About Us
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Our members enjoy learning from one another as well as experts we bring in to share their knowledge. We encourage you to join us as we navigate the joys and challenges of pond maintenance and keeping koi.
Mission Statement
The purpose of the Association shall be to create, promote, and encourage the hobbies of pond, aquatic gardening, and exhibiting the wonderful world of fish.
The Association shall disseminate information about the above to the membership to engage in educational and social activities related to our purposes; and to acquire and own such property as maybe necessary for any or all of the foregoing purposes.
Northern Iowa Pond and Koi Club meets every third Tuesday of the month except for December and January. When possible meetings are held at pond member’s homes, so we may see samples of other’s ponds and gardens.
NIPKC History
In 1998, the University of Northern Iowa Biology Greenhouse established an aquatic learning center within the 70 year old Biology Greenhouse Complex. The addition of aquatic plants to the already diverse holdings of the teaching collection drew the attention of pond enthusiasts throughout the area. Because of that interest, a letter was sent to the university faculty and staff and to the local newspaper. The letter basically stated that if there was sufficient interest in water gardening to sustain a water gardening group, Ron Camarata, as a manager of the University Biology Greenhouse, would be interested in moving in that direction.
As a result of positive responses, The Northern Iowa Pond and Water Garden Club was established on August 31, 1999, to provide and share water gardening information and encourage a greater appreciation of water gardening and ponds.
There were 60 people in attendance at the first meeting and the organization continues to grow and is a very diverse and progressive group. .