Culinary herb
Fresh basil
Sweet Genovese type basil, grown under greenhouse cover in Kajiado and packed to your specification for airfreight from Nairobi.
Fresh herbs
Fresh culinary herbs from Kenya
Twelve culinary herbs grown in greenhouse and open field in Kajiado, cut to order and packed to your specification for airfreight from Nairobi.
Herbs with their own page
Our most requested herbs
Culinary herb
Fresh chives
Fine, dark green chives, cut to order in Kajiado and packed to your specification for airfreight from Nairobi.
Culinary herb
Fresh rosemary
Firm, upright rosemary sprigs from open field production in Kajiado, packed to your specification for airfreight from Nairobi.
Culinary herb
Fresh oregano
Leafy oregano stems from open field production in Kajiado, packed to your specification for airfreight from Nairobi.
Culinary herb
Fresh tarragon
French tarragon grown under greenhouse cover in Kajiado, cut to order and packed to your specification for airfreight from Nairobi.
Culinary herb
Fresh lemongrass
Trimmed, graded lemongrass stalks from Kajiado, packed to your specification for airfreight from Nairobi.
The full range
Twelve herbs in three groups
Soft herbs
Sweet Genovese type basil, spearmint, leaf and stem coriander, dill, flat and curly parsley, fine dark green chives and French tarragon.
Woody herbs
Rosemary in firm upright sprigs, thyme in bushy sprigs, oregano in leafy stems and sage with broad silver leaves.
Stalk herbs
Lemongrass, supplied as trimmed, graded stalks.
Grown to order
Other herbs can be trialled and grown to order for buyers who commit to a programme.
Certification scope. Our current GLOBALG.A.P. certificate lists basil, tarragon, oregano, thyme and sage among the herbs. Chives, rosemary, mint, coriander, dill, parsley and lemongrass are not listed on it, so please ask us for their status before you order.
Production
How we grow herbs
Herbs are planted on a weekly programme so that cutting can continue through the year. We confirm actual availability and volumes each week.
- Greenhouse production for soft herbs, and open field for rosemary, thyme, oregano and sage.
- Drip irrigation and fertigation for uniform, clean stems.
- Integrated pest management, with residue analysis for the markets we ship to.
- Harvest early in the morning, in the coolest part of the day.
Packing and handling
Packed to your specification
- Graded and trimmed at the farm after cutting.
- Bunches, punnets, bags or loose in cartons.
- Private label and retail formats on request.
- Cooled at the farm and kept in the cold chain to the aircraft. Basil is handled separately because it is sensitive to cold.
Ask for herb availability
Tell us the products, quantities and packing you need. We will reply with current availability and an offer.