418 Acres Flower Farm for Sale in Arusha

A well-accessible farm located at the foot of Mt. Meru with a clean title deed.

Near to Oldonyo Sambu, and about half an hour’s drive from Arusha on the way to Kenya. 1.5 hour drive to int. Kilimanjaro airport and a 4-hour drive to Nairobi airport. The farm is 418 acres in size, and lies at an altitude of 1,800m at the lowest point on the farm and goes upto 2,200m at the highest point farm. The farm is in between state forest management and army land, a safe place.
The farm has the following labels;
* Global Gap
* Smeta
* Osha
Fully equipped to be able to meet the most modern Dutch requirements, especially in the field of safety and sustainability. The management is in place. There are assistant managers for, among other things, irrigation and spraying, planting and harvesting, all these people have been employed for many years. The farm has been active as a flower farm for 12 years and has many staff from the nearby area. This creates a strong network in the agri-business of Tanzania

Greenhouses:
A total of 4 greenhouses with a total of 5.7 ha
Greenhouse A: 50 roofs of 8 x 36 meters 14,400 m2 accessible
Greenhouse B: 56 roofs of 8 x 36 meters 16,128 m2 accessible
Greenhouse C: 46 roofs of 8 x 36 meters 13,248 m2 accessible
Greenhouse D: 33 hoods of 8 x 36 meters 9,504 m2 accessible
Total Shadenet greenhouse 57.000m2

All greenhouses and fields are equipped with irrigation from the irrigation room. This space is equipped with a Dutch unit with A & B tanks and acid control. The entire greenhouse has: Drip irrigation and overhead sprinklers. Power connections for the spray booms. Cyclic lighting, 2 strands per cap of 8 meter 14watt LED lighting (output same as with 100 watt incandescent bulb). Raised beds with a mixture of coconut and marram, which can possibly be steamed with our mobile steam boiler.

1 Rovero test greenhouse of approximately 1500 m2. This was set up by Dekker Crysanthemums to conduct tests, and has double-sided ventilation, heating, sprinklers and lighting, and full equipment. This comes with a small but nice office.

As an extension of grading hall, with insulated roof and also 25 by 18 m2, these are linked. With 10 sections of drying walls, with fans to air or dry products. Rainwater from the entire 900 m2 building is collected and stored in sim tanks.

Water Reservoirs
The entire farm is equipped with a system of interconnected basins/dams lined with dam liner. In this way you can easily get water from the right pressure throughout the farm, this is just a matter of measuring the field with the GPS (present on the farm) and choosing the corresponding dam, 20 to 50 meters above the field. In this way one can irrigate at natural pressure throughout the farm with the right pressure. (this is if it is desirable or if there is no power, it is also possible with the pump).

The fixed fields all have fixed pipes. We have 5 dams that are linked. Above this is the catchment area of> 10 ha where we collect rainwater. This runs in the reception dam. Reception dam 9,000 m3 Storage dam 90,000 m3 Dam for dekker field 1000 m3 Dam halfway up the farm 7,500 m3

In total around 100,000 m3 of water storage distributed over the farm. We receive more than 10 m3 per hour from the mountains which totals to an annual 87,000 m3. And about the same amount due to rainwater collection, also 87,000 m3. Because we work with high water consumption, we have opted for large storage. We are currently working on 2 boreholes on the farm that are expected to give around 15m3 per well, possibly more. However, these are not yet complete, so this is not a certainty. They have already been paid, and for 1 borehole the steel casing is already waiting next to it.

The farm is fenced off, and this are agreements with the surrounding villages where they may and may not enter the farm. A separate 560m1 electric fence has been installed around the house with the outbuildings, which is equipped with an alarm system. The entire farm is equipped with a Mag-touch security system. In this case, the surveillance must continue to walk around and clock in and around the farm via GPS, if they do not do so, an alarm will sound. The houses are also equipped with panic buttons. The house has a fixed power connection from the farm, so management knows if there would be a power failure and the automatic switch does not take over.