Pumpkin Smash 2025
Schedule
Sun Nov 09 2025 at 12:00 pm to 03:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
La Plaza Cultural Community Garden | New York, NY
About this Event
Don't let your pumpkin haunt a landfill! Join LES Ecology Center at La Plaza Cultural for Pumpkin Smash 2025 on Sunday, November 9th. Bring your pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns, and gourds for a smashing good time!
In addition, enjoy the following fun, family-friendly activities:
- Earth Loom Weaving
- Painting with Food Scraps
- Light Refreshments
- Live Music by Kicki & The Fellas
- ...and more!
Smashed pumpkins will be turned into compost to help rejuvenate soils in parks and green spaces.
If your pumpkin is still edible, we encourage you to find a tasty recipe that utilizes the entire pumpkin!
Can’t make it? Bring your jack-o-lanterns to one of LES Ecology Center's food scrap drop-off sites.
FREE. Registration recommended; drop-ins welcome! This event is rain or shine and will proceed in light rain. In the case that there is inclement weather, we notify via this Eventbrite page and on our social media.
PHOTO AND VIDEO
By attending this event you agree to grant to the Lower East Side Ecology Center (Ecology Center), its representatives, and employees the right to take photographs, audio, and video recordings of you and your property in connection with the event. You authorize the Ecology Center to copyright, use, and publish the same in print and/or electronically. You agree that the Ecology Center may use such media of you for any lawful purpose, including such purposes as publicity, illustration, advertising, web content, and associated endeavors.
ABOUT LES ECOLOGY CENTER:
The Lower East Side Ecology Center has pioneered community-based models in urban sustainability since 1987. We provide unique e-waste and composting services, environmental stewardship opportunities, and educational programming to all New Yorkers to create an equitable, resilient, and sustainable city.
ABOUT LA PLAZA CULTURAL:
La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden is a unique open-air theater and green space, combining the functions of a community garden, a park, and a play area, a wildlife refuge, and a performance venue. Thousands of people from diverse cultures use our space every year.
Where is it happening?
La Plaza Cultural Community Garden, East 9th Street, New York, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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