In recent years, Monstera plants have become a star of our Instagram and Pinterest feeds. This tall, tropical plant, also known as the “swiss cheese plant”, has perforated leaves, a vibrant g...
https://www.rarefruitcouncil.org/autumn/monstera-deliciosa-chernobyl-corn-or-hidden-gem/
If there’s been one positive outcome from the pandemic sheltering it’s the returned focus many home gardens have received. Perhaps, having finally completed that horticultural honey-do list, ...
https://www.rarefruitcouncil.org/fruits/making-mangosteens-in-miami/
Saturday, March 14th, 2020 was field trip day for members of the Rare Fruit Council. We ventured south, deep into Monroe County, and landed at Big Pine Key’s Grimal Grove with the intent to pla...
https://www.rarefruitcouncil.org/news-events/grimal-grove-a-fruitful-field-trip/
Now is an excellent time of the year to join a horticultural club in your area. We, at the Rare Fruit Council International in Miami, are gearing up for peak fruit season. As the warmer months ap...
https://www.rarefruitcouncil.org/news-events/join-the-council/
Do you know anyone who has just one orchid? Personally, I know many people who have precisely zero orchids, and, among my friends in the rare fruit council, a great deal of people who care for qu...
https://www.rarefruitcouncil.org/news-events/not-so-vanilla-presentation/
On August 14th, 2019 at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (FTBG), the Rare Fruit Council Int’l. (RFCI), Miami had the pleasure of hosting Counter Culture, a boutique kombucha company headquarte...
https://www.rarefruitcouncil.org/news-events/kombucha-more-art-than-science/
It’s mango season and we just can’t get enough of them. Small, big, yellow, green, mangoes comes in so many shapes and sizes; there are over a thousand varieties of mango, each sporting a uni...
https://www.rarefruitcouncil.org/fruits/mango-king-of-good-health/
If you grew up in the tropics you know: a guava is perfectly ripe when you can smell it without even putting it to your nose; some you can detect from across the room. They taste is uniquely trop...
https://www.rarefruitcouncil.org/autumn/the-incredible-guava/