Terms
The terms for using Ask Pip during the beta. Draft, 2 October 2026.
1. The beta
Ask Pip is a beta. It is free, and by invitation. It is still being built, so parts of it may change, stop working for a time, or be removed. We may end the beta, or anyone's place in it, at any time.
2. What Pip's guidance is
Pip's care guidance is general information researched from the sources it names. It has not been reviewed by a horticultural expert, and it is not professional advice about your plant. Pip cannot see your plant as you can. You decide what to do, and you are responsible for the result.
3. Working safely
Pruning uses sharp tools. Use them with care, wear gloves and eye protection, and make sure you can reach the plant safely. If you are unsure about a plant or a cut, ask an experienced local gardener.
4. Your account
Sign in with your own email address, and keep it to yourself. Tell us if you think someone else has used it.
5. Your photographs and notes
They stay yours. You give us permission to store them and to use them to run Ask Pip for you. We will not publish them or use them to promote Ask Pip without asking you first.
6. Using Ask Pip fairly
Please don't misuse Ask Pip: don't try to break it, get into other people's information, or copy its content in bulk.
7. Our content
The Ask Pip name, logo, Pip character, wording and design belong to AskPIP. The sources Pip names belong to their own publishers.
8. No promises
We provide Ask Pip as it is. We do our best to make it accurate and available, but we can't promise that it always will be.
9. Limits
As far as the law allows, we are not liable for loss or damage that comes from using Ask Pip, including harm to a plant. Nothing in these terms takes away rights that the law in your country says cannot be taken away.
10. Changes and contact
If we change these terms, we will put the new date at the top and tell the gardeners in the beta. These terms are governed by the law of New Zealand. Questions: founders@askpip.garden.