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

Wednesday November 19^th, 7 p.m.

November Club Meeting

Via Zoom

Zak Schmidt is our presenter for our November 19^th Zoom meeting at 7 p.m. Many of you know Zak from Pan Intercorp and all the events we enjoyed there over the years. Zak will be discussing his www.nishikigoi.com venture, which is an on-line auction. We will find out all about his sources, how the auction works, how fish are delivered, etc.

Zak is a long-time friend and commercial member of WK & WGS as well as an advertiser. He is a Shinkokai judge, and has judged in Japan as well as our own show several times. He has been a speaker for our club many times over. Please join us and tap into his trove of koi knowledge.

The Zoom code will be sent out prior to the meeting, so look for it in your email. If your email has changed recently, contact Membership Chair, Lucy Macneil, at 206-949-1883 prior to November 19^th.