California Rare Fruit Growers
North San Diego County Chapter

Welcome to the North San Diego County Chapter of
California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc.

We are a place for like-minded people to share their passion and knowledge of growing rare and interesting fruiting plants, gardening experiences, and to learn from the experts about growing rare and subtropical fruits in our Southern California climate.

Our mission is to encourage and foster public and scientific interest, research, education in, and the preservation of rare fruit plants that have edible seeds, fruits, leaves, stems, or roots and are not commonly grown commercially.

UPCOMING EVENTS

RECIPES

Usually seasonal (based on what's ripe in our area this month) or topical (based on our chapter meeting subject), usually the easiest recipes out there... from a variety of sources around the web. The goal is to help you easily use what you harvest or what you learn at our meetings, and enjoy delicious food! There's a new recipe posted each month.

SERVING OUR MISSION

We donate funds annually to the Horticulture program at Mira Costa Community College – our funds help support an intern with specific plant – related projects. To find out more about the program please visit our project here.

We continue to explore opportunities to support our community and welcome members’ ideas.

California Rare Fruit Growers organization has been around for over 50 years, beginning in 1968. Of note is that the founding ideas took place in North San Diego County.

Special Announcements -- QUARANTINE for Asian Citrus Psyllid (Last updated 9/11/2025)

In February 2023, the County of San Diego detected the citrus disease Huanglongbing (HLB) in the Fallbrook, Valley Center, Oceanside, and Rancho Bernardo areas of San Diego. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) declared a citrus quarantine area at that time, which has since been expanded in September 2025 into north San Diego County and parts of Camp Pendleton. See the story here.

The new quarantine area will be San Diego’s first multi-jurisdictional quarantine. It spans from southern Orange County to northern San Diego County, in the San Onofre and Agra areas, including the northwest part of Camp Pendleton. Existing quarantines in Fallbrook, Oceanside, Rancho Bernardo and Valley Center are ongoing. The maps for this HLB quarantine are available here.

Please visit the San Diego County government website or visit CaliforniaCitrusThreat.org to learn more.

What this means for us:
At this time, our Chapter’s position is that citrus plants, leaves, or foliage are not brought to any of our events, regardless of the location of the member’s citrus fruit trees. View our one-page Information Sheet.

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