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

June 27th – Pond Tour, Feast, and Plant Auction

The WK & WGS Pond Tour begins on June 27th at 10 a.m. and is open until 1:30 p.m., followed by Doug Hertzog’s famous pulled pork for lunch around 1 p.m., with our Plant Auction to follow at 2 p.m.

Four ponds are on the 2026 tour, all very close together in the Lake Forest Park, Kenmore, and Bothell area, which is why the tour time is shorter this year. All ponds are within 10-15 minutes of each other.

Members will receive via email the recommended route, directions, and descriptions of all four ponds prior to June 27th, so be on the lookout.

The way we are routing our members will have everyone ending up at Doug’s. Your Koi Club will be providing all the edibles. Do BYOB if you want something stronger than water or soft drinks. You might want to throw in a camp chair.

Please bring a plant or plants if you have any to donate for the 2 p.m. Plant Auction. If you have plants you want to divide, just pop them into pots. This is always a lively event!

Club members are encouraged to bring friends and family to this event. If you know you are bringing guests, please call Nancy or leave a voice mail message at 206-949-2402 so that we have plenty of food for everyone. See you on the 27th, rain or shine!