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PARK(ing) Day, predictably, I suppose, is being an amazing series of hoops to jump through and hurdles to clear. I finally got the permits from the City of Boston for the spaces in the city, and our contact in Cambridge managed the two there, too. YAY!

The new hurdle is that the sod donation may not come through. So I'm scrambling: How do I make a parking space feel special and welcoming and vaguely parklike if I'm not lining it with sod and making it temporarily green. Ideas? I'm currently thinking about trying to use chalk or other color to create an attractive path or labyrinth or something, but I fear that simply doesn't have the same charm as good old fashioned grass.

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Can you lay down some sort of artificial turf? I'm thinking of the green plastic stuff that comes in rolls, if they still make it. Still not as charming as grass, but better than chalk.

I second the astro-turf suggestion. Or maybe something like these (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2603666&sourceid=1500000000000003260370&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=2603666)?

An old rug or two, under a bench?

Or maybe you could get these guys (http://www.imaginetile.com/in_stock.asp?main=tile_detail.asp?tileid=22) to donate some of their tiles? ;-)

Potted plants? You could probably even borrow them, although big ones are heaaaaaavy.

Picnic blanket, right on the pavement!

Sheet plastic plus donated sand, add an umbrella and a towel: beach!

Because of what you are doing, there are many non-profit organizations or green companies that may contribute to your cause should you be willing to apply their name as sponsors. I mean...cars that park in spaces have THEIR name on the cars.

It's getting a bit chilly out, so...LEAVES! Big pile o' leaves.

A kiddie wading pool and a couple of lawn chairs?

Pumpkins?, a succah....?

Can you try to borrow some large potted plants? If you had little ficas and indoor trees, up on a short side table, you could get a nice effect. It's probably too late to get them on loan from a florist, but lots of our friends have them.

Huge piles of play-ground sand with pails and buckets would be fun, too, but too impractical to move, I imagine.

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