Fall Dog Parade & Costume Contest!

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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

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.

Dog related vendors will be on site from 11am to 4pm.

TO BECOME A VENDOR, PLEASE FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AT THIS LINK:

VENDOR APPLICATION

CONFIRMED VENDORS TO DATE:

A Dog’s Hearth

Bare & bark co

Barks & Bites

Behr’s Boutique

Gigi’s Handmade Creations

Hazelly

Little Lexi’s Barkery

Long Island Dog Owners Group (LI-DOG)

MelinyLLC

Only Love Animal Communication

Pawcasso Treats, Inc.

Perlita Pups

Personalize Your Pet

Pure Pup Paste

Richard MacLeay (artist)

Ruby Raccoon Clothing

Salty Paws East End Long Island

Yorkie911 Rescue

THIS EVENT IS GENEROUSLY SPONSORED, IN PART, BY: