About us

The Company

Are you looking for healthy, vigorous and uniformly sorted plants that are delivered strictly according to agreement? Then Plant Nursery de Kemp is the right place for you! It is no coincidence that we have more than 50 years of experience in this industry.

Plant Nursery de Kemp specialises in the propagation and growing of all types of strawberry plants. All our strawberry plants are grown in the Netherlands under the Elite quality mark. This quality mark forms the basis, when it comes to origin, varietal purity and health. Our asparagus plants are under the control of NAK-Tuinbouw. Quality guaranteed, every day and for more than 60 years!

History

More than 60 years ago, my parents Wim and Mien Litjens started the business De Kemp. Initially, they grew strawberries and apples. Soon there was a demand for good planting material and so the propagation of strawberry plants was taken up.

Strawberry production was stopped after a few years. A few years later, the cultivation of asparagus plants was added. At first, the plants were sold mainly in the Netherlands, but soon my father crossed the border to sell strawberry and asparagus plants in Germany, Belgium and France as well.

In 1995, I completed my studies and joined the company. For the first few years, I was mainly involved in growing and selling the plants. By then, the main activities had grown to such an extent that we stopped producing apples. My father and mother gradually handed over most of the tasks to me and to my partner, Esther Keijsers, from 2001 onwards, so that I took over the business completely at the end of 2003.

After more than 60 years since my parents founded the company, it has grown into one of the leading companies in the propagation and growing of strawberry and asparagus plants in Europe. Currently, we employ 40 permanent staff and a large number of seasonal employees work at our company during the various harvest periods. All this to ensure good quality and to be decisive at times when it is crucial.

Convince yourself of the quality, health and uniformity of our planting material.