Terms of use

Gardening advice

General gardening guidance, not professional advice. Planting dates, plant picks, lawn tasks and watering amounts come from public sources such as university extension services. They are estimates for your area, not a promise about your yard. Weather, soil and local rules vary. Check plant labels, local watering rules and your local extension office (a free gardening help service run by your state university), and use your own judgment, especially before big or costly choices.

When a lawn task mentions a product such as a weed preventer, follow the label on the product you buy; the label is the law. Garden Goblin is not a guide to which plants are safe to eat or safe for pets, so check before you eat a plant or let a pet near it.

It’s a beta

Garden Goblin is new and still changing. Features may change or go away, and things may break. We work to keep your data safe, but please keep your own copy of anything you cannot lose.

Your account

• Keep your sign-in to yourself. You are responsible for what happens in your account.
• Give us a real email address, so you can sign in and get reminders.
• You must be at least 13 to use Garden Goblin.

Fair use

Please don’t:

• try to get into other people’s accounts or data,
• overload the app or use scripts to pull data from it,
• use the feedback form to send spam or anything unlawful.

We may close accounts that do these things.

Free, with optional Supporter perks

Every planning feature is free. Supporter is an optional monthly or yearly gift through Buy Me a Coffee that unlocks cosmetic themes only. Buy Me a Coffee’s own terms cover payments, changes and cancellations. Canceling keeps the themes until the end of the time you paid for.

What’s yours and what’s ours

Your yard map, plans and notes are yours. We only use them to run Garden Goblin for you. The app, its characters and art belong to Nerdvan. Plant and lawn data credit their sources in the app.

Limits on our responsibility

Garden Goblin is provided as it is, without promises that it will always work or always be right. To the extent the law allows, Nerdvan is not responsible for lost plants, lawns, harvests, water bills or other losses that come from using the app.

Changes and contact

We may update these terms. If a change matters, we will say so in the app before it takes effect. You can stop using Garden Goblin and ask us to delete your account at any time.

For anything about these terms, email gardengoblin@nerdvan.com.