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Container Gardening

Grow Beautiful Plants in Pots and Containers

Terms of Use

Last updated: October 6, 2026

These Terms of Use apply to your use of Container Gardening (“the site”). By using the site, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree with them, please do not use the site.

What the site provides

The site publishes free guides about growing plants in pots and containers, for general information and personal enjoyment. We work to keep the guides clear and accurate, but we do not promise that every guide is free of errors or that you will get a particular result or harvest by following it. Plants are living things, and how one responds depends on the variety, its health, the pot, the potting mix, the sun, wind and temperature it gets, the season and your local climate. The guides describe what to check and what usually helps; they are not a diagnosis of your plant. Sizes are starting points, planting times depend on your local frost dates, and time estimates are approximate.

Gardening information at your own risk

The content on the site is general information. It is not professional horticultural advice, nor veterinary, medical or structural advice, and it is not a substitute for advice from a qualified professional who can look at your plant, your pet, your building or you. You follow the guides at your own risk, and you are responsible for deciding whether a suggestion suits your plants and your space.

Edible crops, toxic plants and product labels

If you grow vegetables or herbs to eat, wash the produce before eating it, and use containers that have not held chemicals or unknown substances. Eat only plants you grew as food and can identify with certainty.

Some popular container plants are toxic to pets or to people if eaten. Before you bring a plant home, check it against a published source such as the ASPCA list of toxic and non-toxic plants, for the specific plant you own. A plant that is listed as non-toxic is not a plant that is safe to eat. If a pet or a child eats part of an ornamental plant, contact a veterinarian, a doctor or a poison control service right away.

If you use a fertilizer, a pesticide or any other product mentioned in a guide, always read the product label and follow it. The label on the product you bought takes priority over anything written on this site, including its directions on amounts, protective gear, use on edible plants, storage and keeping the product away from children and pets.

Heavy pots, hanging baskets and balconies

Containers filled with wet potting mix are heavy. Lifting and moving pots, hanging baskets, fixing window boxes and railing planters, and the load placed on a balcony, deck or roof are your responsibility. Follow the weight ratings and instructions of the hooks, brackets and other hardware you use, fix them into something solid, and follow the rules of your building and what its structure is designed to carry. If you are unsure, ask the building’s owner or manager, or a qualified professional, before adding weight.

Using our content

Unless stated otherwise, the text, illustrations and design of the site belong to Container Gardening. You are welcome to:

  • read, print and use the guides for personal, classroom, library or other non-commercial purposes;
  • share a link to any page;
  • quote short passages with a clear credit and a link back to the original page.

Please do not republish whole guides or illustrations, sell them, or present them as your own work without written permission.

Acceptable use

You agree not to misuse the site. This includes attempting to gain unauthorized access, interfering with how the site works, sending spam or unlawful content through the contact form, or copying the site in bulk by automated means beyond what is needed for normal search engine indexing.

The site links to a small number of third-party reference pages that we think are useful. We do not control those websites and are not responsible for their content, availability or privacy practices.

Disclaimer and limitation of liability

The site is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, to the fullest extent permitted by law. To the extent permitted by law, Container Gardening is not liable for any loss, damage, injury or illness arising from your use of the site or from following its guides, including the loss of a plant or a crop, damage to property and harm to a person or an animal. Nothing in these terms limits any rights you have under consumer protection laws that cannot be excluded.

Privacy

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Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. The date at the top of the page shows when they were last revised. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated terms.

Contact

Questions about these terms can be sent through the Contact page.