Tag: Pumpkin

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Naperville pumpkin composting, success

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Four-hundred and two families participated in the Naperville Park District’s annual Pumpkin Smash at the Ron Ory Community Garden Plots November 9. Volunteers counted and weighed jack-o-lanterns and decorative pumpkins from Halloween while families enjoyed smashing and composting them into the garden’s soil. Composting pumpkins is a great way to...

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Geneva Pumpkin Smash Nov. 9

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Instead of throwing away that old pumpkin after Halloween, people can recycle them for free at Geneva’s Pumpkin Smash Saturday, Nov. 9 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Community Gardens at Prairie Green, at Peck and Bricher roads. The Pumpkin Smash, which is sponsored by the City’s Natural Resources...

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Aurora’s second annual Pumpkin Smash Nov. 2:

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The Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry will be partners with University of Illinois Extension and SCARCE for Aurora’s second annual Pumpkin Smash 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 2 at Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry, 1100 Jericho Road, Aurora. Anyone interested can come to smash and recycle pumpkins to decrease...

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2023 Pumpkin Smash

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Kane County residents can “green their H​alloweens” by dropping off pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns, and other compostable seasonal decorations to be composted from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 4, at Pushing the Envelope Farm, 1700 Averill Road, Geneva, just north of the intersection of Rt. 38/State Street and Kirk Road. Accepted...

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Kane County Pumpkin & Squash Recycling Event November 2

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Kane County, in conjunction with Pushing the Envelope Farm and Northern Illinois Food Bank, will offer a free pumpkin-recycling event in Geneva from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 2 at Pushing the Envelope Farm, 1700 Averill Road in Geneva. Non-compostables such as candles, yarn hair, stickers, googly eyes, plastic...

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