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 November 18, 2026, 7 p.m.

 

Our November 18th Program features Dr. Tim Miller-Morgan, friend of the Washington Koi & Water Garden Society, whose Zoom topic will be “It’s Something in the Water:  Thirteen Years with Project Piaba Helping to Improve Aquarium Fish Sustainability.”

Dr. Miller-Morgan, DVM and certified Aquatic Veterinarian, is an Associate Professor at Oregon State University and leads the Aquatic Animal Health Program at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, OR (where the PNKCA Convention will be held in May 2027).  He became interested in the ornamental fishing community in Brazil, called the Piaba Project, in 2013, and described it to us in person in 2016.  He has since been involved in yet another project in Brazil. “Tim2” is a fantastic instructor and presenter, and we are so very lucky to have him explain these incredible projects in the Amazon to us on November 18, 7 p.m.  The Zoom code will be sent out prior to November 18th.

Please join us for his presentation.