Friends of Queens Park Glasgow

20/08/2026

Please take part in the Pollok Park consultation!

Please take part in a consultation about Pollok Country Park to tell us how you use the park, how you get there, and what you think of it.

Have your say 👉 smartsurvey.co.uk/s/PollokCountryParkAccessSurvey

18/08/2026

Save the Queens Park Glasshouse Campaign update! 🌱🌺🐟🌵🌼🪴🪧
Join the campaigners, tonight (Tues 18th August) at the Roma Centre, 43 Nithsdale St, 6-7.30pm to hear and contribute to the discussion about what actions the councillors approved last week (text in full below) and what these next steps mean for the glasshouse, park and campaign.

🌺🌵GCC WECCE Committee 13th August 2026 - Save Queens Park Glasshouse campaign petition hearing. 🌱🐟 Amendments [designated GCC actions] drafted and agreed unanimously by all Green, Labour and SNP elected members and formally proposed by: Cllr Holly Bruce (Green) and seconded by: Ballie Eva Murray (Labour):

1. Agree the issue raised in the petition deserves further action and agree to refer to the petition with recommendations noted below to the appropriate Committee.
2. Instruct officers to undertake a public and transparent consultation regarding the future of the Queen’s Park Glasshouse, including EQIA [Equality Impact Assessment] on any future changes and report brought back to the appropriate committee within 6 months.
3. Commit to publication of feasibility studies and investment requirements for the Queen’s Park Glasshouse.
4. Identify potential sources of funding, including ENV2, to bring the building and facilities back to an excellent standard and to reinstate and restore the Queen’s Park Glasshouse dome.
5. Supports the implementation of appropriate net-zero measures to reduce the carbon footprint and long-term heating costs of the building.
6. Commit to meaningful community engagement with the petitioners and ensure this is a standing item on the Queen’s Park Working Group.
7. Ensure that any future use of the Queen’s Park Glasshouse maintains public access and enhanced public facilities.
8. Write to the relevant Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary to meet with the council and the petitioners to discuss the future of the Queen’s Park Glasshouse.

Friends of Queens Park will be there. ✊️Will you?! 🫵 All welcome! 😃

17/08/2026

QP big pond tufted duck family update! Four large ducklings having a doze on the iris bed coots nest in the rain, wait until 0:37 when annoyed coot makes her grand entrance! Poor ducklings!

17/08/2026

Save the Queens Park Glasshouse Campaign update! 🌱🌺🐟🌵🌼🪴🪧😃
Thursday's campaign petition success at the WECCE committee is just the start. Join the campaigners, tomorrow night (Tues 18th August) at the Roma Centre, 43 Nithsdale St, 6-7.30pm to contribute to the discussion on what the councillors approved last week and what these next steps mean for the glasdjouse, park and campaign.
Friends of Queens Park will be there. ✊️Will you?! 🫵 All welcome! 😃

16/08/2026

There's an earlier, unadvertised, performance of Tramway Beyond Walls - Requiem, happening right now in Queen’s Park, on the terrace near the Scottie dog!

16/08/2026

Our parks ancient history is soon to be unearthed! 🌳🕳🔍🕳🌳 Very exciting times ahead! There are volunteering opportinities and an Open Day on the 29th Aug! Stay tuned for more updates throughout!

Digging Into A Queen's Park Mystery...
If you go into the trees behind the flag pole, there is a pleasant area surrounded by an earth bank. This is the Camphill Earthwork.
Despite investigations in 1867 & 1950, the origin of this large feature is unknown. Is it Neolithic? Iron Age? Middle Ages? All of these or something completely different?

Archaeology Scotland & University Of Glasgow will be carrying out an extensive survey and dig 24 Aug - 4 Sept to better understand the Earthwork’s history.

There are plenty of opportunities to visit or get involved. Site tours daily 10-3pm, Open Day on Sat 29th August, and contact the team (phone & email address in the poster below) if you want to volunteer (Get your hands dirty!)

Details in the poster.

A great opportunity to experience archaeology right on our doorstep, meet others and maybe turn up a key find to solve the mystery.

Archaeology Scotland University of Glasgow Archaeology Friends of Queens Park Glasgow

15/08/2026

Some fabulous new blooms to enjoy in the Queens Park Glasshouse today! 😍🌱🌺 And a pleasure to admire a magnificent creepy crawly!

Photos courtesy AlisonJCBrown

15/08/2026

QP big pond tufted duck update! 🥰 Mama tufted still has four ducklings, and they're more than halfway to adult size! Watch to end: the young ones become fascinated by a drooping iris seed head! :)