Audubon Park Garden District PARK(ing) Day Photos

On Friday September 20, 2013, 10am-2pm, Audubon Park Garden District participated in PARK(ing) Day, an annual open-source global event where citizens, artists and activists collaborate to temporarily transform parking spaces into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public places. 

These fun events and displays were a part of the local event:

• Pop Up Bakery by Blue Bird Bake Shop: pipe your own mini cupcakes for FREE and try some 
• urban food forest by East End Market
• mango sampling by the Mango Board
• Italian herb garden by O Strombolis
• wildlife gardening info by Audubon Park Garden District
• free Yoga in the Park by Warrior Power Yoga
• participation by Palmer's Garden and Goods, Bob O'Bryant, Corrine Calming Coalition, IDEASforUs 

The project began in 2005 when Rebar, a San Francisco art and design studio, converted a single metered parking space into a temporary public park in downtown San Francisco. Since 2005, PARK(ing) Day has evolved into a global movement, with organizations and individuals creating new forms of temporary public space in urban contexts around the world.

The mission of PARK(ing) Day is to call attention to the need for more urban open space, to generate critical debate around how public space is created and allocated, and to improve the quality of urban human habitat . . . one parking space at a time.