Rare Fruit & Vegetable Council of Broward County

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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!

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	Current Events
	FIELD TRIP The Rare Fruit and Vegetable Council of Broward is organizing a field trip for its members to Gene Joyner's Unbelievable Acres Botanic Gardens in West Palm Beach. This will be a private tour. We will be touring Gene Joyners 2-1/2 acre Gardens which is an amazing collection of hundreds of tropical fruits trees, Citrus, Palms, orchids, Bromeliads and many other tropical trees and flowers. Cost: $10 per person (adults), $5 children 6-11, free children under 6 Date: December 10 time: 10-12 noon Transportation: on your own (car pool if you can) Address: 470 63rd Trail North West Palm Beach, Fl 33413 Directions: I-95 North to Southern Blvd. West to Jog Road. North on Jog to Alexander Rd ( 4/10 mile)Turn right. Go to end Garden Parking. If Taking Turnpike, Exit at Southern Blvd and Go east to Jog Rd. Rest is same... p.s. A side trip to Mounts Botanical Gardens is also planned for those interested afterwards. That Garden is just a couple miles away. Bring a brown bag lunch! Please RSVP to Karim Rossy at iskarossy@mindspring.com or call (954)424-0054 by December 1
	Annual Fall Sale It's time for our Fall 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, Oct. 22, 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM & Sunday, Oct 23, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Don't forget we also have a sale in the Spring 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 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. 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 Monday, April 4, 2011 Noel Ramos "How To Plant an Eco-Friendly Garden" 7:30 p.m. at the Broward County Extension Service 3425 College Avenue Davie, FL 33314 Monday, May 2, 2011 Billy Hopkins, Hopkins Tropical Nursery "Berries: Blueberies, Blackberries, Mulberries and Raspberries Cultivation" 7:30 p.m. at the Broward County Extension Service 3425 College Avenue Davie, FL 33314 Monday, June 6 2011 RFVC Annual Birthday Party Location TBA June Our Annual Birthday Party August September Sept 7 – Allan Sturdy- topic : all about Akees 7:30 p.m. at the Broward County Extension Service 3425 College Avenue Davie, FL 33314 October Oct 3- Amanda Williams and Catherine Schlienger of Whole Foods- topic: cooking ideas with avocados and seasonal veggies. 7:30 p.m. at the Broward County Extension Service 3425 College Avenue Davie, FL 33314 November Nov 7- Tentative- David Mclean- topic TBA. Either medicinal garden, or herbs. 7:30 p.m. at the Broward County Extension Service 3425 College Avenue Davie, FL 33314 December No speaker Holiday Party 7:30 p.m. at the Broward County Extension Service 3425 College Avenue Davie, FL 33314 Click here for a schedule of upcoming meetings and past speakers 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. Click here for directions from Google Maps Our monthly educational programs are in collaboration with the Urban Horticulture Program of UF-IFAS/Broward County Extension. RFVC Flickr and Facebook We now have a Flickr page and a Facebook page click on the banners to check out our new group pages. Back To The Top

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