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Proud farmer who grows more crops in less space

Daniel Thairu, (Left) the brain behind the multi-storey gardens.

Picturesque! This is what best describes Mr Daniel Thairu’s farm along Kenyatta Road a few kilometres off the Thika Super Highway.

On a quarter-acre piece of land, Thairu has installed multi-storey gardens with stakes on which he grows strawberries, spinach, carrots and onions among other crops. 

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