Terms of Service

Legal agreement governing your use of Flower Types services

Document Version: 2.1
Effective: January 1, 2024
Updated: January 15, 2024

1. Agreement Acceptance

By accessing or using Flower Types's flower care platform, garden tools, and botanical resources, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service.

These terms create a legally binding agreement between you and Flower Types regarding your use of our:

  • Comprehensive flower care guides and gardening advice
  • Plant identification tools and botanical databases
  • Garden planning resources and growing calendars
  • Community features and expert consultation services

2. Service Description

Flower Types Platform Services

Flower Types operates as a comprehensive digital platform dedicated to flower cultivation, garden care education, and botanical knowledge sharing. Our services include:

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Educational Content

  • • Detailed flower care instructions
  • • Growing guides for 500+ varieties
  • • Seasonal gardening calendars
  • • Problem diagnosis and solutions
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Interactive Tools

  • • AI-powered plant identification
  • • Garden planning software
  • • Growing zone calculators
  • • Care reminder systems

3. User Account Responsibilities

Account Registration Requirements

To access personalized flower care features and save your garden preferences, you may create an account. When registering, you agree to:

  • Provide accurate, current, and complete information about your gardening experience and location
  • Maintain the security of your password and accept responsibility for account activities
  • Promptly notify Flower Types of unauthorized access or security breaches
  • Use the account solely for personal, non-commercial gardening purposes

Account Eligibility

Flower Types services are available to individuals aged 13 and older. Users between 13-17 require parental or guardian consent. Commercial entities may use our platform for educational purposes but must contact us for appropriate licensing agreements.

4. Acceptable Use Policy

Permitted Uses

✅ Encouraged Activities

  • • Learning about flower care and gardening techniques
  • • Sharing garden experiences and success stories
  • • Using identification tools for personal garden planning
  • • Accessing educational content for horticultural knowledge

❌ Prohibited Activities

  • • Copying or redistributing our content without permission
  • • Using automated tools to scrape plant databases
  • • Submitting false plant identification requests
  • • Commercial resale of our garden planning tools

Community Standards

Flower Types maintains a respectful gardening community. Users must refrain from posting content that is harmful, misleading about plant care, or violates intellectual property rights. We reserve the right to moderate content and remove material that doesn't align with our educational mission.

5. Content & Intellectual Property Rights

Flower Types Proprietary Content

All original flower care guides, plant databases, identification algorithms, garden planning tools, and educational materials on Flower Types are protected by copyright and proprietary rights. This includes:

  • Botanical Content: Original care instructions, growing guides, and plant identification data developed by our horticultural experts
  • Software Tools: Garden planners, care calculators, and AI identification systems developed exclusively for Flower Types
  • Visual Elements: Photographs, illustrations, infographics, and design elements created for educational purposes

User-Generated Content Policy

When you upload plant photos for identification, share garden experiences, or contribute to community discussions, you retain ownership of your content while granting Flower Types a license to use it for educational purposes and platform improvement. We may feature your garden successes (with attribution) to help other gardeners learn.

6. Service Disclaimers

IMPORTANT GARDENING DISCLAIMER: Flower Types provides educational content and general guidance for flower care and gardening activities. Our advice is based on horticultural best practices but cannot account for every local growing condition, soil type, or climate variation.

Limitations of Plant Identification

While our AI-powered identification tools are trained on extensive botanical databases, they may not be 100% accurate. Always consult with local gardening experts or certified horticulturists for definitive plant identification, especially for potentially toxic or invasive species.

No Guarantee of Growing Success

Gardening success depends on numerous factors including local climate, soil conditions, water quality, and individual care practices. Flower Types cannot guarantee specific growing results or plant survival based solely on our care recommendations.