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

ZOOM MEMBERSHIP MEETING October 21, 2026, 7 p.m.

Join us for a presentation by Katy Shanafelt, Idaho Water Garden and Koi Society, on koi selection, koi judging, and what to look for when buying koi.

 

By day, Katy is a Boise High School art teacher; after school, the Koi Cape comes on.  She is Past President of the Idaho Water Garden & Koi Society, current Vice President of the Pacific Northwest Koi Clubs Association, a judge with the American Koi Judges Association, a Bronze Koi awardee (PNKCA), a member of our club, and the recent Grand Champion A koi keeper at the 2026 Idaho Koi Show.  Katy knows her koi! You will enjoy  her presentation.

 

The Zoom code will arrive in your email inbox prior to 10/21/26.