Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 2026

Leafscape Gardens respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal information when you visit our website, contact us about our services or become a customer.

Leafscape Gardens is a landscaping and garden design business based in Croydon, London.

1. Who We Are

Leafscape Gardens is the data controller responsible for the personal information we collect and process.

If you have any questions about how your information is used, you can contact us through the contact details provided on our website.

2. Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect information including:

Information you provide to us

When you contact us through our website, email, telephone or social media, we may collect:

  • Your name
  • Email address
  • Telephone number
  • Property address
  • Postcode
  • Information about your garden or landscaping project
  • Photographs or videos of your garden
  • Your preferred contact method
  • Details of your requirements and budget where provided
  • Any other information you choose to provide

If you become a customer, we may also collect information necessary to provide our services, including quotation, invoicing, payment and project information.

Information collected automatically

When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, depending on the cookies and analytics services used on the website.

This may include:

  • IP address
  • Browser and device information
  • Pages visited
  • Approximate location
  • How you interact with the website
  • Referring website or advertising source
  • Date and time of visits

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use your personal information to:

  • Respond to enquiries
  • Arrange site visits
  • Discuss your garden design or landscaping requirements
  • Prepare quotations and proposals
  • Provide garden design and landscaping services
  • Communicate with you about your project
  • Arrange deliveries and coordinate contractors or suppliers where necessary
  • Process invoices and payments
  • Maintain business records
  • Deal with complaints or queries
  • Improve our website and services
  • Understand how people find and use our website
  • Protect our business against fraud or misuse
  • Comply with legal and regulatory obligations

We will only use your information where we have a lawful basis for doing so.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

Under UK data protection law, we need a lawful basis for processing personal information.

Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on:

Taking steps at your request

If you contact us about a garden project, we may use your information to respond to your enquiry, arrange a site visit, prepare a quotation or take other steps at your request before entering into a contract.

Contract

If you become a customer, we may process your information where it is necessary to provide the agreed services and manage our contractual relationship with you.

Legal obligation

We may process information where necessary to comply with legal, accounting, tax or other regulatory requirements.

Legitimate interests

We may process information where it is necessary for our legitimate business interests, provided those interests do not override your rights and freedoms.

This may include managing our business, improving our services, maintaining records and understanding how customers interact with our website.

Consent

Where consent is required by law, such as for certain types of marketing or non-essential cookies, we will ask for your consent.

You can withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

5. Contact Forms and Enquiries

If you submit an enquiry through our website, the information you provide will be used to respond to your request.

We may contact you by telephone, email or another method you have provided to discuss your project.

Submitting an enquiry does not automatically subscribe you to marketing communications.

6. Marketing

We may occasionally contact existing customers or enquiries about relevant services, projects or updates where permitted by applicable law.

Where consent is required for marketing communications, we will obtain that consent before sending them.

You can ask us to stop sending marketing communications at any time by contacting us or following any unsubscribe instructions provided.

7. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell or rent your personal information.

We may share relevant information with trusted third parties where reasonably necessary to operate our business or provide our services.

This may include:

  • Website hosting providers
  • Email providers
  • Website analytics providers
  • Advertising and lead-generation platforms
  • Payment providers
  • Accountants and professional advisers
  • Suppliers and manufacturers where required to fulfil your project
  • Subcontractors or specialist contractors working on your project
  • IT and software providers

We only provide information that is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose. Where appropriate, we expect third parties handling personal information on our behalf to protect that information and comply with applicable data protection requirements.

8. Social Media and Advertising

Leafscape Gardens may use platforms such as Facebook and Instagram to advertise our services and communicate with potential customers.

These platforms may collect and process personal information independently in accordance with their own privacy policies.

If you interact with our social media pages or advertisements, information may be processed by the relevant platform.

We do not control how third-party social media platforms process information once it is collected by them.

9. Cookies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies.

Cookies are small files placed on your device that can help websites function correctly, remember preferences and understand how visitors use a website.

Cookies may be used for purposes including:

  • Essential website functionality
  • Website performance
  • Analytics
  • Understanding website traffic
  • Advertising and marketing

Where required, non-essential cookies will only be used with your consent.

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings and, where available, our website's cookie controls.

Disabling certain cookies may affect how the website functions.

10. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including social media platforms, suppliers or other websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites. We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any third-party website you visit.

11. How Long We Keep Your Information

We only retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

For example:

  • Enquiry information may be retained for a reasonable period so that we can manage your enquiry and any follow-up communication.
  • Customer information may be retained for as long as necessary to manage the customer relationship and comply with legal, accounting and tax requirements.
  • Project records, invoices and financial information may need to be retained for longer periods where required by law.

When information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to securely delete or anonymise it.

12. Keeping Your Information Secure

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information from unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.

However, no method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

13. Your Data Protection Rights

Under UK data protection law, you may have rights including:

  • The right to access the personal information we hold about you
  • The right to request correction of inaccurate information
  • The right to request deletion of your information in certain circumstances
  • The right to request restriction of processing in certain circumstances
  • The right to object to certain processing
  • The right to data portability in certain circumstances
  • The right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

These rights are subject to certain legal conditions and exemptions.

If you would like to exercise one of these rights, please contact us.

14. Complaints

If you have concerns about how we handle your personal information, please contact us first so that we have the opportunity to address your concerns.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's independent data protection regulator.

Further information can be found on the ICO's website.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business, website, services or legal requirements.

Any updated version will be published on this page with a revised "Last updated" date.

16. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact Leafscape Gardens through the contact details provided on our website.

Leafscape Gardens

Croydon, London

Website: www.leafscapegardens.co.uk

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