California Rare Fruit Growers South OC Chapter

Educate and promote cultivation of less common varieties of fruiting plants. Also promoting reuse of items typically discarded.

We offer meetings on garden related topics. We attend tours of various organizations facilities related to growing plants or other interesting topics. Many of our members have submitted articles on one or more of their passion projects. We help some of our companion businesses when possible.

A goal is to have information on plants specialized for the Orange County Environment / Climate.

Because of the broad range of climates within California, and possibilities for growing different fruits from north to south, CRFG considers rare fruits to include the unusual and unappreciated, fruits difficult to grow by reason of climate along with extraordinary and superior forms of conventional, temperate zone fruits. Our field of interest has been further enlarged to include unusual vegetables, cereals and seasoning plants–the other rare edibles from the vegetable kingdom. To give better scope to our members’ interests, and opportunity to share experiences, geographical chapters have been formed. Each chapter has regular meeting programs, which generally include pictorial presentations, fruit exhibits and tastings, skills demonstrations, field trips, plant and supplies sales, raffles, etc. Chapters operate with considerable independence from CRFG, have their treasury and officers, and collect their own fees to cover the cost of newsletters and activities.

Chapters undertake to bring rare fruits to public notice in a variety of ways. Connecting rare fruit marketers with member growers, and providing plant sales to encourage backyard nurserymen to propagate unusual fruit plants. Some chapters maintain demonstration fruit plantings in public arboretums or sponsor experimental orchard plantings. Most offer grafting instruction

contact us at

https://southoccrfg.org/contact-us/