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Small Garden Ideas

Creative Gardening Ideas for Small Spaces

Terms of Use

Last updated: October 6, 2026

These Terms of Use apply to your use of Small Garden Ideas (“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 ideas and guides about designing and using small garden spaces, 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 by following it. Every garden differs in shape, slope, sun, soil and climate. Sizes, spacings and plant counts are starting points, and time estimates are approximate.

Garden projects at your own risk

The content on the site is general design information. It is not professional landscape-architecture, structural, engineering, electrical or legal advice, and it is not a substitute for advice from a qualified professional who can see your site. You follow the guides at your own risk, and you are responsible for deciding whether an idea suits your space, your skills and the rules that apply where you live.

Structures, digging, local rules and plants

The guides make no structural or load claims about walls, fences or supports. If you fix anything to a wall or a fence, or put up a support, follow the manufacturer’s instructions for the product and its fixings. Hire qualified people for building work and for electrical work.

Before you change a boundary, check your local rules and any homeowners’ association covenants that apply to your property. Before you dig, contact 811 so that buried utility lines can be marked (see 811beforeyoudig.com). Before you buy a plant, check it against your zone on the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map and against your state or local invasive plant lists.

If you use a tool, a fixing, a lighting kit or any other product mentioned in a guide, read the instructions that come with it and follow them. The manufacturer’s instructions take priority over anything written on this site.

Using our content

Unless stated otherwise, the text, illustrations and design of the site belong to Small Garden Ideas. 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, Small Garden Ideas is not liable for any loss, damage or injury arising from your use of the site or from following its guides, including damage to property, to buried services or to plants, 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.