Effective date: 09 September 2026

Terms of Use

Welcome to the Perennial Directory. These Terms of Use apply to your use of our website at https://www.perennialdirectory.org (the “Site”).

By accessing or using the Site, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.

1. Who We Are

The Perennial Directory is an independent online resource promoting native and sustainable perennial planting. The Site is operated from the United Kingdom.

2. Using This Site

You may use the Site for lawful, personal and non-commercial purposes.

You must not:

• Misuse the Site or introduce viruses, malware or other harmful code.

• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Site, its servers or any connected systems.

• Copy, scrape, reproduce or reuse content without permission.

• Interfere with the operation or security of the Site.

• Use the Site for any unlawful purpose or in breach of these terms.

We reserve the right to restrict, suspend or terminate access to the Site where these terms are breached.

3. Intellectual Property Rights

Unless otherwise stated, all content on the Site-including text, images, logos, graphics and other materials-is owned by the Perennial Directory, its contributors or its licensors.

You may view and use the content for personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, modify, publish or commercially exploit any part of the content without prior written permission.

4. Contributions and Submissions

If you submit comments, listings, suggestions, images or other content to the Perennial Directory, you confirm that:

• You own the content or have permission to submit it.

• The content does not infringe another person’s rights.

• The content is lawful and is not misleading, defamatory or harmful.

You grant the Perennial Directory a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, edit, adapt and publish submitted content for purposes connected with the Site.

We are not obliged to publish any submission and may edit or remove submitted material where appropriate.

5. External Links

The Site may contain links to third-party websites and services.

These links are provided for information and convenience. We do not control and are not responsible for the content, accuracy, availability, security or privacy practices of third-party websites. The inclusion of a link does not necessarily imply endorsement.

6. No Reliance on Information

The information on the Site is provided for general interest and educational purposes. It is not intended to constitute professional, horticultural, environmental, legal or other specialist advice.

Although we make reasonable efforts to keep the information accurate and up to date, we do not guarantee that it is complete, accurate or suitable for a particular purpose. You remain responsible for decisions made using information from the Site.

7. Liability

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability where doing so would be unlawful.

To the fullest extent permitted by the laws of England and Wales, the Perennial Directory will not be liable for loss or damage arising from:

• Use of, or inability to use, the Site.

• Reliance on information provided through the Site.

• Third-party websites or services linked from the Site.

• Viruses, technical failures, interruptions or loss of data beyond our reasonable control.

8. Support the Perennial Directory

The Perennial Directory is free to use and will remain free to access.

If you find it useful, you can help support its continued development, maintenance and hosting with a voluntary contribution. https://ko-fi.com/noelkingsbury

Contributions are entirely optional. They do not provide access to any additional content, services, membership, rewards or other benefits.

The Directory is not a registered charity, and contributions are not charitable donations.

9. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms of Use when necessary, including when the Site, its services or applicable requirements change.

The revised terms will be published on this page with an updated effective date. Continued use of the Site after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

10. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

Any dispute arising from or connected with these terms will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, except where applicable law gives you the right to bring proceedings elsewhere.

11. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms of Use, please contact:

Email: noel@gardenmasterclass.org.

Privacy Policy

Effective date: 09 September 2026

1. Introduction

The Perennial Directory (“we”, “our” or “us”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share and protect personal information when you visit https://www.perennialdirectory.org, contact us, submit information or make a donation.

For the purposes of UK data-protection law, the Perennial Directory is the controller of the personal information described in this policy.

2. Information We Collect

Depending on how you use the Site, we may collect the following information:

• Contact information: Your name, email address, telephone number and any other information you provide when contacting us.

• Contribution and transaction information: Where you choose to make a voluntary contribution, we may receive information about the contribution, such as the amount, payment status and transaction identifiers, to the extent provided to us by the payment service used.

• Payment information: Payment details are handled securely by the payment service used for voluntary contributions. We do not receive or store your complete payment-card details on our own systems.

• Contribution information: Comments, listings, suggestions, messages, images or other material you choose to submit.

• Technical information: Your IP address, browser type and version, device type, operating system, time-zone setting and similar technical information.

• Usage information: Information about how you access and use the Site, including pages viewed, links followed and approximate visit times.

• Cookie information: Information collected through cookies and similar technologies, as explained in our Cookie Policy.

• Marketing and communications information: Your preferences for receiving communications from us, where applicable.

Please do not provide personal information that is not necessary for your enquiry, submission or contribution.

3. How We Collect Information

We may collect personal information:

• Directly from you when you contact us, submit information or make a voluntary contribution.

• Automatically when you browse or interact with the Site.

• From Wix and connected service providers, and where applicable from payment providers used to process voluntary contributions.

• From publicly available sources where appropriate and lawful.

4. How We Use Your Information

We may use personal information:​

• To operate, maintain and secure the Site.

• To respond to enquiries and provide support.

• To record and administer voluntary contributions.

• To maintain appropriate transaction records and respond to enquiries about contributions.

• To review and administer contributions, listings or suggestions.

• To improve the Site and understand how it is used.

• To detect, investigate and prevent fraud, misuse or security incidents.

• To maintain accounting, transaction and administrative records.

• To send marketing communications where you have consented to receive them.

• To comply with legal, regulatory, accounting or reporting obligations.

• To establish, exercise or defend legal rights.

We will not use personal information for an unrelated purpose unless permitted or required by law.

5. Legal Basis for Processing

We rely on one or more of the following legal bases:

• Consent: Where you have given clear consent for a particular use, such as optional marketing communications or non-essential cookies. You may withdraw consent at any time.

• Contractual necessity: Where processing is necessary to take steps at your request or administer a transaction or service requested by you.

• Legitimate interests: Where processing is necessary to operate and improve the Site, administer voluntary contributions, respond to enquiries, prevent fraud or protect the Site, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and interests.

• Legal obligation: Where processing is necessary to comply with applicable legal, tax, accounting or regulatory requirements.

• Legal claims: Where processing is necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal rights.

6. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell or rent personal information.

We may share relevant information with:

• Wix, which provides the Site and related infrastructure.

• Payment providers used to process voluntary contributions.

• Hosting, analytics, communications, security and technical-service providers working on our behalf.

• Professional advisers, such as accountants or legal advisers, where necessary.

• Law-enforcement agencies, regulators, courts or public authorities where disclosure is required by law.

• Another organisation in connection with a legitimate transfer, reorganisation or change in operation of the Site, subject to appropriate safeguards.

Service providers may only use personal information as necessary to provide their services or as otherwise permitted by law.

7. International Transfers

Some service providers may process personal information outside the United Kingdom.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, we take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards required by UK data-protection law are in place.

Further information about processing performed by Wix and connected payment providers is available in their respective privacy policies.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including to meet legal, tax, accounting, reporting and dispute-resolution requirements.

Different types of information may be retained for different periods. When information is no longer required, it will be deleted, anonymised or securely disposed of where reasonably practicable.

9. Your Rights

Depending on the circumstances, UK data-protection law may give you the right to:

• Request access to the personal information we hold about you.

• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.

• Request deletion of your personal information.

• Object to certain processing.

• Request restriction of processing.

• Request transfer of information in a portable format.

• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

• Object to direct marketing at any time.

• Complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

These rights are not absolute and may be subject to legal exceptions.

To exercise a right, contact us at noel@gardenmasterclass.org. We may need to verify your identity before responding.

You can find information about your rights and make a complaint through the Information Commissioner’s Office at https://ico.org.uk.

10. Cookies

The Site uses cookies and similar technologies to operate correctly, remember preferences, understand Site usage and, where applicable, support analytics or other functionality.

For further information about the cookies used and the available choices, please read our Cookie Policy:

https://www.perennialdirectory.org/cookies

Where required, non-essential cookies will be used only after you have given consent.

11. Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against accidental loss, unauthorised access, misuse, alteration or disclosure.

However, no method of transmitting or storing information online is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

12. Third-Party Links

The Site may contain links to third-party websites and services.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of those services. You should review the privacy information provided by a third party before submitting personal information to it.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when our practices, services or applicable requirements change.

Any revised policy will be published on this page with an updated effective date. Where appropriate, we may also provide additional notice.

14. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we use personal information, or if you wish to exercise a data-protection right, please contact:

Email: noel@gardenmasterclass.org

Postal address:

Perennial Directory
18 Stafford Road
Bristol
BS1 6UF
United Kingdom