PHOTO GALLERY: Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture hosts Garden Cruise bike tour
June 30, 2012 | 6:08 p.m. CDT
CORRECTION: Community Garden Coalition also was a sponsor of the "Garden Cruise."
Sean Coder, left, and Devont'e Daniels work Saturday in the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture demonstration garden on Windsor Street. The garden was one of five stops during "Garden Cruise," a tour around gardens in Columbia intended to combine bicycling and gardening.
| Amy Bruer
Bikes lie on a sidewalk during the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture's "Garden Cruise" on Saturday. Many of the structures in the urban garden are made from reclaimed materials such as bike wheels, which are incorporated into the fence at the demonstration garden.
| Amy Bruer
Cami Logan leaves the Circus Lyon Garden to head for the next location on the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture's Garden Cruise on Saturday. The tour stopped at five urban gardens in Columbia.
| Amy Bruer
Sean Coder weighs freshly harvested beets Saturday at the Columbia Center for Urban Agricultre's demonstration garden. The garden is used for research on the output of product in relation to number of hours needed to grow the produce.
| Amy Bruer
One of several chickens at the Center for Urban Agriculture's farm walks around her pen on Saturday.
| Amy Bruer
Tinfoil placed on string hangs over blackberries at the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture's farm on Fay Street. The tinfoil helps discourage birds from eating the berries.
| Amy Bruer
Participants of the "Garden Cruise" bike tour look at plants growing at the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture demonstration farm on Saturday. The tour helped educate participants about urban gardening.
| Amy Bruer
| Amy Bruer
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