Washington Koi and Water Garden Society

Welcome to the Washington Koi & Water Garden Society. We are a group of koi keepers and water garden fanciers who enjoy getting together on Zoom, pond tours, field trips, and summer outdoor meetings, including last year’s Koi Fest. Prior to the Covid outbreak, we put on koi shows for 28 years. We share ideas and help one another and provide a monthly newsletter with relevant articles to members.

During membership meetings, we have educational programs on koi health, pond construction, koi varieties, aquatic plants, nutrition, filtration, and water quality, among others. We are a non-profit hobbyist organization, and we are affiliated with the Pacific Northwest Koi Clubs Association and Koi Organisation International. Our Executive Board meets regularly to plan a variety of activities for our membership.

We suggest that if you are even thinking about constructing a koi pond, join a koi club such as ours and get as much information as possible before taking that first shovelful of dirt. Also, it isn’t necessary to have koi to enjoy ponds. Beautifully planted ponds or ponds with goldfish, or even pondless waterfalls provide pleasurable moments to WK & WGS members, even though our focus is on koi, our “living jewels.”

We are a koi community, and we are here to help.

Upcoming Events and Important News

Our April Meeting is April 18th at 2pm

Join us for our April dessert Membership Meeting at 2 p.m. April 18th, at Jen Treiberg and Ted Baughman’s pond property in Remond. The program will focus on strategies to deal with this summer’s drought, ways in which we can be responsible koi keepers and keep water costs down. Washington is in its third year of drought, with about 50% of the needed snowpack as of now.
Several members have worked out ways to use waste water effectively. Bring your ideas and questions and a dessert to share. Bring a folding chair, too, if you can. Coffee, tea, water, and other libations will be provided. Bring a friend and your sweet tooth.
Ted and Jen’s address: 21120 NE 78th Street, Redmond, WA 98053. See you on the 18th!