In 2025, the St. Louis Water Garden Society (SLWGS) celebrates 35 years of bringing together water-garden enthusiasts for education, community service and resource sharing.
The public is invited to enjoy the Society’s 25th annual water garden and pond tour, Pond-O-Rama 2025, on Saturday, June 21, and Sunday, June 22, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The 2025 tour will feature private water gardens owned and maintained by Society members, with each day featuring different gardens.
This self-guided tour highlights water gardens located throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area, arranged each day by geographic location, including many new and upgraded gardens, ponds and waterfalls. The full color ticket booklet contains host garden pictures, descriptions of the water features, directions, accessibility and a QR code to each location.
Showcasing a wide variety of water gardens from new to well established, intimate spaces to whole yards, and featuring bridges, gazebos, koi and goldfish, waterfalls, statues, bubblers and much more, our hosts are eager to share their gardens and expertise with the public. Many hosts are master gardeners and have Audubon Society (Bring Conservation Home) certified native landscapes. Others have been featured in St. Louis Homes and Lifestyle magazine and local newspapers and magazines.
Whether you are thinking of adding a water feature to your own garden, seeking new gardening ideas or simply looking to enjoy tranquil landscapes and a weekend filled with beauty, this is the tour for you!
In 2025, we are highlighting our civic project, the planting and maintaining of the elegant and serene lily ponds at the Jewel Box in Forest Park. The St Louis Water Garden Society’s members work weekly from May to October to make the lily ponds gorgeous for the visitors who come to Forest Park. Our civic project is funded by the Pond-O-Rama tour each year.
Tickets covering both days of the tour are $25 (18 years and older) and will be available beginning in May at local retail shops and garden centers throughout the metropolitan area or on our website (www.slwgs.org). As a special 2025 discount, groups of 5 or more may attend for only $20 each. Please see the SLWGS website for more information.
