The meteor shower peaked last night under a dark sky, and the first you knew of it was someone else’s photo.
Nature runs on dates and places. The Birch Year Club hands you both, for the birds, the wildflowers, the garden and the sky, in every state we cover.
How it works
Three steps, and the first one takes two minutes.
- 1
Join in two minutes.
Checkout is Stripe’s. Your account is your email address; there is no password to remember.
- 2
Pick your state.
Your library opens on your state’s guides, and every other state is one tap away.
- 3
Download anything, any time.
Print the month ahead, keep a planner on your phone, open a state’s night sky guide the night before a trip.
What changes
Your year, before and after.
Without the membership
With The Birch Year Club
Buying guides one state and one subject at a time
Every guide, every state, already yours
Guessing which birds are around this month
The birds to watch, month by month, for your state
Hearing the wildflowers peaked last weekend
What is in bloom each month in your state, and what to plant
One planting date for the whole country
Your state’s planting windows, week by week for every zone it spans
Finding out about the meteor shower too late
The year’s best nights, ranked, and the darkest places in your state
Digging through old receipts for a download link
Every guide you have bought, with fresh links, on one page
Full price in the shop
12% off everything in the shop, every time
Paying full price, and nothing toward the next order
Credit every year, and every order earns more
Everything inside
206 titles, every one sold on this site today.
A member downloads any of them, as often as they like, for as long as the membership runs.
The Night Sky guideall 49 editions · $9.99 each
The meteor calendar, the darkest places and how to read any year’s sky, for your state and every other.
$489.51
The Native Plants guideall 49 editions · $9.99 each
What to plant for pollinators, by zone, with bloom timing and a full species table.
$489.51
The Nature Journalall 49 editions · $14 each
Twelve printable month pages: the birds to watch, what blooms, the night sky, and room for your own notes.
$686
Planting Windows 2027all 49 editions · $7 each
When to start seeds, set out transplants and sow, week by week for every zone in the state.
$343
The 2027 Sky Year
Every shower ranked for the year, and the sky month by month.
$10
The Zone Plannersall 9 zones · $9 each
Your typical season and the task timeline, zone by zone.
$81
Your purchases, on one page
Every guide you have ever bought with your address, with fresh links.
included
Member prices
12% off prints, calendars, books and the rest of the shop, shown beside every price.
every order
Your yearly credit
Added at the start of each membership year, ready after its first 30 days; every order earns more, up to 5% of a printed order. Spends in the shop; no cash value.
$20
Free shipping sooner
Free shipping on shop orders of $35 and up.
every order
Bought one at a time, at today’s prices
$2,099.02
Your price
$49 a year
That is $4.08 a month, billed once a year.
The math: your own state’s four guides cost $40.98 bought one at a time. For $8.02 more, the year opens every state’s editions and everything else on this list.
Get everything for $49 a yearSee the real thing
This is what you download.
Real pages, printed exactly as you will print them. Every state’s editions are built the same way, from that state’s own data.
Who it is for
Made for people who notice.
Birders
The birds to watch each month in your state, with room in the journal for your own sightings.
Wildflower lovers
What is in bloom each month in your state, and the native plants worth growing for pollinators.
Gardeners
Planting windows week by week for your zone, and the task timeline for the season.
Stargazers
The meteor and darkness calendars for your state, and the 2027 ranking of which showers are worth staying up for.
Families
A month page for the fridge, with what to look for together.
Travelers
Every state’s guides, so the trip starts with knowing what is out there.
Teachers
Print as often as you like for a class you teach.
No yard required. The sky is the same over a balcony, a campsite or a school field, and the guides cover every state we make them for. And if you do have a yard: your yard has a year. This is it, written down for your place.
Why now
The year outside is already under way.
Every month brings something new to watch for where you live. Here is this month in your state, and the next big nights in the sky.
October in Texas
October is the best all-around nature month in Texas: the monarch migration peaks, wintering birds arrive in force, the first fall color touches the east and the Hill Country, and the cooled-off weather finally makes being outside a pleasure again.
See October in TexasThe next big nights
October 21
The Orionids
Peaks around October 21, with a bright moon, about 74% lit, so only the brightest show.
November 5
The Southern Taurids
Peaks around November 5, with the moon about 16% lit.
November 12
The Northern Taurids
Peaks around November 12, with a dark sky: the moon about 8% lit.
November 17
The Leonids
Peaks around November 17, with the moon about 48% lit, so go out late or early.
December 14
The Geminids
Peaks around December 14, with the moon about 22% lit.
December 22
The Ursids
Peaks around December 22, with a bright moon, about 95% lit, so only the brightest show.
Each one is in your state’s night sky guide and ranked in The 2027 Sky Year. Peaks are given around a date, as they move by up to a day from year to year; the moon is computed.
Built on the public record
48 states and Washington, D.C. Twelve months each. Every page sourced.
- Moon phases and the moon at every shower peak, computed with standard astronomical algorithms.
- Meteor shower dates from the International Meteor Organization’s working list.
- Each month’s birds hand-checked against state checklists and regional references.
- Native plants checked against recorded occurrences in each state, so a guide only suggests plants recorded growing there.
- Every guide names its sources on its own pages, and the corrections log and methodology are public.
The risk is ours
Three promises, in writing.
30 days, full refund
Email us within 30 days of joining or renewing and the whole fee comes back. No reason needed, no form.
Keep what you download
Every guide you downloaded stays yours to keep and print for yourself and your family, even if you leave.
Leave in one click
Turn renewal off on your account page whenever you like. No call, no form, and your membership runs to the end of the year you paid for.
The 2027 Birch Year Club
Everything above, for one year.
- Every guide we make for the birds, wildflowers, garden and night sky, for 48 states and Washington, D.C.
- The 2027 Sky Year and a planting planner for every zone
- Download any of them, as often as you like, and print for your family
- Every guide you have bought, with fresh links, on one page
- 12% off everything in the shop
- $20 of promotional credit each year, plus credit earned on every order
Bought one at a time: $2,099.02
$49 a year
That is $4.08 a month, billed once a year.
Join for $49 a year- 30-day full refund
- Turn renewal off in one click
- Keep every download
The Birch Year Club is $49 a year. It renews automatically each year at $49 until you turn renewal off, which takes one click on your account page. Turn it off before the renewal date and you will not be charged again. Full refund within 30 days of joining or renewing.
Checkout is Stripe’s, as for every guide we sell: Stripe is the seller on the charge and adds any sales tax for your address before you pay.
Questions
Before you join.
I don’t have a yard. Is this still for me?
Yes. The sky is the same over a balcony or a campsite, and the guides cover every state we make them for, so the membership travels with you.
How do I cancel?
On your account page, one click turns renewal off. Your membership runs to the end of the year you paid for, and nothing more is charged.
What if it is not for me?
Full refund within 30 days of joining or renewing. Email us from the address you joined with; no reason needed.
Do I keep what I download?
Yes. A guide you downloaded is yours to keep and print for yourself and your family, as with any guide we sell. New downloads stop if a membership ends.
I already bought a guide. What changes?
Nothing you bought goes away. Your account page lists every guide bought with your address, with fresh links, beside the whole library.
Do members pay less in the shop?
Yes. Member prices are 12% off across the whole shop, prints, calendars, books and apparel included, shown beside every price and applied at checkout once you are signed in.
How does the promotional credit work?
$20 of promotional credit is added when your membership starts and at each renewal, and is ready to spend once the 30-day refund window has passed. Every order you pay for earns more: up to 5% of a printed order, each product showing its own amount beside its member price, ready 30 days after the order. The guides in the library are already yours, so they cost nothing and earn nothing. Credit spends at checkout on anything in the shop, on top of member prices, though member prices do not combine with other discount codes (the larger one applies). It is promotional credit, not cash: it has no cash value and cannot be refunded or transferred, and the terms page carries the details.
Is there an app to install?
No. The guides are PDFs that open on any phone or computer and print beautifully, and your account is a page on this site.
What if I move, or travel?
Every state we make guides for is in the library, so the move or the trip is covered the day you get there.
How do I sign in?
With your email address. We send a six-digit code that lasts 15 minutes; there is no password to remember.
The terms and the privacy page say exactly what a membership is and what we keep.
Your year outside starts here.
Every guide, every state for $49 a year, with a 30-day refund and one click to leave.
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