Seeds collection is backbone of his tree nursery empire

Harrison Njuguna drives a spade into a mixture of red soil, manure, charcoal dust, ash and sand. The ease with which he scoops speaks of a man adept in the task. Njuguna has over 20,000 seedlings on his two nurseries.

Walking into the nurseries at Gatitu and Ithanga in Kiambu County on Thika-Garissa highway one can’t help but marvel at his evergreen seedlings. And the 38-year-old farmer is proud of his fulfillment: “It was hectic taking my firstborn through his secondary school education when I was a driver. Now, I am educating the other three with ease.”