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How a couple bought and revived 40-year-old flower business

Preserved floral centerpieces crafted from treated natural flowers and foliage on display at Vermont Flowers EPZ Limited, Sameer Industrial Park, Nairobi, on March 3, 2026.

Photo credit: Bonface Bogita | Nation Media Group

By  Ndugu Abisai

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Nation Media Group

In 2014, two expatriates, Gerald Berhazano and his wife Kathleen, bought a preserved flowers business from retiree owners.

“My husband and I are expatriates. Having spent some time here, we were not looking to leave,” Kathleen tells the BDLife.

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