Weddingbee boards

I got some horrible news yesterday. Our wedding/reception venue's boardwalk in front of the house was destroyed by a recent storm surge! The owner called and said they have no plans to fix it (it would cost $30,000), but wanted to let us know in case we wanted to "pick somewhere else" to get married. This venue is a private property owned by a family friend who is artist, so needless to say I understand she can't shell out $30,000 bucks to fix it. But not the front of my venue (and the backdrop for my wedding!) is not only ugly, but potentially a safety hazard! I am stressed out, because it is likely too late to find somewhere else to get married (June 26th wedding, finding a venue now would be a nightmare!) and the place we are getting married at holds special meaning for us. She was only charging us $400 to use the place, and we do not have the money at all to pay for another venue!

I am trying to come up with ideas for hiding the washed away boardwarlk (its about 30ft of the 100 ft boardwalk that was washed away). What would you do?? I can't believe this happened!

I would love to do all of those things (including a photo!) I am having a destination wedding, so I am not even in the same location of the venue (as a matter of fact, its across the country!). My FMIL is going to take some pictures next weekend so we can survey the damage and decide what to do. She suggested planting some flowers around the site, and putting up lattice work, to hide the damage. That might work!

@ Bakerella - The boards were part of a retaining wall, and the whole wall was washed away in that spot. So if it was just a matter of fixingn the boards, I would totally be on board, but really the whole retaining wall needs to be reconstructed (likely why it is so expensive).

I guess I will have to wait to see what it looks like from the photos. It's so frustrating that I am across the country from the venue and can't go have a look myself!