Corrections

bedandborder publishes reference pages to provide accurate, timely advice on gardening tasks, plant care, and garden management. When an error is identified in our content, our policy is to correct it, not to delete it. A substantively corrected article will carry a note at the foot of the page stating ‘This article was corrected on [date]’ to acknowledge the change. This ensures transparency and maintains a reliable record for our readers.

A substantive correction is one that alters a factual instruction, a plant name, a timing recommendation, or any detail that could lead a gardener to make an error in practice. Simple typographical errors or minor grammatical fixes that do not change the factual meaning of the text are updated without a correction note.

Readers can report a potential error by contacting us. To investigate efficiently, we require the full web address of the article in question and the exact claim or sentence believed to be incorrect. We aim to review all reported errors and implement any necessary corrections within two working days.

For reference pages on bedandborder, such as those detailing a specific plant’s needs or a seasonal task, the factual content may also require updating when the gardening world changes. This includes updates following new pest or disease outbreaks, revised hardiness zone data, or changes in officially recommended planting practices. Such updates are made as part of our ongoing review and, if they rectify a significant previous inaccuracy, will also be marked with a correction note and date.