Cylinder Gardening with Sammy Cylinder Texas AgriLife Extension Service- The Texas A&M University System
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Askew Elementary Cylinder Garden  The Cylinder Garden at Askew Elementary is bordered by landscaping timbers. Weed barrier was laid and then covered with bark mulch to keep the weeds away. 
 Planting a Cylinder Garden Seeds provided by the Harris County Master Gardener Association go 'here' in the potting mix.
 Cylinder Garden Mulched with Hay The Cylinder Garden at the Harris County Extension Office uses landscape timbers as a border. Weed barrier was laid and covered with hay to keep the weeds down.
 Demonstration Cylinder Garden A different demonstration garden grown at the Harris County Extension Office shows how large and beautiful these gardens can grow.
 Cylinder Garden on Table for Individuals with Disabilities This Cylinder Garden, grown on a 4' x 8' piece of plywood and sawhorses, demonstrates how even those with disabilities can have access to gardening.
 Cylinder Garden on Concrete? No room for a garden? No Problem. Just grow a cylinder garden on a patio or sidewalk.
 Eddison Middle School Cylinder Garden At Eddison Middle School they used cinder blocks to border their Cylinder Garden. The holes in the blocks make a great place to grow herbs!
 Children Checking for Insects and Diseases Children work in pairs looking for insects and pests in their cylinders. These boys seem to have found something on a squash plant.
 Children watering a Cylinder Garden Even watering doesn't seem like such a chore when you have a buddy to do it with you.
 Many children water a cylinder garden. Or...lots of buddies.

Cylinder Gardening is a curriculum enrichment program of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Harris County, TX. Extension programs serve people of all ages regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, sex, religion, disability or national origin. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating. Web Design by Carol Brouwer. Please send questions or comments to c-brouwer@tamu.edu. Last updated August 2008.