Cookie Policy
Last updated: 11 November 2026
What are cookies and local storage?
Cookies and local storage are small pieces of information that a website saves on your device. Garden Plant Finder uses them so that features you choose to use keep working and, only if you agree, to measure how the site is used with Google Analytics. We do not use advertising cookies.
What the site saves in your browser
All of the items below are saved in your browser's local storage. They stay on your device and are not sent to us.
- Favourites (
gpf-favourites): plants you have saved as favourites. - Compare list (
gpf-compare): up to three plants you have chosen to compare. - Garden plans (
gpf-garden-plans,gpf-garden-user-id): plans you create in the garden planner, plus a random ID that keeps your plans together on this device. The ID does not identify you. - Plant health checks (
gpf-plant-health-checks): your last twenty plant disease checker results. - Compost mix calculator (
gpf-compost-mix-calculator): the values you last entered.
Cookies
Analytics cookies (optional)
These are set only if you click "Accept" in the cookie message. If you click "Reject", they are not set.
_ga(Google Analytics): tells visits apart. Expires after 2 years._ga_<ID>(Google Analytics): remembers the current visit. Expires after 2 years.
Your choice is remembered in your browser's local storage so that the message does not appear on every page.
Strictly necessary cookies
Apart from analytics, ordinary visitors do not receive cookies from Garden Plant Finder. The only cookies are set for site administrators when signing in to the private admin area (gpf.sid, and gpf_admin_remember if "remember me" is ticked). These are strictly necessary for signing in.
The site loads its fonts from Google Fonts on every page. This connects your browser to Google's servers, but it does not set cookies for this site.
Changing your choice
You can change your analytics choice at any time by clearing "cookies and site data" for this website in your browser settings. The cookie message will then appear again on your next visit. You can also block Google Analytics on all websites with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
How to remove saved information
You can delete everything the site has saved by clearing "cookies and site data" for this website in your browser settings. This will remove your favourites, compare list, garden plans and saved results.
Contact
Questions? See the Privacy Policy or get in touch.