Prior to launching PlantOGram – an American-made fruit tree gifting company – nearly two decades ago, gardening was solely a backyard hobby for husband-and-wife duo Mickey and Vicky Popat.

The Popats interest in business empire stretches back to early 1930s when patriarch, Charthubhai Popat — who came to Kenya with one suit case —opened a hardware around the Nairobi Railway Station.