To access all Gardenforum services

To be able to view the full range of services that Gardenforum offers, you need to become a subscriber. There are 2 forms of Subscription: -

1. Individual Subscription
   There is a single annual fee of £42. This will allow you to access Gardenforum services on any computer that you receive e-mails on. So you can access Gardenforum both at work and at home. Be careful not to pass your details to other people as anyone else accessing Gardenforum using your details will terminate your access.
2. Company Subscription
   If you and your colleagues wish to access Gardenforum from different computers, then you may should select the reduced rate Company subscription. This will be suitable for any colleagues with the same e-mail extension (e.g. xxxxxx@yourcompany.co.uk)
3. A Taster Subscription
   If you have never used Gardenforum before you may register, without charge, and have free access to all our services for 1 hour. This will give you the opportunity to see what Gardenforum has to offer you.
4. One Hour Subscription
   The one hour subscription is for those who are seeking occasional information, but who will not need Gardenforum on a regular basis

Tips on finding your way around

There is often a 'previous page' button in the left-hand column to get back to your previous page. If not, click on the 'back' button near the top of the screen (usually on the left).

When you 'click' on one of the sections in the navigation bar (the orange line above), the page that appears has its own sections shown on the left, click on any of these.

When you pass your cursor over Banner Adverts (Banners) and other words which link to more information your cursor changes to a hand. This means that you can click on it to read more information

How to find gardenforum.co.uk easily next time

Internet Explorer
Make sure you are looking at the gardenforum.co.uk home page, press the 'Favorites' button at the top of your page, then 'Add to Favorites'. Next time you want to visit gardenforum.co.uk click on the 'Favorites' button again and select gardenforum.co.uk

Netscape Navigator and Mozilla Firefox
Make sure you are looking at the gardenforum.co.uk home page, press the Bookmarks button near the top of your page, then click 'Add Bookmark'. Next time you want to visit gardenforum.co.uk click on the 'Bookmarks' button again and select gardenforum.co.uk

If gardenforum.co.uk is too wide to fit on the page

Most gardenforum.co.uk pages are too long to fit on your screen. Use the 'scroll bar' on the right to move down the page. Practice on this page.

If gardenforum.co.uk is too wide and you have to 'scroll' left to right to see a page, you should try to adjust your screen settings. gardenforum.co.uk is designed for a screen resolution of 1024 x 768. To adjust your settings click on the following buttons 'Start' (bottom left); settings; control panel; display; settings and set the screen area to 1024 x 768 or higher; apply. You will find many websites are easier to read.

Confidentiality

It will be your participation that brings life to gardenforum.co.uk, so we'll keep your details confidential. We will not pass your details on to any other party (other than our advisers for our use only), without asking your permission first, and we have no plans to do this. So feel free to send us e-mail messages.

We will keep your address and may send you Email from time to time with information we believe you may find interesting, but we won't pester you. If you prefer not to hear from us, you can click a privacy box whenever you send us a message and we will remove your address from our records.

If you have registered with Gardenforum, you may amend you details by clicking on the 'my account' button. If you would like to register to give you access to all Gardenforum services, click the 'register now' button on the home page.

Credit Card Security

You can use the 'place an entry' form to make your own entries onto gardenforum.co.uk. We charge for some of these services and you can pay by credit card on-line. When you do this you will pay using the NOCHEX payment gateway, via a secure link (note the 's' after http and the padlock that appears at the bottom of the screen). Your credit card details are not passed to gardenforum. We believe this link is at least as secure as using your credit card in a traditional shopping environment.

If you are still worried about on line credit cards, you can print out an order and send us a cheque.

Tips on filling out forms

When entering details onto gardenforum.co.uk entry forms, you should use the 'Tab Key' to move to the next field and not 'carriage return' as this will submit your form.

Save typing - use paste

When entering details onto gardenforum.co.uk entry forms, you may copy and paste from documents you already hold on your computer. This will save typing them all over again

If you would like to advertise

If you would like to advertise on gardenforum.co.uk use the yellow 'contact us' button on the left.

Charges

All charges on Gardenforum are quoted excluding VAT which will be added at the time of payment. You will be sent a VAT invoice on receipt of your payment. UK companies who are registered with HMCE, will be able to reclaim this.

And Finally

We believe that gardenforum has become an important source of information for all in the garden industry. And we have new services planned over the next few months. We are keen to hear your views. Please let us have comments, suggestions, criticisms, to help gardenforum.co.uk grow, mature and bear fruit.