Buy tree seedlings from KFS or register a tree nursery
Kenya Forest Service · sources read 2 Oct 2026
To buy seedlings, go to a KFS tree nursery: you are usually served within about 30 minutes, prices follow KFS's advertised rates and all payments go through eCitizen. If you run your own nursery, register it on the KFS e-Nursery system.
- Fee
- We couldn't confirm a fee from the official page. Check it there before you pay.
- How long
- About 30 minutes to be served when buying seedlings at a KFS nursery
- Where
- In person at a KFS tree nursery (to buy seedlings); online on KFS e-Nursery (to register a nursery)
What you need
- For nursery registration: your name exactly as on your national ID, and a working email address
Steps
- To buy seedlings, visit a KFS tree nursery. Prices follow KFS's advertised rates.
- Pay through eCitizen. KFS says all its payments go through the eCitizen system.
- To register your own nursery, create an account on the KFS e-Nursery site with your name as on your ID and a working email. You get an email with a login link.
- Log in, click Create Nursery Details, fill in the nursery, staff and species details, submit, and download the PDF of your form.
- KFS checks your details and emails you whether the registration is approved or rejected. If rejected, you can correct it and submit again.
Watch out
- Stuck on e-Nursery? Call the KFS helpdesk on 020-2020285, 020-2014663 or 020-2689865 (8am to 5pm) or email enursery@kenyaforestservice.org.
- Registering a nursery is voluntary. It puts your nursery on KFS's national database and helps buyers find your seedlings.
Who can apply
- Nursery registration is voluntary and open to individuals, companies, groups and institutions that own a tree nursery.
Official sources (3)
- Mkataba wa Huduma (KFS Service Charter, Kiswahili version) kenyaforestservice.org · read 2 Oct 2026
- Quick user guidelines on private nurseries registration enursery.kenyaforestservice.org · read 2 Oct 2026
- Tree-Nursery Registration system (e-Nursery) enursery.kenyaforestservice.org · read 2 Oct 2026