Water gardens and Koi ponds are relatively new to most people in the U.S., but have thrived for hundreds of years in Europe and Asia.

Anyone who has toured the countryside in England has to admire the many beautiful water gardens adorning every village and countryside home.

Numerous beautiful colors of flowering water plants are available in day blooming and night blooming varieties and in many sizes to fit the needs of every size pond from a small tub garden to a large agricultural pond. Plants provide protection for fish and other aquatic life, and help reduce algae bloom and evaporation.

Water gardening is low maintenance gardening and requires less water than a lawn of equal size. Cool and refreshing sounds of splashing water, or the serenity of calm, still water make the enjoyment well worth the little time one takes to care for the beautiful landscape of a water garden.

With the development of flexible pond liners, constructing a pond has become affordable.  Pond liners conform to the shape of the pond whether it is in the ground or above, or both. They are easy to install and have a long life.

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Located just a few minutes east of San Antonio, Texas on Interstate 10, Water Garden Gems is open almost every day, year-round.
(closed Thanksgiving. Christmas, New Year's Day and Easter)

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18th Annual Koi & Goldfish Show

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AGA National Goldfish Show

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October 9th and October 10th, 2010

If you would like to see some stunning aquatic life, please join us here at Water Garden Gems (3136 Bolton Road, Marion, TX 78124). There will be free educational seminars, beautiful arts and crafts on display, live Texas music, and good food & fun for the whole family!  Free admission

We expect this to be the best show ever held here.  Koi and Goldfish participants will be arriving from various parts of the country.  This year the koi judging will be a little different than previous years, it will be held ZNA style with ZNA judges.  This means the overall winner will be chosen first.  Many of the tanks are already reserved, however there are still some left, if you would like to participate please contact the Texas Koi and Fancy Goldfish Society as soon as you can at www.texaskoi.com

Saturday Class Schedule	Class	Instructor
9:00 -   9:50	Pond Cleaning - How to keep your pond clean right	Kris Jilek - Owner of Krystal Klear Water Garden Ponds, a pond cleaning and maintance service out of San Antonio.
10:00 - 10:50	Aquaponics - Like Hydroponics but uses pond water to grow plants	Adam Harwood - Owner of the largest privately owned aquaponics facility in Texas
11:00 - 11:50	Filtration / Water Quality	Dr. Ron Malone - A nationally recongized expert on Wastewater treatment and a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lousiana University.
1:00 -   1:50	Aquatic Plants - How to repot you aquatic plants correctly	Ruth Ann Schultz - Owner of T.H.F. Ornamentals, a local Water Garden Cleaning and Maintenance company.
2:00 -   2:50	Feeding Koi	Tomigai
Sunday Class Schedule
11:00 - 11:50	Koi Judging - What to expect judges look for?
12:00 - 12:50	Awards Ceremony - Find out the which Koi & Fancy Goldfish the judges chose and there owners

If you are interested in participating as an Arts & Crafts Vendor, please contact us at watergardengems@yahoo.com or call (210) 659-5841.  Registration and payments should be received by no later than Sept. 10th.

For additional information, please visit their web site.
We will have information on our web site a few months
prior to the Show.