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Fall Dog Parade & Costume Contest!
October 26 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
We’re letting the dogs IN! As part of our celebration of everyone’s best friend this Dog Days Weekend! We are pleased to once again host the Fall Dog Parade and Costume Contest, a fun and anticipated yearly event where pooches (and their parents) get to strut their stuff for a chance to win prizes! The contest begins at 3pm. Costume Contest participants must register at the map stand by 2:00pm.
Prize categories include:
- Best Overall
- Prettiest
- Most Handsome
- Most Original
- Best Person & Dog
- Funniest
Participating vendors (on site on 10/26 from 11am to 4pm):
Barks Bakeshop
Behr’s Boutique
Blaxkfire Cavaliers
Boneman Arts
Calm Home Canine
Friends of LI Dog Parks, dba The Long Island Dog Owners Group (LI-DOG)
Gigi’s Handmade Creations
Hey Bud Garden Services LLC
Little Lexi’s Barkery
M. Mae Dog Boutique
Personalize Your Pets
Pure Pup Taste
Yorkie911 Rescue
Included with admission. Tickets MUST be purchased in advance. NO entry tickets will be sold onsite.
Members or visitors using valid library passes do not need to make reservations.
Remember, visitors may bring their leashed dogs to stroll the gardens on this day. Leashed dogs are permitted throughout the gardens except in the Walled Garden.