Smash Your Pumpkin at the Naperville Garden Plots on Nov. 6

The Park District encourages families to save their leftover Halloween jack-o-lanterns and pumpkins for composting at the 5th annual Pumpkin Smash at the Ron Ory Community Garden Plots, located at 811 S. West Street, on Saturday, November 6 from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon. Drop off your pumpkins or stay to help smash them directly into the garden soil. This event adds the nutrients of leftover pumpkins to the soil and keeps them out of landfills. In 2020, more than 14,500 pounds of pumpkins were composted at the Garden Plots. Participants are asked to remove any decorations, along with candles from their pumpkins before dropping them off.