These terms and conditions apply to the use of the Blooming Green website and, by accessing this Website and/or placing an order you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set out below. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions you should not access this Website. If you have any questions relating to these terms and conditions please call us on 01622 298676 between 9am and 4pm Wednesday to Friday, before placing an order.
You can also find out how we make sure your personal data is secure by reading our privacy policy
Definitions
• “Conditions” means these terms and conditions;
• “Product” means an item displayed for sale on the Website;
• “Product Description” means that part of the Website where certain terms and conditions in respect of the individual Product are provided;
• “Users” means the users of the Website collectively;
• “Personal Information” means the details provided by you;
• “We/us” means Blooming Green;
• “Website” means the website located at www.bloominggreenflowers.co.uk;
• “United Kingdom” means England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands and
• “You” means a user of this Website.
Use of the website
You are provided with access to this Website in accordance with these Conditions and any orders placed by you must be placed in accordance with these Conditions. You warrant that the Personal Information which you provide as a customer is true, accurate, current and complete in all respects. You will notify us of any changes to the Personal Information by e-mail or calling us 01622 298676 between 9am and 4pm Wednesday to Friday.
Indemnity
You agree fully to indemnify, defend and hold us, and our officers, directors, employees, agents and suppliers, harmless immediately on demand, from and against all claims, liability, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of any breach of the Conditions by you or any other liabilities arising out of your use of this Website, or the use by any other person accessing the Website using your shopping account and/or your Personal Information.
Our rights
We reserve the right to: modify or withdraw, temporarily or permanently, this Website (or any part thereof) with or without notice to you and you confirm that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification to or withdrawal of the Website; and/or change the Conditions from time to time, and your continued use of the Website (or any part thereof) following such change shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change. It is your responsibility to check regularly to determine whether the Conditions have been changed. If you do not agree to any change to the Conditions then you must immediately stop using the Website.
Privacy
We will treat all your Personal Information as confidential. When you shop on this Website, we will ask you to input and will collect Personal Information from you such as your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number as well as the delivery address and product selections for your orders.
This site does not use Cookies however it does subscribe to Google’s analytics service and Google may install Cookies on to your computer. Google’s cookies may collect information about where you are on the internet and your past and future surfing habits (eg the URL you came from, IP address, domain types, your browser type, the country and telephone area code where your computer is located, the pages of our website that were viewed during your visit, the advertisements you clicked on, and any search terms that you entered on our website (“User Information”) plus more besides. Google and its partners may also try to link the data they collect from you on this website with data they collect from other websites around the world. You may switch off Cookies on your computer and you will be able to use this site as normal.
You should be aware that this site is being monitored and may capture information about your visit that will help us or our web developers and service providers improve the quality of our service.
We confirm that any Personal Information which you provide to us when checking out and any User Information from which we can identify you, is used only for the following purposes: processing your orders; for statistical or survey purposes to improve this Website and its services to you; to administer this website. You agree that you do not object to us contacting you for any of the above purposes whether by telephone, e-mail or in writing and you confirm that you do not and will not consider any of the above as being a breach of any of your rights under the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003. You should be aware that if we are requested by the police or other government authority investigating suspected illegal activities to provide your Personal Information and/or User Information, we are entitled do so.
Orders
We will take all reasonable care, in so far as it is in our power to do so, to keep the details of your order and payment secure, but in the absence of negligence on our part we cannot be held liable for any loss you may suffer if a third party procures unauthorised access to any data you provide when accessing or ordering from the Website.
Contract creation and electronic contracting
The technical steps required to create the contract between you and us are as follows:
• You place the order for your products on the Website and pay via Paypal. For Paypal Terms and Conditions, visit: http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/terms-outside If you have provided a valid email address, Paypal will send to you an order acknowledgement email detailing the products you have ordered. This is not an order confirmation or order acceptance from Blooming Green.
• You place your order via telephone, paying with a Debit/Credit card and payment is taken at that point and processed via HSBC Merchant Services / Global Iris.
• Order acceptance and the completion of the contract between you and us will take place on the dispatch to you of the Products ordered unless we have notified you that we do not accept your order, or you have cancelled it in accordance with the instructions in Change or cancel an order
Non-acceptance of an order may be a result of one of the following:
• The product you ordered being unavailable from stock.
• Our inability to obtain authorisation for your payment.
• The identification of a pricing or product description error.
• You not meeting the eligibility to order criteria set out in the main Terms & Conditions.
The contract will be concluded in English.
Description of products
Each item purchased is sold subject to its Product Description which sets out additional Specific Conditions related to that Product including, without limitation, terms and conditions concerning estimated delivery dates and times, warranties, after-sales service and guarantees. We will take all reasonable care to ensure that all details, descriptions and prices of Products appearing on the Website are correct at the time when the relevant information was entered onto the system. Although we aim to keep the Website as up to date as possible, the information including Product Descriptions appearing on this Website at a particular time may not always reflect the position exactly at the moment you place an order. We cannot confirm the price of a Product until your order is accepted in accordance with our Order acceptance policy.
Flowers
In the event of supply difficulties, we reserve the right to substitute goods or packaging of equal quality and value.
Wedding Flowers: Terms & Conditions
Many brides order their wedding flowers direct online but we also take bookings for wedding flowers so these terms and conditions then apply. As always we want to ensure that a high standard of service is offered throughout our contract with our customers. We can be contacted on 01622 298676 or [email protected]
PYO Wedding Flowers
The price at time of ordering covers the cost of the bucket, plus contents of mixed flowers and foliage.
Once we have received your order we will check our calendar and, if our flowers are available, we will send you an invoice. Your booking is confirmed once this invoice is paid in full.
We cannot guarantee specific colours or flowers but offer a wide range of seasonal flowers, foliage, seed heads and berries.
‘Pick Your Own’ refers to picking on the Blooming Green flower plot at Loddington Farm as well we selecting ‘pre-picked’ flowers from our flower-shop.
If you are not entirely satisfied with the selection of flowers on offer, we will refund you for any pre-booked PYO buckets that remain unpicked.
Care and responsibility for the flowers, once they have been picked, lies entirely with the customer – we cannot be held responsible for packing and transporting the flowers, although we are happy to give advice.
Receipt of full payment will be considered acceptance of our terms and conditions.
Affordable Wedding Flowers
Affordable Wedding Flowers are booked online.
We will provide seasonal flowers and floral arrangements based on your order, with regards to number of items and colour preferences. These will be arranged by a professional florist.
A ‘notes section’ on your order form allows you, the customer, to make personal requests, which we will do our best to provide, ie, likes and dislikes. We use this merely for guidance and in no way guarantee that we will meet specific requests.
If you are not entirely satisfied with the selection of flowers on offer for ‘pick-your-own’, we will refund you for any pre-booked PYO buckets that remain unpicked.
A 50% refund will apply to any orders cancelled more than one week before your wedding / required date.
Wedding flower orders cancelled less than one week before your wedding / event are non-refundable.
If you are not entirely happy with your pre-booked floral items, this must be raised with us, on collection.
Care and responsibility for the flowers, once they have been collected, lies entirely with the customer. We are happy to give care instructions and advice on transportation and storage.
Receipt of full payment will be considered acceptance of our terms and conditions.
Bespoke Wedding Flowers
Deposit
£100 to secure date – refundable
The £100 deposit is subtracted from your final wedding invoice. Payment of deposit is an acknowledgement of Terms and Conditions.
50% deposit within 2 weeks of receiving quote, post consultation
If you decide to postpone your wedding we will hold your 50% deposit until your wedding goes ahead. Payment of deposit is an acknowledgement of Terms and Conditions.
Quotation and Payment
No wedding or event is booked until the 50% deposit has been paid. Quotes are valid for 30 days. Once the 50% deposit has been paid, then the prices and dates are secure unless stated otherwise.
Additional charges:
Site visit, before or after consultation, charged at same rate as flower delivery (£1 per mile each way, plus £35 per hour).
Adjustments to quote / order: an hour’s consultation is included as part of our bespoke service, as are 2 adjustments to your order. After this, adjustments to your order are charged at £35 per re-invoice.
A quotation, followed by an invoice for the cost of your wedding flowers will be sent to you after the initial consultation. This is a guide price as you may make changes closer to the wedding day in terms of type of arrangement and quantity. You will receive a final invoice approximately one month before your wedding. Payment is accepted by card, cash or direct payment via internet banking.
Payment in full is required at least one week before the wedding.
Clear-up & collection of items
Charged at same rate as flower delivery (£1 per mile each way, plus £35 per hour)
Cancellations
In the event of cancellation, the £100 booking fee will not be refunded. Complete cancellation of the wedding must be advised in writing.
Availability of Flowers
We do not guarantee specific stem types. We will work with your wish lists and if available we will include them however if not we will use the wish list blooms as inspiration for alternative blooms.
The options are that you can leave us to choose a mix of flowers -- or we will work to a general colour and style, based on our discussions, plus emails and photos that you send in. Please note this is never produces identical flowers or designs to the photos that you send in, these are used as inspiration.
Delivery
Any queries must be raised within 30 minutes of delivery by telephoning 01622 298676
Hire/use of vases, crates etc
We charge a refundable deposit for this service. Containers must be returned to Blooming Green, Loddington Farm, Loddington Lane within 2 weeks -- or as agreed.
Charges will be made for any glassware returned cracked, chipped or broken. Replacement of goods is charged at the current purchase price, it is then the responsibility of the hirer to reclaim any of these costs from the venue if the venue was at fault.
Equipment hired (jugs, bottles, vases, plinths, candelabras, etc) remain the property of Blooming Green at all times.
Workshops & courses
Workshop places must be paid for at the time of booking.
Places will not be held without payment in full.
Full refunds for cancellations can be made until seven working days before the workshop date.
Less than seven working days before the workshop refunds will not be made for workshop places which the customer cannot attend.
Please note that food provided on our workshops is prepared in a kitchen where allergens might be present. it is essential that if you are attending a workshop at Blooming Green and have any kind of food allergy or intolerance that you inform us before the day of the workshop / course / retreat.
Photographs
Blooming Green reserves the right to take photographs of flowers and the setting prior to the wedding which may be used for promotional purposes.
Responsibility
Blooming Green accepts no liability for injury, loss or damage to the hirer or any third party of any equipment hired for use at the event.
Gift Vouchers
Blooming Green gift vouchers can be used to purchase goods in person from Blooming Green. They may not be exchanged for cash.
If the goods purchased total less than the value of the gift voucher, any balance will be lost.
Intellectual property and right to use
You acknowledge and agree that all copyright, trademarks and all other intellectual property rights in all material or content supplied as part of the Website shall remain at all times vested in us or our licensors. You are permitted to use this material only as expressly authorised by us or our licensors.
You acknowledge and agree that the material and content contained within the Website is made available for your personal non-commercial use only and that you may (if necessary to make a Purchase) download such material and content onto only one computer hard drive for such purpose. Any other use of the material and content of the Website is strictly prohibited. You agree not to (and agree not to assist or facilitate any third party to) copy, reproduce, transmit, publish, display, distribute, commercially exploit or create derivative works of such material and content.
Compliance with laws
The Website may be used only for lawful purposes and in a lawful manner. You agree to comply with all applicable laws, statutes and regulations regarding the Website and any transactions conducted on or through the Website.
Limitation of liability
While we will use reasonable endeavours to verify the accuracy of any information we place on the Website, we make no warranties, whether express or implied in relation to its accuracy. The Website is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without any representation or endorsement made and we make no warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, in relation to the Website, or any transaction that may be conducted on or through the Website including but not limited to, implied warranties of non-infringement, compatibility, security, accuracy, conditions of completeness, or any implied warranty arising from course of dealing or usage or trade.
We make no warranty that the Website will meet your requirements or will be uninterrupted, timely or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs or represents the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the Website. We will not be responsible or liable to you for any loss of content or material uploaded or transmitted through the Website.
To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, we disclaim any and all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, in relation to the Products. This does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer, nor does it affect your Contract Cancellation Rights.
We will not be liable, in contract, tort (including, without limitation, negligence), pre-contract or other representations (other than fraudulent or negligent misrepresentations) or otherwise out of or in connection with the Conditions for any economic losses (including without limitation loss of revenues, profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings); or any loss of goodwill or reputation; or any special or indirect losses suffered or incurred by that party arising out of or in connection with the provisions of any matter under the Conditions.
Nothing in the Conditions shall exclude or limit our liability for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or that of our servants, agents or employees.
Severance
If any part of the Conditions shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed to be severable from the Conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any of the remaining provisions of the Conditions.
Waiver
No waiver by us shall be construed as a waiver of any proceeding or succeeding breach of any provision.
Survival
Each provision of the Conditions shall be construed as separately applying and surviving even if for any reason one or other of those provisions is held to be inapplicable or unenforceable in any circumstances.
Entire agreement
These Conditions govern our relationship with you. Any changes to these Conditions must be in writing and signed by both parties. In this way, we can avoid any problems surrounding what Blooming Green and you are expected to do. You confirm that, in agreeing to accept the Conditions, you have not relied on any representation save insofar as the same has expressly been made a term of these Conditions and you agree that you shall have no remedy in respect of any representation. Your Statutory Rights are not affected by these terms and conditions. Nothing in this Clause shall limit or exclude our liability in respect of any fraudulent or negligent misrepresentation whether or not such has become a term of the Conditions.
Law
The Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and you irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.
Contact
The company address is Blooming Green, Loddington Farm, Loddington Lane, Linton, Maidstone, Kent, Me17 4AG
Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to these Conditions. Questions regarding the Conditions should be directed to Rebekah Bibby or Jennifer Stuart-Smith, Blooming Green, Loddington Farm, Loddington Lane, Linton, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 4AG. 01622 745917