Buy Tree Seedlings in Kenya

Kichaka lists verified tree nurseries in all 47 counties, both government and private. Browse by county to find nurseries near you, compare prices per seedling, and order online for delivery or collection.

Price depends on the species and how the seedling was raised. Potted indigenous and timber seedlings are usually the cheapest, fast-growing varieties such as grevillea and eucalyptus cost a little more, and grafted fruit stock like Hass avocado or macadamia is the most expensive because it takes longer to produce and fruits years earlier. Every listing shows its price in Kenyan shillings per seedling, so you can compare nurseries directly.

Match the species to your site rather than to price. Altitude, rainfall and soil decide the outcome. Highland counties suit cypress, pine, grevillea and highland bamboo; semi-arid counties suit mukau, terminalia and acacias; the coast suits casuarina, cashew and coconut. Enter your county on Kichaka and the recommender scores the available varieties against that county's climate profile.

Government nurseries tend to concentrate on indigenous and catchment species in large volumes at low prices. Private nurseries are commercial and usually carry a wider range of grafted fruit, ornamental and agroforestry stock. Kichaka lists both and labels each one, so you can see which you are buying from before you order.

Yes. Every nursery is reviewed and approved by our team before its listings go live, and buyers can leave ratings and reviews afterwards. Nurseries that are suspended or still pending review do not appear in search results.

A seedling inherits the form and vigour of the tree its seed came from. Seed collected from a few poorly formed parent trees produces a crooked, low-yielding stand no matter how well you tend it. Ask the nursery where its seed came from. A nursery that can answer is one worth buying from.

For avocado, mango, macadamia, citrus and passion fruit, yes. A grafted seedling fruits in about three years and produces the variety named on the label. One grown from a seed may take eight years and will not reliably resemble its parent. Look for a clean, healed graft union about 20 to 30 cm above the soil, and get the variety written on your receipt.

Plant at the onset of the rains so seedlings establish before the next dry spell, either the long rains from March to May or the short rains from October to December. Order ahead of the season, because nurseries sell out of popular varieties once the rains start.

Yes. After checkout Kichaka matches your order with a transporter near the nursery, and you can track the delivery through to your farm. You can also collect from the nursery yourself if that is cheaper for the quantity you are buying.

Create an account, submit your nursery details, and our team reviews the application. Registration is free for both government and private nurseries. Once approved you can list seedlings with photos, prices, stock levels and species information, and take orders from across Kenya.