Cookie Policy — Gardening Covent Garden

Gardening Covent Garden uses cookies to enhance your experience when interacting with our gardening content and services. This policy explains what cookies are, which types we use, and how cookies support performance monitoring and user preferences. Whether you search for gardening covent garden tips or view seasonal planting guides, cookies help deliver relevant and efficient site interactions.

What are cookies? Cookies are small text files placed on your device that store identifiers and settings. They do not typically contain personal data, but they can make your visits smoother by remembering choices. At Gardening Covent Garden, we classify cookies by purpose to make consent and control easier.

We recognise the importance of clear information for visitors and clients of Gardening in Covent Garden. This policy covers cookie categories, how long we keep them, and how you can control or withdraw consent at any time without affecting basic site functionality.

Cookie types we use

We use a small number of cookie types to balance usability and privacy. Below is a simple breakdown for anyone using Covent Garden gardening resources.

• Essential cookies — These are strictly necessary for core features and security. They enable login sessions, site navigation, and essential settings. Such cookies cannot be disabled if you want to use basic parts of the service.
• Analytics cookies — Sometimes labelled as performance cookies, these help with performance monitoring by collecting aggregate information about how visitors use our pages. They allow us to measure page load times, track error rates, and understand which gardening pages are most helpful so we can improve content.
• Marketing cookies — These cookies are used to deliver relevant promotional content and to understand the effectiveness of campaigns related to Covent Garden gardening services. They may be set by us or trusted third parties and can be updated over time.

We balance the need for functional cookies with respect for privacy. Our approach to cookies for Gardening at Covent Garden is to minimise tracking where possible while ensuring the site remains useful and accessible.

User control and consent — You control which non-essential cookies are enabled. On first visit we ask for your consent for analytics and marketing cookies. You can change settings later through your browser or the preference tools we provide. Disabling analytics may limit our ability to perform accurate performance monitoring.

To manage cookies yourself, use your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies or clear them for individual sites. Remember that blocking essential cookies will affect core features such as session persistence and secure pages.

Purpose for performance monitoring — Analytics cookies support continuous improvement by enabling us to carry out performance monitoring. We track load times, resource usage, and error patterns to identify slow pages or broken elements that affect gardeners and visitors. This anonymous data helps prioritise fixes and optimise content relevant to Gardening Covent Garden and related searches.

Storage periods vary by cookie type. Essential cookies persist only for the session or a short retention period needed to keep the site secure. Analytics cookies may be retained for several months to enable trend analysis and seasonal planning. Marketing cookies can last longer to provide consistent ad delivery and measurement.

Third-party cookies — Some cookies are set by partners who help us with analytics or advertising. We carefully select third-party providers and limit the data shared to reduce privacy risks. These partners act under agreements that restrict how cookie data is handled and ensure compliance with applicable privacy standards.

Updates to this policy — We review our cookie practices periodically to reflect changes in technology or regulation. When we make material changes, we will update the date and, where appropriate, request fresh consent for non-essential cookies related to Covent Garden gardening content.

Final notes

By continuing to use our services without changing cookie settings, you consent to the use of cookies as described. For those who prefer stricter privacy, opting out of analytics and marketing cookies is simple via your browser settings. Our objective is transparent, respectful cookie use to support a better experience for everyone interested in gardening around Covent Garden.

We encourage you to review your cookie preferences regularly and to use available tools to tailor the experience to your privacy needs. Thank you for taking the time to read this policy for Gardening Covent Garden and related gardening resources.

Effective date: This policy is effective from the date published and will be updated as needed to reflect improvements in how we manage cookies and performance monitoring.