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      Rules & Guidelines

      1. Treat all topics and members with mutual respect. You are not always going to agree, but you can disagree respectfully. Friendly debate is fine, but please keep it civil and informative. Basically, treat others as you would like to be treated.
      2. No self-promotion, selling, links, other FB Groups or Pages etc. We want to maintain the positive atmosphere within this Group. There are plenty of buy and sell groups online. We are working on something for next year, we will keep you posted. These are the posts we delete, and we reserve the right to define those terms however we see fit.
      3. Please do not ask for piece trade cutting, swap underneath peoples post. No selling, swapping or trading anything in the community. It just cause drama. There are lots of Buy/Sell Groups already on FB. Anyone caught breaking this rule will be immediately removed from the Group. If you see these sort of posts in the forum, please report then to admin.
      4. We appreciate all our members but please note with lots of members being added daily we are getting swamped with "thanks for the add" posts. Feel free to introduce yourself along with a pic of your plants babies but please refrain from posting single text posts such as "thanks" or "thanks for the add"
      5. Please do not gang up on other Group members. Anyone can make a mistake. Anyone found to be doing this will be removed immediately.
      6. Any snide, snooty unnecessary remarks will get you removed
      7. Do not share other Groups or share pics directly from other Groups.
      8. Please do NOT privately message admin unless absolutely necessary and group related. Please report posts/members that need to be attended to and be patient.
      9. Posts which (will) cause disruption to the group, encourage dangerous behaviors or are antagonistic will be deleted
      10. Banned topics include Marijuana, Politics, Religion, crass sexual innuendo (we have younger members in this group making it inappropriate)
      11. Please do not ask for or give out personal details such as phone numbers to anyone.
      12. Group administrators will not be responsible for any posting/sharing/commenting of stolen/fake/doctored photos/offensive videos/divisive or factually incorrect content/offensive words/personal advertisements/promotion/propaganda by any member/members. All liabilities goes to all member/members/stock-images sites/social-networks/web photo media and they are fully/solely responsibilities for posting/sharing/commenting for their own activities in the group and future public debts/legal hazards/personal losses/damage of personal property/ abuse of National or International Laws/any kind of financial loss.
      13. Post only images that belong to you, not someone else. If you found the image on the Internet, and you haven’t acquired a license for it, don’t post it here. It will be removed, without notice.
      14. Please limit your posts to 2 per day.
      15. We will not allow posts that bash a grower or company or similar topic, or points out something someone did wrong. This is a positive place only and will remain that way. Be kind-hearted and compassionate and give everyone the benefit of the doubt. There is lots of review sites, this is not one.
      16. Racist or Sexist comments and/or posts will absolutely not be tolerated.
      17. Please back your claims up. You are responsible for monitoring your post. If you aren't and/or it is going off the rails the admin team reserves the right to either shut down comments, delete the post entirely, remove people from the community.
      18. Admins will delete a post that has been posted numerous times before. It’s nothing personal, just trying to keep fresh information available to you all.
      19. Unfortunately we do not allow donation sites I.e. GoFundMe, YouCaring, etc. This also goes for contest posts.
      20. All links and/or videos must be from reputable sites only. We will also delete anything that shows up as "attachment unavailable".
      21. If your post gets out of control, the admin team reserves the right to step in and shut down comments or delete it.
      22. Please do not block a member of the admin team. This only hinders communication. If we see that you have blocked one of us, you will be removed from the group until the block has been removed. You can’t see us, but we can still see you.
      23. Our rules are ever evolving and may change from time to time. Please keep an eye out for updates. We reserve the right to change the rules at any time. Inappropriate posts will be removed, and members may be banned at admins’ discretion.
      24. Do not post content that involves mistreatment or abuse of an animal.
      25. Do not post about issues with the group or other members. If you have an issue, contact an admin.
      26. Do not post about taking plants or cuttings without permission.
      27. We can’t be everywhere at once, and posts/comments aren’t actively approved by admins before they appear. So just because a junk post or an offensive comment made it past us doesn’t mean we actively approved of it, and it doesn’t mean we won’t delete it or similar posts and comments in the future. Please help by reporting.
      28. Our group is for all levels of gardener from all walks of life. Anyone found to be ridiculing, talking down, mansplaining to fellow members will be removed.
      29. We have a large amount of older members who are not always tech savvy. Please be courteous, patient and understanding.
      30. Please keep the posts relevant to the topic of the Group
      31. The community is not here to answer every little question you have. Please do your research, search through previous posts for answers. Ask not what the community can do for you but what you can do for the community.
      32. Unfortunately due to span we are not allowing any businesses/growers into the group at present.
      33. Admins get friend requests all the time from community members but unfortunately we cannot accept them all.
      34. We do not censor posts or use manual post approval. We trust people to post and share kindly and responsibly. If you break this trust you will be removed from all our communities.
      35. If you have any questions about the rules please contact us here - @theonlinegardencenter.
      36. All the rules/terms & conditions are applicable to all new and existing members. By remaining in this group you agree to be bound by the Groups guidelines.
      37. Sometimes we close entries to the group temporarily (for example over Winter) Please be patient and we will get you in as soon as we can.
      38. By posting your pics on the group we reserve the right to re-share these images on our Social media.