Privacy

How we handle member and garden data

We want this site to be useful and sustainable without being exploitative. This page explains what information the site collects, why it is used, and the commitments we make about transparency and member trust.

AccountsBasic profile and login details

GardensSaved roses, plot data, notes, photos

CommunityComments, ratings, and shared uploads

Collection

Information the site may store

Account information such as name, email, username, and verification status.
Garden information such as saved roses, wishlist entries, plot layouts, plant notes, and uploaded photos.
Community submissions such as ratings, comments, and any notes or images members choose to share publicly.
Operational and analytics information needed to keep the site secure, measure usage, and improve features.
Payment and subscription information that needs to be handled through trusted service providers such as payment processors.

Use

How that information is used

To provide log-in, account verification, and member-only features.
To power personal garden tools such as My Roses, wishlists, and plot mapping.
To process memberships, payments, password resets, receipts, renewal notices, and other service emails.
To display community-facing contributions only when a user has explicitly chosen to share them.
To improve the library, in-stock signals, editorial resources, and member tools over time.
To study overall trends using aggregated or de-identified data, such as which roses, filters, breeders, or tools are most helpful to members.

Sharing, service providers, and member control

We may work with trusted service providers to handle things like payments, hosting, email delivery, and site operations. They only get the information they need to provide those services on our behalf.

We do not sell your personal information. We also do not share your private garden, inventory, notes, or other member-only data with sellers unless you explicitly choose to share something with them.

If members choose to share notes or photos with the community, those contributions may appear on public rose pages with attribution. Members should be able to request account updates, ask for contributed content to be removed, and control whether future uploads remain private or public.

If our data practices change in a meaningful way, we will update this page so members can understand what changed and why.