Effective date: September 28, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Tools for Gardeners uses cookies and similar technologies. It should be read with our Privacy Policy.
What cookies and similar technologies are
Cookies are small text files that a website or third party stores in a browser. They can remember settings, support site functions, measure use, or help select and evaluate advertising. Similar technologies include local storage, pixels, tags, software development kits, and device identifiers.
Local storage is browser storage that can keep information on a device between visits. Unlike a typical cookie, local storage data is not automatically sent with every web request. Tools for Gardeners currently uses local storage to remember garden location information that a visitor chooses to enter, such as a ZIP code and the related displayed location or growing zone. This keeps visitors from having to reenter the same value on each page.
Cookies we may use
Depending on the features and services active when you visit, the site may use the following categories:
- Essential and preference technologies. These support requested features, remember settings, and help maintain security and accessibility.
- Measurement technologies. Analytics providers may collect information about page views, device types, approximate location, referral sources, and interactions. This information helps us understand whether tools work and which pages need improvement.
- Advertising technologies. Advertising partners may use cookies or similar identifiers to deliver, limit, personalize, and measure ads.
- Affiliate technologies. A retailer or affiliate network may use a cookie after a visitor follows a disclosed affiliate link. This can record that the visit came from Tools for Gardeners and attribute a qualifying purchase for a limited period.
The cookies present on a particular visit depend on the services then enabled, the visitor's location, and the choices available through any consent controls.
Google AdSense and third-party advertising
Tools for Gardeners may use Google AdSense to display advertising. Google and its partners may use cookies to serve ads based on a visitor's prior visits to this site or other websites. Google's advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to serve ads, limit repeated ads, detect fraud, and measure ad performance. Where personalized advertising is permitted and selected, these technologies may also use activity or inferred interests to choose ads.
Google is a third-party vendor and controls the data it collects through its advertising services. Visitors can manage ad personalization through Google's advertising settings. Google also provides information about how it uses information from sites and apps that use its services. Those controls and policies may change, so visitors should consult Google's current privacy and advertising documentation.
Other advertising vendors may also use cookies or similar technologies if they are listed by Google as certified vendors or are separately disclosed on this site. Their data practices are governed by their own privacy policies.
Your choices
Most browsers allow visitors to inspect, block, or delete cookies and clear local storage. Blocking all storage may prevent location preferences and other requested features from working as expected. Browser controls apply to the particular browser and device, so choices may need to be repeated elsewhere.
Where required, the site will present consent choices before using nonessential technologies. Visitors may also use industry opt-out tools or provider-specific settings to limit interest-based advertising. An opt-out generally does not remove all ads. It changes whether certain information is used to personalize them.
To remove the saved garden location, clear site data for toolsforgardeners.com in the browser. A private browsing session may also discard stored data when the session closes, depending on browser behavior.
Policy updates
We may update this Cookie Policy when technologies, vendors, legal requirements, or site features change. The effective date at the top identifies the current version. Questions can be sent to contact@toolsforgardeners.com.