Our Mission

The Delaware Valley Water Garden Society is an organization of volunteers dedicated to water gardening and pond keeping. Our members range from novices to commercial professionals.

Membership brings together water gardeners from southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.

The goals of DVWGS are:

To foster interest in the culture of water gardens.
To educate our members about aquatic plants and ornamental fish.
To develop fellowship among water gardeners.
To promote interest and aquatic education.
To interact with other organizations with related interests.

Our Activities

DVWGS holds meetings from January to November. Meetings are announced in our newsletter, by email and on this web site. Meetings include informal discussions and formal presentations on all aspects of water gardening, including pond opening, pond closing, aquatic plant propagation and care, filtration, and pond and landscape photography.

We publish a DVWGS newsletter regularly from January through November. It is filled with articles and information on programs designed to make your pond-keeping life more enjoyable. Useful articles are also published on this web site.

Annual events include:

Members-only Pond Tour
Day trips to local/regional arboretums and/or botanical gardens
Annual bus trip in June
January "Kick Off" Luncheon with a featured guest speaker

Our web site Photo Gallery includes photos of many of our events and of members ponds.

Download our membership brochure (PDF). Join us today!

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Contact info@dvwgs.com for answers to all your questions about the Society.
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Page last modified: September 21, 2009