Accessibility Statement
Last updated: August 8, 2026
CloverBear aims to make its houseplant guidance usable by as many readers as practical, including people who navigate with a keyboard, magnify text, use a screen reader, or prefer reduced motion. Accessibility is treated as an ongoing editorial and technical responsibility rather than a one-time certification.
Measures built into the site
- A skip link allows keyboard users to move directly to the main content.
- Pages use one primary heading followed by a logical heading hierarchy.
- Navigation, buttons, form controls, and links have visible keyboard focus indicators.
- Informative images include alternative text, while dimensions are declared to reduce unexpected layout movement.
- Text and controls use the existing high-contrast forest, parchment, and amber design system.
- Layouts adapt to narrow screens without requiring horizontal page scrolling.
- The mobile navigation control exposes its expanded or collapsed state to assistive technology.
- Reduced-motion preferences disable nonessential transitions and smooth scrolling.
- Articles use descriptive link text, tables with header cells, labelled navigation regions, and accessible table-of-contents links.
Known limitations
The site uses externally hosted web fonts. If those files are unavailable or a reader blocks them, the design falls back to commonly available serif and sans-serif fonts while keeping the content usable. Complex plant diagrams are accompanied by concise alternative text and captions, but some visual relationships may still be easier to understand visually than through a short text equivalent.
Email is the current contact method. The site does not ship a nonfunctional form, but opening an email link requires a configured mail application or use of the displayed address in another email service.
Feedback and assistance
If a page, control, illustration, or document creates an accessibility barrier, email hello@cloverbear.com. Include the page URL, a description of the problem, the device or assistive technology involved when comfortable sharing it, and the format or accommodation that would help. Accessibility reports are reviewed alongside technical corrections.
Continuous improvement
New and substantially revised pages are checked for heading order, keyboard access, alternative text, focus visibility, responsive overflow, and basic semantic structure before publication. Automated checks can identify common failures, but they do not replace manual keyboard and screen-size testing. Material accessibility fixes are included in the site's normal correction and maintenance process.