Welcome to the Orange County Chapter
California Rare Fruit Growers

The OC CRFG Annual Plant Sale is Over for 2025

We would like to thank everyone who contributed to the success of this year's annual plant sale. Nearly 50 of our members volunteered their time to move, organize and price plants and operate the sale. We were able to offer a record 1300+ plants that had been grown and donated by our Propagation Committee and another 29 individual growers. 

Our three-member Annual Plant Sale Committee (John McNeill, Laura Kemp and Elke Kuhl) did a terrific job organizing and running the sale. They also had the additional task this year of scouting a new location. With the help of member Rebecca Perez, they were able to secure the Costa Mesa Women's Club, which by all accounts was a great choice and we hope to hold the sale there again next year.

A special thank you to our former plant sale chair, Don Winterstein, who continues to donate a great many wonderful plants, allows us to use his home as a plant drop-off and whose expertise we have depended on for evaluating and pricing the plants.

And of course, we want to thank everyone who attended the sale this year!

California Rare Fruit Growers is a membership of like-minded amateur fruit enthusiasts dedicated to: 

  • Growing fruiting plants that may or may not be commonly found in the Orange County area.

  • Sharing information about fruits potentially adaptable to the Orange County area and varieties of established fruit better suited to specific areas and growing conditions.

  • Exchanging seeds, cuttings, scion wood, and plants with each other, primarily for home use/growing.

  • Providing scholarships to deserving college students in the field of agriculture/horticulture.

  • Following all federal, state, and county agricultural regulations.
Chapter Meetings

When: 3rd Thursday of every month (except July)

Time: 
7:00- 8:30pm - Meeting
8:30 - 9:00pm - Social Time and Refreshments

Where:
Red Hill Lutheran Church 
13200 Red Hill Ave, Tustin, CA 92780

Meetings are held in the CLC Fellowship Hall