MPKS Annual 2025 Garden & Pond Tour

July 19^th – 20^th    and   July 26^th – 27^th   2025 
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM 
The cost is $25.00 per family (up to 4) and allows you to tour all four days.

The Midwest Pond & Koi Society invites you to visit our member’s gardens and ponds. This year is our 35^th year of MPKS members opening their backyards to the public. The dates are July 19^th,  20^th,  26^th, and 28^th. The hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on each of the 4 days.

The Garden and Pond Tour is divided into regions to help minimize the travel time and increase your enjoyment of leisurely visiting the gardens and ponds. The Tour is self-guided, so you may pick and choose to visit one or all of the many beautiful gardens and ponds listed.

The four regions are:

• Saturday       July 19^th        North / Northwest Region
• Sunday          July 20^th       Central Region
• Saturday       July 26^th       Southwest / West Region
• Sunday         July 27^th        South Region

For each region, there is a map(s) indicating all the participants in the region. Following the region map(s) is a descriptive narrative of each garden and pond. This includes the address and a description of the garden and pond, along with directions on how to get to the address.

The garden and pond tour maps are available for purchase at the vendors listed on the MPKS website. The cost is $25.00 per family (up to 4) and allows you to tour all four days.

Pond tour maps may also be purchased directly from MPKS.

Please call (312) 409-2081 to place your order with a credit card only if there is time to mail the map to you. Scroll further down this page to see a list of vendors selling the maps.

Possible towns within a region:

Saturday, July 19  North / Northwest –  Glenview,  Hawthorn Woods,  Long Grove, Streamwood, Rolling Meadows,  Arlington Heights,  Elgin, and Chicago.

Sunday, July 20  Central  – Lombard,  Elmhurst, River Forest,  Berwyn, Riverside,  North Riverside,  and Brookfield.

Saturday,  July 27  Southwest / West – Downers Grove, Lombard,  Carol Stream,  Naperville, Yorkville, Elburn, and Batavia.

Sunday, July 28  South – Bolingbrook,  Shorewood,  Joliet, Plainfield,  Lockport, Clarendon Hills,  Willowbrook, Evergreen Park, Oak Lawn, Frankfort, Orland Park,  and New Lenox.

2025 Pond Tour maps are available at: