# Spadeshire

> Spadeshire is a UK-focused gardening website. It publishes practical how-to guides for UK climates and seasons (beginners, vegetables, lawn care, pests, small spaces, and more) and helps people find local gardeners and landscapers by town or city. Browsing articles and the directory overview is free; users can register to access fuller gardener contact details and send enquiries. Gardeners can claim their listings.

## Who it's for

- UK residents who want practical gardening advice and inspiration (any experience level, from balcony to large garden).
- Local gardeners and landscapers who want to be discoverable in their area and manage a claimed profile.

## Primary URLs

- [Home](https://www.spadeshire.co.uk/): Main entry — hero search for gardeners by area and links to gardening content.
- [All posts](https://www.spadeshire.co.uk/posts): Article index.
- [Find a gardener](https://www.spadeshire.co.uk/gardeners-near-me): Hub to choose a location and browse gardener listings.
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.spadeshire.co.uk/privacy-policy)
- [Terms of Service](https://www.spadeshire.co.uk/terms-of-service)

## Content structure

- **Articles** live under topic categories (URL pattern: `https://www.spadeshire.co.uk/{category}/{slug}`). Categories include beginners-guide, seasonal-gardening, vegetables, flowers, lawn-care, pests-and-diseases, and others defined in the site’s article plan.
- **Gardener listings** use `https://www.spadeshire.co.uk/gardeners/{location-slug}` for a location and `https://www.spadeshire.co.uk/gardeners/{location-slug}/{gardener-slug}` for an individual profile.
- **Authors** have profile pages at `https://www.spadeshire.co.uk/author/{author-slug}`.

## How to cite

- Prefer linking to the specific article URL or gardener profile URL you used.
- Articles include publication-related metadata and author attribution in page markup for citation.

## Site policies for automated access

- See [robots.txt](https://www.spadeshire.co.uk/robots.txt) for crawler rules.
- [Sitemap index](https://www.spadeshire.co.uk/sitemap.xml) lists URL sets for posts, categories, pages, and gardener URLs.

## Contact

- General enquiries: hello@spadeshire.co.uk (as stated on the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service pages).

## Product marketing context (human + agent use)

- For positioning, audiences, voice, and goals maintained by the team, see the repository file `.agents/product-marketing-context.md` (not served as HTML; clone or internal docs).