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Special Events

One benefit of SLWGS membership is the opportunity to participate in Member tours and field trips four or five times each year. These events are not open to the public. Click on tour links for extensive photo collections. Thanks so much to our outstanding Special Events Coordinator, Pam, for her great planning of all these events!

June 5, 2011 First SLWGS Koi Auction
Our first koi auction included choice imported koi. There was a good turnout in spite of soaring temperatures. It was a great learning experience and a wonderful opportunity to purchase high-quality fish at reasonable prices.

April 11, 2009 Spring Bird Walk
Interested SLWGS members enjoyed a spring bird-watching walk in the woods at Powder Valley with Bryan Prather of Wild Birds Unlimited. Dogwoods were blooming, May apples had popped up and Dutchman’s britches and Virginia bluebells were in abundance. Besides the more common birds, we saw a Sapsucker, a Phoebe and best of all, a Yellow-rumped Warbler.

September 27, 2008 Tiki Evening Tour
Our Saturday evening Tiki Tour provided a nighttime view of four different, lovely water features.
John and Laurie Saul, Art and Kathy Ruebel, Ray and Ginny Mueller and Barclay and Kelly Compton shared their hospitality and opened their gardens for us to enjoy.

September 1, 2008 Tower Grove Park Ponds Tour
About twenty-five people came to tour the lily ponds at Tower Grove Park Sunday. In addition to seeing lovely ponds, lilies and marginals, there were wood ducks, a mallard, and a lovely green heron.

August 19, 2008 Banquet at the Jewel Box
Beautiful lilies, good friends, rhythmic music, tasty food and unusual plants – what more could one ask. perfect weather? We had that too! The banquet was terrific!

June 1, 2008 Cherry Blossom Tour
What could be better for a Cherry Blossom tour than three beautiful Asian-themed water features, with dragons, bamboo, a tea house and lots of good fellowship?

May 17, 2008 Ozark Fisheries Field Trip

Our sincere thanks to Pam Jokerst for an outstanding field trip! The weather was picture perfect for the thirty-eight people touring the Ozark Fisheries facility Saturday.

Summer Tour 2007
Members enjoyed a private tour of the hillside garden of Clyde and Meleena Byram, the patio and terraces of Mark and Lynne Toberman, the wonderful pond-side railroad of Bob and Elaine Temper, and the demonstration garden at The Pond Market by Aaron Burchett.

Tiki Tour 2007 Evening
On September 29, there were seven lovely water gardens to see by the light of the moon, tiki torches, candles and underwater lighting. They belonged to Jim Haegele, Marian and Larry McCord, Carol and Ron Greminger, Susan and Howard Schroeder, Tara and Chris Siewing, Maria and Ken Bowers and Carol and Kirk Watkins.