Terms of Service

Last Updated: [16/11/2024]

Welcome to Our Growing Community!

By accessing Balcony Bountiful, you're joining our urban gardening community. These terms outline our relationship - think of it as setting ground rules for a community garden.

The Basics

  • Balcony Bountiful provides urban gardening information and resources
  • Our content is for educational purposes only
  • You must be 13 or older to use our services

Your Garden Plot (Account Usage) When interacting with our site, you agree to:

  • Provide accurate information
  • Keep your contact details current
  • Protect your account information
  • Not share your login details

Growing Guidelines (User Conduct) Please don't:

  • Share harmful content or spam
  • Copy and redistribute our content
  • Misuse our gardening resources
  • Impersonate others
  • Upload malicious code

Our Seeds of Knowledge (Intellectual Property)

  • All content belongs to Balcony Bountiful
  • Photos, articles, and guides are our property
  • You may share our content with proper attribution
  • Commercial use requires written permission

The Harvest (User Content) When you share comments or photos:

  • You retain ownership of your content
  • You grant us permission to use it
  • We may feature it in our community sections
  • We can remove it at our discretion

Weather Advisory (Disclaimer)

  • Results may vary (just like gardens!)
  • We're not responsible for your gardening outcomes
  • Use common sense and local growing guidelines
  • Verify plant safety before growing

Tool Shed (Products and Affiliates)

  • We may earn from affiliate links
  • Product recommendations are honest opinions
  • Prices and availability can change
  • We're not responsible for third-party products

Garden Maintenance (Site Updates) We may:

  • Modify our content
  • Update these terms
  • Change our services
  • Pause or end features

Community Garden Rules (Comments) Your comments should be:

  • Relevant to urban gardening
  • Respectful to other users
  • Free from promotional content
  • Family-friendly

Liability Limits We're not liable for:

  • Gardening mishaps
  • Plant identification errors
  • External website content
  • User-caused damages

Termination We may:

  • Restrict access if terms are violated
  • Remove accounts that break rules
  • End services with notice
  • Archive inactive accounts
Governing Law These terms follow New York/United States, laws
Contact the Head Gardener Questions? Reach us here

Changes to Terms

  • We'll notify you of major changes
  • Continued use means you accept updates
  • Check back regularly

Your Rights You can:

  • Delete your account
  • Update your information
  • Download your content
  • Opt-out of communications
By using Balcony Bountiful, you're planting yourself in our community and agreeing to these terms.
Remember: While we've made these terms clear and gardening-friendly, they're still legal guidelines. Consider having a legal professional review them for your specific needs.

Happy Gardening!
The Balcony Bountiful Team.