Zaretsky & Associates’ ‘Bark’ Garden Show Design Goes to the Dogs

The firm’s recent installation at the Greater Rochester Flower & Garden Show won six awards for its pooch-friendly deisgn.

Published April 29, 2005

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Every classy dog includes a formal fountain in their gardens. This one was built using four stainless steel bowls and a small pump, for the perfect flow of water. All Photos: Zaretsky & Associates 

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The dog house was custom built using real stone, hand-cut to form the perfect house you see here. The mosaic inlay was made by Sharon Coates, of Zaretsky and Associates, in honor of her dog, Ariel, a beautiful and loyal Australian Shepherd who moved on to greener pastures just a month before this display was built.

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Take a stroll through our Dog Woods, where we used seven varieties of Dogwood, including Red and Yellow Twig, Kousa, Cloud Nine and even the diminutive Bunchberry, a ground-cover Dogwood perfect for the shade.

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The Bark-o-Lounger, custom made from barky slab wood and birch cuts, this bed is now being used by our pooch, Ripley.

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The Memory Board. Of over twenty thousand visitors to the show, over two thousand of them remembered their beloved canine companions on this board; and we raised over $700.00 for Lollypop Farm, the Monroe County Humane Society.

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One of the three glass bead boney inlays in the pathways.

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A view from the exit, looking back into a very special garden: Bark

Zaretsky & Associates, a landscape design and installation firm located in Rochester, N.Y. announced that their garden exhibit, “Bark” received 6 awards at the Greater Rochester Flower & Garden Show last month. The awards were:

  • Best Medium Garden
  • Gold Award – Unique Garden Structure
  • Gold Award – Most Entertaining Garden
  • Gold Award – Best Garden Idea
  • Gold Award – Best Integration of Garden Structures & Accessories
  • Silver Award – Most Creative Use of Natural Stone

The “Bark” display was a dog-themed garden that also featured plants with interesting and unusual bark. The garden was dedicated to Zaretsky’s beloved Australian shepherd, Ariel, and several hundred dollars was raised for the Humane Society at Lollypop Farm.

Take a photo tour of the garden design at right.

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