California Rare Fruit Growers, San Diego Chapter

What is CRFG?

The San Diego Chapter of the California Rare Fruit Growers was created to educate people about rare fruits (and now vegetables and herbs too), and to identify non-commercial edibles that may be adaptable to our changing microclimates, and to propagate and to exchange related plant materials and share personal gardening experiences and knowledge.
Contact Us:
CRFG Co-Chair: James Lively  -  crfgsd@gmail.com
CRFG Co-Chair: Jeremy Tuler
CRFG Secretary: Robin Rivet - crfgsecretary@gmail.com
CRFG Treasurer: Irene Dulaney

Upcoming events

Monthly Meetings:
Where: NEW LOCATION!
Our new meeting room is at our propagation area address: 
San Diego Youth Services
3845 Spring Drive,
Spring Valley, CA 91977

When: 4th Wednesday each month (except Nov & Dec)
Time: (these are approximate)
6:00 - 7:00pm: social hour 
7:00 - 7:15pm: business 
7:15 - 8:15pm: speaker presentation & Q&A
8:15-9:00pm: fruit tasting & opportunity table 
9:00 - 9:30pm: questions, wrapup, cleanup with gates locked by 10:00pm 

We are meeting live again, but only when feasible, will we try to provide a link via Zoom to a speaker's presentation. As possible, any link will be posted in the newsletter.

COMING UP IN JUNE 2026:

CRFG Incorporated -
Festival of Fruit at Cal State Fullerton in Orange County(this is a great opportunity to meet members from other chapters, hear interesting  speakers on a variety of topics, and attend awesome tours. Plus, there are fruit tastings, plant sales, and vendor and sponsorships still available.)

ONLINE STORE


Become a member

Join us

gCalifornia Rare Fruit Growers

A membership of like-minded fruit enthusiasts dedicated to: 

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

  • Sharing information about fruits potentially adaptable to the San Diego 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.

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

For people who attended our April 22nd monthly meeting, the presenter MG Dawn Standke shared this link to her video about Gregg's mistflower - a great pollinator: She also offered a document of soil lab testing locations. 

All chapter membership renewal dues
should have been paid by January 1, 2026
Everyone who did not renew their
2026 San Diego chapter dues by March 31 has been archived. 
HOWEVER, WE WANT YOU BACK!
Everyone who was current in 2025 - can still renew their 2026 CRFG membership online. If you have difficulty logging in, please contact the secretary. CRFGsecretary@gmail.com 

If you renewed on or before February 4, 2026 your new 2026 name tag was printed. These are now available to pick up at most regular meetings and  some events  - if pre-arranged for Saturday learning and work days. Contact the crfgscretary@gmail.com 

If you unable to login to renew and pay - or have tried updating your password and cannot, please contact a CRFG administrator to be reinstated in order to renew for the calendar year 2026. Need help? 
Contact: crfgsd@gmail.com or crfgsecretary@gmail.com

Please also note: If you have had - or are having financial difficulties or have been unable to afford - even our lowest local annual fees, please let us know. This could apply to students, seniors, families or others - who may be in need. Our board can approve a temporary exemption for various personal reasons, but you do need to ask. crfgsecretary@gmail.com 

IMPORTANT NEWS
June 24, 2026 - 6:00pm

NEW meeting location:

3845 Spring Drive, Spring Valley, CA 91977

Our June Facilitator 
 Kurt Castle


Our June Roundtable Facilitator

Kurt Castle is CEO of Castles Labs, creator of Manure and Plant Magic, and developer of organic food forest systems. Plant magic was voted best new product in San Diego in the Reader Magazine for 2022. Developing off grid techniques to composting utilizing biochar, red worms, black solder fly larva and natural insect elimination. Also, a proud member of the National FFA Organization and helping instruct elementary through high school aged students teaching sustainable regenerative agricultural techniques. 

Come to this meeting and ask questions, contribute to everyone else's knowledge from your own experience, or just enjoy the roundtable. The board will help keep the meeting on task. 

crfgsd@gmail.com
crfgsecretary@gmail.com



California Rare Fruit Growers
San Diego Chapter
PO Box 1863
Spring Valley, CA 91979
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