PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: May 6, 2026

At Grow By Zone, your privacy matters to us. We want you to feel comfortable visiting our website, downloading our free resources, joining our community, asking gardening questions, or purchasing any products or memberships we may offer.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have when using our website.

By using this website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information that you choose to share with us, such as:

Your name
Your email address
Your phone number, if you submit it through a form
Your gardening zone or general location, if you choose to provide it
Questions, comments, or messages you send through our website
Account or membership information, if you create an account
Payment and billing information, if you make a purchase, donation, or join a paid membership
Information you provide when subscribing to emails, downloading free guides, leaving comments, or contacting us directly

We may also collect basic website information automatically, such as:

Your IP address
Browser type
Device type
Pages viewed
Time spent on the website
Referring website
Website traffic and analytics information
Cookie information

This information helps us improve our website, create helpful gardening content, and better serve our visitors.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use your information to:

Respond to your questions or messages
Send free downloads, guides, resources, or updates you requested
Share gardening tips, plant guides, growing zone information, newsletters, and educational content
Manage memberships, accounts, paid content, or community access
Process purchases, donations, or digital product orders
Improve our website, content, products, and services
Understand how visitors use our website
Send promotional or informational emails, if you have subscribed
Protect our website from fraud, misuse, or security issues
Comply with legal requirements

We do not sell your personal information for money.

3. Squarespace Hosting and Website Data

Our website is hosted by Squarespace.

Squarespace may collect certain information when you visit this website, including information about your browser, device, network, pages you view, pages you visited before coming to our website, and your IP address.

Squarespace uses this information to operate, protect, improve, and analyze its platform and services. Squarespace may also use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, security, analytics, and performance.

4. Cookies and Analytics

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to help the site work properly and improve your experience.

Cookies may be used for:

Website functionality
Security
Analytics and performance tracking
Remembering preferences
Shopping cart or checkout features
Membership or login features
Email signup or marketing features

You can usually change your browser settings to refuse or delete cookies. Please note that some parts of the website may not work properly if cookies are turned off.

5. Email Marketing

If you subscribe to our email list, download a free resource, or request updates from Grow By Zone, we may send you emails about gardening tips, USDA growing zones, plant guides, free downloads, memberships, courses, offers, and website updates.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in our emails or by contacting us directly.

6. Free Downloads and Digital Resources

When you download a free guide, checklist, planting calendar, or other resource from Grow By Zone, we may collect your name and email address so we can send you the resource and provide related gardening information.

You are not required to stay subscribed to our emails after receiving a free download. You may unsubscribe at any time.

7. Paid Content, Memberships, and Community Features

If Grow By Zone offers paid memberships, digital courses, exclusive blog content, community access, direct gardening questions, or member-only resources, we may collect the information needed to manage your account, provide access, process payments, and respond to your questions.

If community features are available, please remember that anything you voluntarily post in a public or member community area may be visible to other members or users. Please avoid posting private or sensitive information that you do not want shared.

8. Payments and Purchases

If you make a purchase, donation, or paid membership transaction through our website, your payment may be processed by third-party payment providers connected to Squarespace.

Grow By Zone does not directly store full credit card numbers or complete payment details.

Payment processors may collect and process billing details, payment information, and transaction data according to their own privacy policies and security practices.

9. Third-Party Services

We may use trusted third-party services to help operate and improve our website.

These may include:

Squarespace
Google Workspace
Email marketing providers
Payment processors
Analytics tools
Download or digital product delivery tools
Membership or course platforms
Social media platforms

These third parties may collect or process information according to their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or services.

10. Links to Other Websites

Our website may include links to other websites, seed companies, gardening resources, social media pages, affiliate partners, or other third-party content.

Once you leave our website, we are not responsible for the privacy practices, policies, or content of other websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any website you visit.

11. Affiliate Links and Recommendations

Grow By Zone may occasionally share links to products, seeds, gardening tools, supplies, or trusted resources.

Some links may be affiliate links, which means we may earn a small commission if you make a purchase through the link, at no additional cost to you.

We only aim to recommend products or resources that we believe may be helpful to our audience, but we cannot guarantee the performance, availability, or quality of third-party products.

12. How We Protect Your Information

We take reasonable steps to protect the information you share with us from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, disclosure, or alteration.

However, no website, email system, or online transmission is completely secure. By using this website, you understand that you share information at your own risk.

13. How Long We Keep Your Information

We keep personal information only as long as reasonably necessary to provide services, respond to inquiries, maintain business records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and improve our website.

You may contact us to request that we update or delete your personal information.

14. Tennessee Privacy Rights

If you are a Tennessee resident, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information under applicable Tennessee privacy laws, including the Tennessee Information Protection Act, if those laws apply to our business.

Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:

Confirm whether we process your personal information
Access personal information we have collected about you
Correct inaccurate personal information
Request deletion of personal information
Obtain a copy of certain personal information
Opt out of certain targeted advertising, profiling, or sale of personal information, if applicable
Appeal a denied privacy request, if required by law

To make a privacy request, please contact us using the contact information listed below.

15. Sensitive Personal Information

Grow By Zone does not intentionally collect sensitive personal information unless you voluntarily provide it.

Please do not submit sensitive personal details through our website forms or community features, such as Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, medical records, government identification numbers, or other highly sensitive information.

16. Children’s Privacy

Grow By Zone is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.

17. Comments, Reviews, and Testimonials

If you submit a comment, review, testimonial, success story, or gardening experience, we may use it for website, marketing, or promotional purposes.

We may display your first name, general location, gardening zone, or submitted content unless you request otherwise.

Please do not submit private information in comments, reviews, or testimonials that you do not want made public.

18. Social Media

If you interact with Grow By Zone on social media platforms, those platforms may collect information according to their own privacy policies.

Your interactions with our social media pages are governed by the privacy practices of those platforms.

19. Your Choices

You have choices when it comes to your personal information.

You may:

Unsubscribe from emails at any time
Disable cookies through your browser settings
Request access to personal information we have about you
Ask us to correct or delete your personal information
Choose not to submit personal information through our website forms
Contact us with privacy-related questions

20. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, legal requirements, or business practices.

The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

21. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to make a privacy request, please contact us at:

Grow By Zone
Email: info@growbyzone.com
Website: growbyzone.com

This Privacy Policy is provided for informational purposes and explains how Grow By Zone collects, uses, and protects visitor information. For questions about your personal data, please contact us at info@growbyzone.com.