VeraScape

Terms of Service

Last updated: November 12, 2026

Thank you for using VeraScape. We build it to help you see a garden before you plant it. Because we don’t know every gardener and landscaper personally, we need a few terms to keep things fair for everyone.

When we say “VeraScape”, “we”, “our” or “us”, we mean VeraScape Studios LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company.

When we say “the Service”, we mean the VeraScape app on iPad, Android and the web, and the servers and websites that run it.

When we say “you” or “your”, we mean the person who has a VeraScape account.

We may update these Terms. When we make a significant change, we’ll update the date at the top and tell you in the app or by email before it takes effect. When you use the Service, you’re agreeing to the latest Terms. If we don’t enforce a term at some point, that doesn’t mean we’ve given it up. These Terms contain a limitation of our liability.

Early access

VeraScape is in early access. That means:

  1. While sign-up is by invitation, you need an invite code to create an account. Invite codes are for the people they were given to; please don’t sell or publish them.
  2. The Service is still being built. Features will change, appear and disappear, and some things won’t work as they should. Please tell us when they don’t.
  3. Early access is free unless we tell you otherwise before you buy anything.

Account terms

  1. You must be 18 or older to create an account, and you confirm that you are when you sign up. The Service is made for homeowners and landscape professionals, and some services we may use for future features don’t allow use by anyone under 18.
  2. You must be a human. Accounts created by bots or other automated means aren’t allowed.
  3. One person per account. You’re responsible for keeping your password safe and for everything that happens under your account. We can’t be liable for loss or damage from a password you didn’t keep safe. If you think someone else has your password, reset it with “Forgot password?” on the sign-in screen, which also signs out every device; “Sign out everywhere” in Profile does that on its own.
  4. You may not use the Service for any of the restricted purposes below.

Use restrictions

When you use VeraScape, you agree not to:

  • Collect or extract data from accounts that aren’t yours, or scrape the plant catalog or the Service in bulk.
  • Get around, disable or interfere with the Service’s security features or usage limits.
  • Upload viruses or other malware, or anything designed to track other people.
  • Interfere with, disrupt or overload the Service or the networks it runs on.
  • Trick, defraud or mislead us or anyone else, including by impersonating someone.
  • Upload photos you don’t have the right to use, or photos meant to harass, intimidate or invade the privacy of others.
  • Use the Service in a way that breaks any law.

Photos you upload

We may check uploaded photos, with automated tools or by a person, to enforce these rules.

  • Abusive photos end your account. If you upload anything violent, sexual or illegal, we may close your account right away, without warning, and remove what you uploaded.
  • Photos should show a yard or garden. If you repeatedly upload photos that have nothing to do with landscape design (say, a car in a parking lot, or a product you’re trying to sell), we may turn off photo uploads for your account. Your designs and the rest of your account stay.

Accounts that break these rules may be suspended or closed. To report misuse, email support@verascape.app.

Your content

  1. Your yard photos and designs are yours. We claim no ownership of anything you put into VeraScape, or of the images, plans and lists you export from it.
  2. The licence you give us is limited. You let us store, copy, process and display your content only to provide the Service to you: for example, to save your project, show it to you on your other devices, and make the images and lists you ask for. We don’t use your content to train AI models, and we don’t show it to anyone else or use it in marketing without asking you first. This licence ends when you delete the content or your account, apart from short-term backups (see the Privacy Policy).
  3. You’re responsible for having the right to upload what you upload. A photo of your own yard is fine; a photo you found online may not be.
  4. We don’t pre-screen content, but we may remove content that breaks these Terms.

Our content and the plant illustrations

  1. VeraScape Studios LLC or its licensors own the Service: the app, its design, the plant catalog and the illustrations. Using the Service doesn’t give you ownership of any of it.
  2. You may not copy, resell or redistribute the Service, or reuse its code or visual design, without our written permission. You may not use our name or logo to promote anything without asking.
  3. Plant illustrations marked CC BY-SA 4.0 on the Acknowledgements screen are available under that licence. Nothing in these Terms limits what that licence lets you do with them.
  4. Plant photos on the plant details pages belong to their photographers, credited on each page and on the Acknowledgements screen, under the licences listed there.

Plant information and measurements

VeraScape’s plant sizes come from growers, extension services and botanical references, and the app lists its sources on each plant’s page. Hardiness zones come from the USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, and invasive plant warnings from states’ official invasive plant lists, for the states we cover so far. Your design is drawn to scale from the measurements you mark on your photo.

Real plants vary with climate, soil, care and time, and a scale is only as accurate as the measurements behind it. So treat sizes, spacing, zones and quantities as a well-sourced guide for planning, and check with your local nursery, extension office or a professional before you buy, plant or build. VeraScape doesn’t replace a site survey, local rules on what may be planted, or checking for underground utilities before you dig.

Payment, refunds and plan changes

  1. VeraScape is free during early access. If we offer paid features (for example, unlocking a project or a lifetime plan), we’ll show the price before you buy. During early access the app may show what a feature will cost without selling it yet.
  2. Purchases in the iPad app are made through Apple and follow Apple’s terms, including its refund process. Purchases on the web will be made through Stripe.

Cancellation and termination

  1. You can delete your account at any time in the app, under Profile → Delete account. That deletes your account and content as described in the Privacy Policy, and it can’t be undone. Export any images or lists you want to keep first.
  2. We may suspend or close your account if you break these Terms, or if we need to for legal reasons. Where we can, we’ll tell you first and give you a chance to save your work.
  3. When early access ends, or if we ever shut the Service down, we’ll give you reasonable notice, at least 30 days, so you can export what you want to keep.

Changes to the Service

We’re always improving VeraScape. We may add, change or remove features, temporarily or for good. If we change prices for something you already pay for, we’ll give you at least 30 days’ notice by email.

Uptime, security and privacy

  1. The Service is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, to the extent the law allows. We work hard to keep it running and your data safe, but we don’t promise it will always be available, error-free, or never lose data. Keep your own copies of anything important.
  2. We protect your data with encrypted connections, private photo storage and backups. Our Privacy Policy explains what we collect, why, and who helps us run the Service. You agree we may process your data as it describes, and for no other purpose.

Features and bugs

We design VeraScape with care, based on our own experience and the feedback of people who use it. There’s no such thing as an app that pleases everybody, so we can’t promise it will meet your particular needs. As with any software, it has bugs. We track the ones reported to us and fix the most important first, especially anything to do with security or privacy.

Liability

To the extent the law allows, you understand and agree that VeraScape Studios LLC isn’t liable, in law or in equity, to you or to anyone else for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive or exemplary damages, including lost profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (even if we were told such damages were possible), resulting from: (i) using or being unable to use the Service; (ii) the cost of getting substitute goods or services; (iii) someone getting into or changing your data without permission; (iv) what anyone else says or does on the Service; or (v) anything else to do with these Terms or the Service, whether the claim is for breach of contract, tort (including negligence) or any other theory.

In other words: using VeraScape means you’re making a bet on us. If the bet doesn’t work out, that’s on you, not us. We work hard to be a safe bet: careful running of the business, attention to security, and keeping your data backed up. Some states don’t allow some of these limits, so they may not all apply to you.

Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to its conflict of law rules. Any dispute is heard in the state or federal courts for Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email support@verascape.app.

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