Transport for LondonUnderground in bloom
Underground in Bloom Competition 2009
During the summer, staff around the network worked tirelessly in their spare time growing flowers, plants and even fruit and vegetables to add colour to their stations, depots and service control rooms.
Staff from some of London's busiest and most famous stations including Oxford Circus, Sloane Square, South Kensington and Victoria took part in the competition which was supported by Mayor of London Boris Johnson, Chair of London Food, Rosie Boycott and BBC2 Gardeners World presenter Joe Swift.
This year's competition attracted the highest number of entrants ever with nearly a quarter of all Underground staff participating in some way to improve the environment where they work.
Competition Winners 2009
Best newcomer award
1st Woodford
2nd Colindale
3rd Preston Road and High Barnet (joint award)
Cultivated garden
1st Upminster
2nd Finchley Central
3rd Northwood Hills and Sudbury Town (joint award)
Hanging baskets including window boxes (The John Knight Award)
1st Newbury Park
2nd Stratford Market Depot
3rd Rickmansworth and West Ruislip stations (joint award)
Tubs
1st Rickmansworth
2nd Greenford
3rd Cockfosters and Neasden Train Crew Accommodation (joint award)
Trains & Service Control
1st Stratford Market Depot
2nd Upminster Train Crew
3rd West Ruislip Train Crew Accommodation and Stratford Fleet House (joint award)
Dennis Sanger Award (COO Special Award)
1st Gill Hilgner (District Line, Wimbledon branch) and Edgware Group Garden Project (joint award)
3rd Maida Vale
Overall Best
1st Rickmansworth
2nd High Barnet
3rd Upminster Train Crew Accommodation
Entrants
Aldgate, Barkingside, Barking Train Crew Accommodation, Bayswater, Brent Cross, Canons Park, Clapham North, Canada Water, Charing Cross Group, Chesham, Cockfosters, Colindale, Dollis Hill, Ealing Broadway, East Acton, East Putney, Edgware Road Train Crew Accommodation, Elm Park, Epping, Finchley Central, Greenford, Hendon Central, High Barnet, Loughton, Maida Vale, Neasden, Neasden Train Depot, Newbury Park, Northfields, Northolt, Northwood Hills, Oxford Circus, Parsons Green, Preston Road, Putney Bridge, Rayners Lane, Rickmansworth, Roding Valley, Sloane Square, South Kensington, Stratford Market Depot, Stratford Fleet House, Stockwell, Sudbury Hill, Sudbury Town, Tottenham Hale, Turnham Green, West Acton, West Brompton, West Kensington, West Ruislip, Willesden Green, Theydon Bois, Upminster Depot, Watford, Wood Lane Service Centre and Woodford.
