Showing posts with label 2013 Railway Garden Competition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2013 Railway Garden Competition. Show all posts

Thursday, 26 September 2013

Monday, 23 September 2013

Railway Garden Competition - Victoria

This from Tiny Sleigh...


Note the bush growing on the station roof which compliments this platform 8 pastoral idyll.

Thursday, 19 September 2013

Railway Garden Competition - Crossmyloof

This from The Raver...


This has to be the winner!

Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Monday, 2 September 2013

Pointless signs - Burton upon Trent

This from the Wicked Weaver... 

Gateway to the National Forest (or so it says)?




Strikes me, we're already there.

Friday, 30 August 2013

Railway Garden Competition - Forest Hill

This from a Dr Gloucester...


I hope you enjoy the following specimen, which was spotted recently at the aptly named Forest Hill station:


I wonder if this might also qualify for a Pointless Signs entry?

Railway Garden Competition - Britannia Bridge


Friday, 23 August 2013

Railway Garden Competition - Long Eaton

This from John-John...

The 1745 from St Pancras had a brush with Long Eaton's reforestation programme yesterday.


There was a time when one could safely walk along the cess, sight signals, etc...

Railway Garden Competition - Ashurst


Monday, 19 August 2013

Railway Garden Competition - Mill Hill East


Railway Garden Competition - King's Cross

This from Only Two Misters...

These buddliea are prospering from within the NR boundary above Gasworks Tunnel at King's Cross. 


What I particularly like is the way they offset Kings Place, which houses NR's corporate HQ.

Railway Garden Competition - Wolverhampton


Railway Garden Competition - Worcester Shrub Hill

This taken at the appropriately named Shrub Hill station..



And complemented by a delightful mobile planter!



Marvellous!

Friday, 2 August 2013

Railway Garden Competition - Weybridge

This from Buisson Grass...





Years of (no) effort have obviously gone into these.

Railway Garden Competition - Victoria


With a bowler tip to @Peter_Mount

Monday, 29 July 2013

Railway Garden Competition - Lincoln

This from a Mr Barrett Houzing...

I thought Eye readers might enjoy an update on how the platform 8 garden at Lincoln is doing.

2009...


 2012...


And here, in all its glory, the same Railway Garden today!


Surely worthy of a Lifetime Achievement Award?


Friday, 26 July 2013

Railway Garden Competition - Harrow and Wealdstone

This from the Ward Room... 

This is NR infrastructure...



One wonders if TfL would permit this on their own tracks?

Thursday, 25 July 2013

Monday, 22 July 2013

Thursday, 18 July 2013

Railway Garden Competition - Barking

This from Trailer Second...


The LTS main line down platform.