Where the UK rules come from

United Kingdom package register

• United Kingdom home food garden editorial synthesis — version 1

  Global Garden Planner

  Original seven-profile model, planting bands and en-GB corpus. It remains an editorial draft until an independent UK agronomic review is recorded.

  Editorial role: internal synthesis · Rights position: Original project content · Accessed: 2 August 2026

  Commercial use recorded: yes · Derivative use recorded: yes

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• UK regional climates

  Met Office

  Supports broad east–west, north–south, maritime and topographic context. The project profiles and month bands are original and are not a transformation of Met Office regions or data.

  Editorial role: fact reference · Rights position: Website information linked and paraphrased under the applicable Met Office terms; no map, table, dataset or service is redistributed · Accessed: 2 August 2026

  Commercial use recorded: yes · Derivative use recorded: no

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• What is frost and ice?

  Met Office

  Supports distinguishing ground frost, air frost and current forecast uncertainty. It does not provide an operational sowing date.

  Editorial role: fact reference · Rights position: Website information linked and paraphrased under the applicable Met Office terms; no forecast or content feed is reused · Accessed: 2 August 2026

  Commercial use recorded: yes · Derivative use recorded: no

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• Positioning vegetables

  Royal Horticultural Society

  Supports observing sun, shade, shelter and competition at the final growing position.

  Editorial role: fact reference · Rights position: Copyright source used only as a linked factual reference; no RHS text, image, planner or calendar is reproduced or adapted · Accessed: 2 August 2026

  Commercial use recorded: yes · Derivative use recorded: no

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• Vegetables in containers

  Royal Horticultural Society

  Supports matching container dimensions and care to crop size. Package depth references remain original editorial values pending review.

  Editorial role: fact reference · Rights position: Copyright source used only as a linked factual reference; no list, table, image or substantial text is reproduced · Accessed: 2 August 2026

  Commercial use recorded: yes · Derivative use recorded: no

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• Watering vegetables and fruit

  Royal Horticultural Society

  Supports checking the root zone, growth stage, soil and weather rather than imposing a fixed watering schedule.

  Editorial role: fact reference · Rights position: Copyright source used only as a linked factual reference; no watering table, image or substantial text is reproduced · Accessed: 2 August 2026

  Commercial use recorded: yes · Derivative use recorded: no

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• Planning a vegetable garden

  Royal Horticultural Society

  Supports considering soil, cultivar and available space. It is not used to create the package calendar bands.

  Editorial role: fact reference · Rights position: Copyright source used only as a linked factual reference; the RHS vegetable planner and calendars are expressly excluded from reuse · Accessed: 2 August 2026

  Commercial use recorded: yes · Derivative use recorded: no

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• Bringing plants and wood into Great Britain

  UK Government and Animal and Plant Health Agency

  Supports checking current rules before bringing or ordering plants and seeds. Great Britain and Northern Ireland can have different requirements.

  Editorial role: fact reference · Rights position: Crown copyright information linked and summarized under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where applicable · Accessed: 2 August 2026

  Commercial use recorded: yes · Derivative use recorded: yes

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• Using pesticides in your garden, home or allotment

  Health and Safety Executive

  Supports checking current authorisation and the complete product label. The project does not diagnose or prescribe a pesticide.

  Editorial role: fact reference · Rights position: Official regulatory guidance linked and summarized; no database, label artwork or substantial text is reproduced · Accessed: 2 August 2026

  Commercial use recorded: yes · Derivative use recorded: no

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• Cookies and privacy notices in detail

  Information Commissioner's Office

  Supports transparent privacy information and the distinction between essential and optional storage. Applicability to the Spain-based operator remains for legal review.

  Editorial role: fact reference · Rights position: Official regulatory guidance linked and summarized without legal advice · Accessed: 2 August 2026

  Commercial use recorded: yes · Derivative use recorded: no

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• Services, public functions and associations: Code of Practice

  Equality and Human Rights Commission

  Supports considering non-discrimination and reasonable adjustments for services in Great Britain. Northern Ireland and cross-border applicability require separate legal review.

  Editorial role: fact reference · Rights position: Official guidance linked and summarized without claiming a legal conclusion · Accessed: 2 August 2026

  Commercial use recorded: yes · Derivative use recorded: no

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• Guía sobre el uso de las cookies — mayo de 2025

  Agencia Española de Protección de Datos

  Supports the Spain-based operator context. No optional storage is active in the technical candidate, and any advertising change requires a fresh legal and consent review.

  Editorial role: fact reference · Rights position: Official Spanish regulatory guidance linked and summarized without legal advice · Accessed: 2 August 2026

  Commercial use recorded: yes · Derivative use recorded: no

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