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The 11th annual Going Green in the Grove returns April 25, hosted by the Hornet Park Community Center and the Beech Grove Greenscape Commission. 

The free Arbor Day event lets community members participate in various activities, such as making a bouquet and a petting zoo.  

Attendees can also receive a free native tree sapling and a bag of produce.

Going Green in the Grove will be noon to 3 p.m. April 25 at the Hornet Park Community Center, 5245 Hornet Ave.

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Going Green in the Grove returns on April 25 for Arbor Day

by Elizabeth Gabriel, Mirror Indy
April 17, 2026

<h1>Going Green in the Grove returns on April 25 for Arbor Day</h1> <p class="byline">by Elizabeth Gabriel, Mirror Indy <br />April 17, 2026</p> <p>The 11th annual <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1287286156660212/?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&amp;ref_source=newsfeed&amp;ref_mechanism=feed_attachment" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Going Green in the Grove</a> returns April 25, hosted by the Hornet Park Community Center and the Beech Grove Greenscape Commission. </p> <p>The free Arbor Day event lets community members participate in various activities, such as making a bouquet and a petting zoo.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Attendees can also receive a free native tree sapling and a bag of produce.</p> <p>Going Green in the Grove will be noon to 3 p.m. April 25 at the Hornet Park Community Center, 5245 Hornet Ave.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/hornet-park-community-center-beech-grove-indianapolis-arbor-day-going-green-grove/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org&quot;&gt;Mirror Indy&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-Mirror-Indy-square-logo-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=77861&amp;amp;ga4=G-X0R0QW371R&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mirrorindy.org/hornet-park-community-center-beech-grove-indianapolis-arbor-day-going-green-grove/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mirrorindy.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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