Marilao is located northwest of Manila, and with an approximate distance of twenty kilometers between them, it will only take fifteen minutes to get to Marilao via the North Luzon Expressway and about thirty minutes via Mcarthur Highway. Marilao is located in Bulcan which belongs to Region III or Central Luzon and is geographically located at points 120° 57' longitude and 14° 46' latitude. A third of its total area of ​​2,625 hectares is generally flat and comprises mainly agricultural land and residential subdivisions while the remainder, predominantly to the east, is mainly composed of rugged areas along with some hilly portions. The climate is generally warm and sunny all year round, except for occasional rain in some areas from June to October. With a total population of 160,452, most of them are Catholic with a high literacy rate of ninety-eight percent and Tagalog as the main dialect. In the southeastern part of Marilao is one of its barangays, barangay Lias, which borders barangays Lambakin to the north, Saog to the west, and Ibayo to the south. It is the third most populated barangay with about 11,139 residents and a total area of ​​98.81 hectares. Although it is primarily a residential barangay with seven subdivisions, it still has some manufacturing industries and commercial establishments like SM Marilao along with public elementary and secondary schools, churches and other local establishments (http://www.marilao.gov.ph/barangay/lias .asp).I. Origin of the ProgramThe Barangay Lias Urban Gardening Program is still young and started only last 2008 to recognize the project of the Committee on Agriculture stating that there must be a "gulayan sa barangay", which means that all the barangays of the. ... .. half of the paper ...may, meanwhile, require more spending, so other parts of their budget will have to be sacrificed. For now, the program is still far from triumphant considering the fact that not many people have started their own urban gardens. With the performance of the barangay in previous years, the program may still be valid in the next year or so. But if they do not find better solutions to address the problems and put their ideas into practice in the near future, the system will definitely not thrive and, as a result, may not even reach the next decade. Works Cited Castro, Angel. Agricultural Chairman of Barangay Lias. Personal interview. September 10, 2011.Lutao, Henry.Barangay captain of Barangay Lias. Personal interview. August 13, 2011.http://www.marilao.gov.ph/default.aspUrban Gardening. Website: http://www.marilao.gov.ph/services/news.asp?newsid=275