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 March Meeting is on Zoom!

March 18th 7pm

Remember the slogan for the late great Olympia beer?  “It’s the Water!”  On March 18, Dr. James Boutette, DVM and local fish Doc, will be discussing what is needed for koi keepers to raise healthy koi.  Water is key.  But what about all these other products on the market, promising betterment of koi health.  What do we need to know about our relationship with all things Aquatic?

As a treat for the fish geeks among us, Dr. Boutette will also show us some amazing tumors he has come across in his recent practice.

He has presented programs for us over the years on parasites, water temperature, wound treatments, and when we might need a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, and many of us have had him analyze health issues with our koi.  For further info about his credentials and background, see the March 2026 issue of your WK & WGS newsletter.

Please join us March 18, 7 p.m. and dip your toe into Water.  The Zoom code will be sent out to members prior to that date.