On Friday, September 20th, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Lenox Square parking lot will become a wooded wonderland, complete with a patchwork of pop-up parks for our PARK(ing) Day celebration. This is the seventh year that Livable Buckhead has hosted a local PARK(ing) Day event, joining a global project to temporarily convert parking spaces into creative places for art, play and activism.

PARK(ing) Day is a worldwide event where citizens, artists, and activists collaborate to temporarily transform parking spaces usually reserved for cars into temporary public parks or displays of art or community.

Five local businesses and organizations will construct mini-parks with interactive features.

Each participant will be given a standard-sized parking space in the parking lot. The participant can decorate in a way that embodies their organization OR donate the space for a nonprofit to transform. Either way, participants supply materials and theme for the space.

Previous participants have built a temporary urban farm, created a virtual reality park, built a dog park cafe, showcased outdoor living spaces, hosted group yoga, created a virtual rain forest and even a Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirrors exhibit.

What will you do with your mini park? The only limit is your imagination

Thank you to all of the sponsors of PARK(ing) Day. Their investment in the Buckhead community, makes events like these possible.