Rains!

The first rains have arrived which is a huge relief! The small lagoon is now starting to fill with water which will feed the new varieties of delphiniums being planted in the new tunnels. This is to have a closed, sustainable irrigation system.

Hydroponic Veggie Gardens

Floriculture have been revamping the planting for their kitchen. Carrots and Sukuma are being grown in horizontal hydroponic grow bags.

Sea freight for flowers

Kisima Floriculture has continued to use sea freight for flowers over the past year. We plan to double the export using sea freight as calculations show sea freight uses 80% less carbon than air freight. The flowers are harvested into a solution and then dipped into an Ethylene gas suppressor before being packed in polythene packets.

Audits and Accreditations

Kisima Floriculture has been certified to the Gold accreditation standard for the second year by the Kenya Flower Council. A fantastic achievement as one of only three famr sot have acheived this standard.

The European MPS-SQ audit was completed and this audit focuses on health and safety, and good working conditions. With the MPS-Socially Qualified (SQ) certificate, you demonstrate that your company meets the national and international requirements in the field of health and safety. Floriclture continues on the path to social and environmental sustainability excellence.

'Worm Juice'

Kisima Floriculture has established wormeries and has created ‘worm juice’ to supplement the need for fertilizers for our plants. The worm juice works as a natural fertilizer. The defoliated leaves and rose waste are used as the ‘food.’ The worms then eat and digest the broken down waste and produce the juice material. This is the purest form of organic fertilizer and is used every week alongside the traditional fertilizers.

Gold KFC

Kisima Floriculture has been certified to the Gold accreditation standard, the highest possible standard in Kenya by the Kenya Flower Council. This is a real achievement and sets us on the path to social and environmental sustainability excellence. Well done Floriculture!

Waiting for the rains!

We are desperately waiting for the rains! Any and every way of getting water into our lagoons which includes designing our own guttering from every roof.

Expansion, expansion, expansion!

The trial house is in full bloom and all the trials are now being evaluated for 2023 and beyond. The new Craspedia expansion is underway to capture the European summer market. The new rose expansion is fully planted and we are now harvesting.

A 2ha expansion is underway at Floriculture and we have invested in state of the art metal greenhouses.

The Haygrove Tunnels are being constructed and the structures are going up this month for the new Matthiola project.

Sea Freight for Flowers

In early December our first sea freight container left for Europe packed with flowers. The container will arrive in the first week of January and it will be very interesting to see how this trial goes with regards to reducing our air freight carbon emissions for floriculture.

October updates

The first commercial Alstroemeria was planted with three new varieties which will be available on the market in 2022. By the end of November we will have completed our indoor Delphinium project. We have taken 1.5ha of hydroponic roses out in preparation for the new indoor Delphiniums.

July updates

Pictured below is a Kisima flower bouquet designed by our packhouse manager Ruth. Health & Safety training underway on the proper use of harnesses when working on the greenhouse roofs. A new state of the art irrigation system has been set up to feed a planned 2ha rose expansion and further summer flowers expansion. The first Delphinium grown inside a greenhouse! This is an exciting new venture with new varieties. The new planting of 'No Limit' will come into production in July.

Haygrove Tunnels

The Haygrove tunnels are now complete and ready for a new crop. These tunnels provide better growing conditions and protection from the rain. A new trial house has also been built and the first trial varieties have been planted.