Effective Date: September 2026
If you are a photographer, illustrator, designer, brand representative, or other creator who has found your work on bloomandsoil.com, this page is for you.
Gardening is highly visual, and Bloom & Soil uses images to explain growing techniques, illustrate garden ideas, show plants and containers, and make articles easier to understand. We respect the people who create those visuals and want any copyright or attribution concern to have a simple, respectful path to resolution.
Respect for Visual Creators
Bloom & Soil recognizes the work that goes into photography, illustration, design, product imagery, and other visual material.
We do not intend to take ownership of another creator’s work or disregard the rights attached to it. When third-party material appears on bloomandsoil.com, our goal is to use it under an appropriate license, permission, public-domain status, or other lawful basis.
If something has been credited incorrectly or used in a way that concerns you, we would rather hear from you directly and resolve it promptly.
Our Good-Faith Approach to Image Use
Bloom & Soil makes a good-faith effort to respect copyright and intellectual-property rights.
Third-party images are intended to be used only where Bloom & Soil believes there is an appropriate basis for doing so, such as permission, a valid license, Creative Commons terms, public-domain status, or, where applicable, the fair use doctrine for commentary, criticism, reporting, or other qualifying editorial purposes.
Bloom & Soil does not knowingly publish images with the intention of infringing another person’s copyright.
Copyright rules can depend on the image, its source, the license involved, and the context in which it is displayed. If you believe an image has been used incorrectly, please contact us so we can review the specific case.
How Images Are Sourced on Bloom & Soil
Images on Bloom & Soil may come from several different sources. Because the site covers container gardening, small-space gardening, indoor herbs, edible plants, garden layouts, tools, and growing techniques, the type of imagery used can vary from article to article.
1. Original Photography
Some images may be photographed specifically for Bloom & Soil by the site owner or an authorized contributor.
These can include plant photographs, container arrangements, gardening setups, tools, growing spaces, herbs, vegetables, and other original visual material.
Where Bloom & Soil owns the photograph outright, it remains protected by copyright and may not be republished commercially without permission.
2. Licensed Stock Photography
Bloom & Soil may use photographs and graphics obtained through commercial stock-image services.
Depending on availability and editorial needs, licensed material may come from services such as:
- Adobe Stock
- Shutterstock
- iStock
- Getty Images
- Depositphotos
- Canva Pro
These images are used according to the license supplied by the relevant provider.
Purchasing or licensing an image normally gives the website usage rights subject to specific conditions. It does not mean Bloom & Soil owns the photographer’s underlying copyright unless the agreement expressly provides otherwise.
3. Public-Domain Material
Some visual material may come from public-domain collections.
A work may be in the public domain because its copyright has expired, because copyright does not apply to the particular material, or because the rights holder has intentionally released it into the public domain.
Possible sources can include collections made available through:
- Wikimedia Commons
- Library of Congress
- Smithsonian Open Access
- Government or institutional archives
- Other recognized public-domain collections
Where an institution requests source acknowledgment even when formal attribution is not legally required, Bloom & Soil may provide that acknowledgment as a courtesy and to help readers locate the original material.
4. Creative Commons and Other Openly Licensed Images
Bloom & Soil may use images made available under Creative Commons licenses such as CC0, CC BY, or CC BY-SA.
Creative Commons licensing can require different conditions depending on the specific license. Where attribution is required, Bloom & Soil aims to provide the creator’s name, source, license information, and a link when reasonably possible.
Creative Commons material may be found through sources such as Wikimedia Commons and Flickr Commons.
Bloom & Soil may also use photographs from services such as Unsplash, Pexels, Pixabay, or Burst. These platforms may operate under their own image licenses rather than a Creative Commons license, so images obtained from them are used according to the terms that apply to the specific platform and image.
5. Brand, Product, Press, and Editorial Images
Gardening articles sometimes discuss products, containers, tools, seeds, equipment, brands, or other commercially available items.
Bloom & Soil may therefore display official product photography, press material, screenshots, packaging images, or similar brand-provided visuals where there is permission, an applicable media license, or another lawful editorial basis.
In limited situations, third-party images may be used for commentary, criticism, comparison, reporting, identification, or review where Bloom & Soil believes the use qualifies under applicable fair-use principles.
Where credit is appropriate or required, the original photographer, brand, publisher, or source is identified when reasonably possible.
6. Images Supplied by Readers, Contributors, or Collaborators
From time to time, Bloom & Soil may receive photographs or other visual material directly from readers, contributors, gardening businesses, brands, or collaborators.
Such material is used on the understanding that the person providing it has permission to share it for the stated purpose.
If you submitted an image and later want to discuss how it is being displayed, you are welcome to contact us.
How We Handle Attribution
When attribution is required by a license or is appropriate for editorial use, Bloom & Soil aims to credit the original creator or source clearly.
Attribution may include:
- The creator’s or photographer’s name
- The original publication or platform
- A source link where practical
- License information where required
- Brand or press-source identification
If you notice an incorrect creator name, broken source link, incomplete license reference, or another attribution problem, please tell us.
Verified attribution errors can be corrected promptly.
When Attribution Is Missing or Incomplete
Bloom & Soil may eventually contain a large number of articles, visual guides, pins, and individual images.
Despite good-faith efforts, an image may occasionally appear with incomplete attribution because of an editorial oversight, a source page that later disappeared, a broken link, incorrect source information, or an image that had circulated through several websites before its original source was identified.
That is not intended as a claim of ownership.
If you are the creator or rights holder, please contact us. We are happy to review the image and correct the record.
If You Find Your Work on Bloom & Soil
If you own the rights to an image appearing on bloomandsoil.com and have a concern, you can ask for whichever resolution works best for you:
- Add or correct attribution
We can add your name, update the credit, link to your portfolio or original source, or correct existing attribution. - Change how the image is displayed
You can ask us to review matters such as cropping, image size, watermark visibility, captioning, placement, or the destination of a source link. - Remove the image completely
If you would prefer your work not to appear on Bloom & Soil, you can request removal.
Send requests to:
There is no need to begin with an aggressive or formal notice. A straightforward email explaining the issue is usually enough for us to start reviewing it.
How Quickly We Respond
Bloom & Soil aims to respond to genuine rights-holder inquiries within 48 hours.
Straightforward removal requests can often be handled within the same business day once the image and request have been identified.
Cases requiring ownership verification, source research, or clarification may take slightly longer, but we will make a reasonable effort to keep you informed.
What Helps Us Resolve a Request Faster
You do not need to prepare a lengthy legal document.
To help us locate and review the image quickly, please include:
- The Bloom & Soil page URL where the image appears
- The original source or proof of ownership, such as your portfolio, photography website, original publication, or source page
- Your name and preferred contact method
- Your preferred outcome, either credit, modification, or removal
A short explanation is enough.
What Happens After You Contact Us
Once Bloom & Soil receives an image-rights request, we will review the page and identify the material involved.
Where reasonable, we may check the original source, licensing information, publication history, or evidence of ownership.
After the concern is confirmed, Bloom & Soil will take the appropriate action based on the request. That may mean correcting the attribution, changing the way the image appears, updating a link, or removing the image.
We will then reply to confirm what has been done.
You Can Contact Us Before Taking Formal Action
Creators and rights holders are welcome to contact Bloom & Soil directly before considering formal legal action.
You do not need to hire a lawyer or prepare a formal copyright notice simply to ask us to review an image.
A normal email is enough to start the conversation.
Our preference is to resolve legitimate concerns quickly, respectfully, and directly whenever possible.
Questions About an Image?
If you created an image that appears on bloomandsoil.com, represent the rights holder, or simply have a question about the source or credit attached to an image, please get in touch.
We respect the work behind the visuals that make gardening content useful and engaging, and we want genuine creator concerns to be easy to raise.
Bloom & Soil
Website: bloomandsoil.com
Image and copyright inquiries: contact@bloomandsoil.com
Effective Date: September 2026