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This page explains how cookies are used on the Wilder Plant Guide website. It is written for visitors who want to know what is stored in their browser, why it is there, and which settings they can change. It is not marketing copy.
Before you read
Cookies are small files that a website asks your browser to keep. They let a site remember that you already closed a notice, that you chose a language or display setting, or that a page was slow to load. On Wilder Plant Guide they are used for the practical work of running an informational plant-care site, not for building advertising profiles.
These keep the site working. They remember that your cookie choices have been recorded, hold a session together while you move between pages, and protect forms from being submitted twice. They cannot be switched off through the cookie banner, because without them a request to load a page or send the contact form would not complete correctly.
If you accept them, these remember small choices so you do not repeat yourself on every visit, such as dismissing a notice or keeping a reading view consistent. Turning them off does not break the site; you may simply see the same prompt again on a later visit.
If you accept them, these help us see which plant guides are read most and where visitors stop scrolling. Reports are viewed in aggregate, so we learn that a page about watering is popular in the evening rather than who read it. You can decline them and still use every article on the site.
Wilder Plant Guide does not run advertising networks, retargeting pixels, or cross-site tracking on this website. There is no login area and no shopping cart, so no account or payment cookies are set. If this ever changes, this policy will be updated and the cookie banner will ask for your consent again.
You decide what stays in your browser. Nothing on this site requires you to accept cookies to read a plant guide.
Use the cookie banner on your first visit to accept or decline the optional categories, and reopen it later from the site footer whenever you want to change your mind. Declining optional cookies never limits access to the six care guides, the about page, or the contact form.
Your controls
Every major browser lets you see the cookies stored for a site, delete individual entries, and block new ones. The exact wording differs, but the path is usually found under settings, then privacy, then site data. If you block all cookies for this domain, the site will still load and the articles remain readable; only the saved cookie preference and any remembered display choice will be lost on your next visit.
Clearing cookies is safe here. It does not delete your messages, because this site does not keep an account for you, and it does not cancel any request you have already sent through the contact form.
Related reading
If you came here from the cookie banner, you were probably mid-way through a care guide. These are the pages people read alongside it, and none of them need optional cookies to work.
How contact details are collected, stored, and deleted, and what rights you can exercise over them.
Read the Privacy PolicyThe ground rules for using the guides on this site, including what the advice covers and where responsibility sits.
Read the Terms of ServiceSend a question about cookies, privacy, or plant care. Messages are answered on working days.
Go to the contact pageWho publishes Wilder Plant Guide, how the six care guides were put together, and where the address details sit.
Read about the projectShort answers to the questions that come up most often about this policy and the banner. If yours is not here, the contact page is the fastest route.
No. Every article, from choosing easy-care houseplants to building a simple care routine, is served without optional cookies. Only the strictly necessary ones run, and those exist so the page loads and the cookie choice is remembered.
Open the cookie banner again from the footer link and set the optional categories to off. Your earlier consent is replaced straight away. If you prefer, clearing cookies for this domain in your browser settings has the same effect and the banner will reappear on your next visit.
The form uses a session cookie so your message is not submitted twice if you refresh the page, and so the confirmation screen appears correctly. It holds nothing about you beyond that single session and disappears when you close the browser.
It can, if the site adds or removes a tool that stores data. When that happens the wording on this page is updated and the cookie banner asks for your consent again, so an old choice is never carried over to a new setup.
Email [email protected] or send a note through the contact page. The project team answers Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and cookie questions go to the same inbox as plant-care questions.
Still unsure
If a cookie question is holding you back from reading the guides, send it across. Wilder Plant Guide is published at 117 Misty Ct, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, United States, and you can reach the team at [email protected] or +852 2875 9910, Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Messages about cookies and privacy get the same attention as questions about watering or repotting.
