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Join the RFVC of Broward County

Welcome to the wonderful world of rare tropical fruits and vegetables. With the help of friendly experts, and all of the information they have collected from worldwide sources, you will be able to start growing and picking these tropical delights right from your own trees. Learn about special growing techniques including the proper way to prune, fertilize and propagate new plants (i.e. grafting, air-layering, etc.)

Meet interesting people who all share this special purpose of procuring seeds & new plants, promoting new species & improved varieties, propagating new plants and growing rare tropical fruits & vegetables.

Members of RFVC are backyard and commercial growers, professional researchers and collectors, anyone interested in growing or eating tropical fruits and vegetables.

They are all yours when you become part of one of the most exciting clubs in Broward County. The Rare Fruit and Vegetable Council (RFVC) welcomes all!

Click here for more reasons to JOIN NOW!

Current Events

Member Picnic – Saturday, April 24th, 1 pm – free for members, $5 donation for guests. Get your ticket at Monday’s meeting – you MUST have a ticket to attend so we can plan the food. We’re having a barbecue party at the 208 Gardens. The menu will be roasted lamb and roasted pig along with burgers and hot dogs. It’s going to be a fun get together for the members. We are hoping that members who have never been out to the 208 nursery will come to see the facility. We also thought it would be nice to just throw a party to thank those who volunteer on a regular basis and our plant sales. It will be free for all members and a nominal charge of $5 for non-members. We would like to attract new members so feel free to invite friends. The only catch is that everyone attending must obtain a ticket prior to the party so that we will have a count of how many people to expect. The tickets will be available at the upcoming April monthly meeting. You may also contact Linda Gonzalez or Richard Bolt prior to the event. Hope to see you there!

208 Pond Restoration
Through Steve Wolfman, the South Florida Aquatic Plant Management Society has generously offered to restore & balance our pond at no cost to us. On March 17th, Joel Wolf, President of the Educational Society, and Wes Tipton brought a crew out to 208 and started working on a major clean up job to balance the pond's ecosystem by controlling the weeds & algae, debris removal, and planting native plants. They used some very expensive, selective herbicides to kill the duckweed and other unwanted plants in our lake. Their team will return in April to put in the plantings and monitor the oxygen content of the water. Joel Wolf's company is Allstate Resource Management (www.allstatemanagement.com)and Wes Tipton's is Aquatic Vegetation Control - Both of these men work in conjunction with the South Florida Water Management District. RFVC would like to thank the Society and these two gentlemen and their crews for donating their time and materials to bring our lake back to a healthy balance.

Annual Spring Sale
It's time for our Spring Sale again and it's open to the public! The sale will be held at our 208 research garden. 5105 SW 208th Lane Southwest Ranches, FL 33332 Now is your chance to buy those rare fruit trees & vegetables that you've been looking for all year! Jams, Jellies & Breads featuring tropical fruits will also be available. Dates are Saturday, May 15th, 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM & Sunday, May 16th, 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Don't forget we also have a sale in the fall dates TBA. Cash & Checks and Mastercard & Visa Accepted.

Click here for a list of plants available at the sale

Directions to our 208 research garden from Google maps

Saturday & Wednesday workdays
Murray is out at the 208 garden every Saturday & Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to Noon. We ALWAYS need lots of help out at the 208 nursery. Members now is your time to shine. We could really use your help weeding, potting-up, propagating, etc. prior to our annual sale. We need some help cleaning out and organizing our shadehouse if you would like to help come on out on either day!

Monthly Meetings
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Mr. Jeff Wasielewski of Fairchild Botanical
Gardens "Selecting & Growing the perfect Mango."
7:30 p.m. at the
Broward County Extension Service
3425 College Avenue
Davie, FL 33314

Click here for a schedule of upcoming meetings

If you have surplus tropical fruit or vegetable seeds, please bring them to our monthly meetings (labeled in a container or zip-loc bag) and give them to Jeff Hagen so we can make them available to other members.

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