Compost Your Pumpkin!

City of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota

Highlights

Sat, 01 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 am

Veterans Memorial Community Center

Date & Location

Sat, 01 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 am - Sun, 02 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm (CDT)

Veterans Memorial Community Center

Army National Guard, Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077, United States

About the event

Compost Your Pumpkin!

Save your jack-o'-lantern from the trash!
Do your part, and compost your pumpkin instead.

Saturday Nov. 1 & Sunday Nov. 2, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
VMCC Parking Lot, Pumpkin Dumpster
8055 Barbara Avenue, Outside Door G

ACCEPTED ITEMS: Carved or uncarved pumpkins. Painted pumpkins, candles and bags are NOT accepted.

All pumpkins collected will be turned into compost—a valuable soil additive. Compost improves soil quality, reduces erosion, and decreases the need for chemical fertilizers.

More event info at ighmn.gov/CollectionEvents.

This event is partially funded by Dakota County and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

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