East Putney Station has entered this year’s Underground in Bloom, a gardening competition on the Underground.

The competition recognises uderground staff who have added to their station by growing flowers and plants and in some cases even fruit and vegetables.

A Transport for London spokeswoman said: “This helps to improve the local environment, encourages flora and fauna and makes travelling more pleasant for passengers.

"Many of these green spaces are some of London’s best kept secrets as they are not accessible to the public for safety reasons, and are home to over 1,000 different animal and plant species.

"The work of staff for the Underground in Bloom competition helps to protect and enhance the life of this bio-diversity.”

This year almost a quarter of stations, train depots and service control rooms across the network entering.

More than half of London Underground is above ground and the Tube owns about 10 per cent of the entire wildlife habitat in London.

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