THE fight to save a much-loved Victorian park attraction is being taken to the Scottish Parliament.
Campaigners in Glasgow’s Southside have worked tirelessly since June to prevent the Queen’s Park Glasshouse from closing to the public.
In August, a petition calling for the 130-year-old facility to remain open and council-owned was presented to Glasgow City Council (GCC), which agreed the concerns raised deserved further action.
The community-led campaign also helped stop the landmark site from closing during the summer.
While the immediate threat of closure has been lifted, its long-term future is said to remain uncertain.
Now, Scottish Green MSP Holly Bruce will lead a debate in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday calling for action to secure a positive future for the Glasshouse.
Holly noted that significant investment and a sustainable plan are needed to ensure the iconic building can continue to serve the community.
Her motion, which has received cross-party support, calls for the Glasshouse to be recognised and protected as a cultural heritage asset.
It also urges the Scottish Government to work with GCC and local residents.
Campaigners will gather outside Holyrood ahead of the debate to demonstrate their support for saving the Glasshouse.
Bruce commented: “The Queen’s Park Glasshouse is a special place for people across the Southside and beyond.
“For generations, it has been somewhere that people have celebrated, learned, met friends, brought their children, and simply enjoyed being together.
“That’s why the campaign to save it has brought so many people together. The Glasshouse isn’t just a beautiful building – it is part of the fabric of the community, and it holds decades of memories for the people who have visited it.
“I’m really glad that the immediate threat of closure has been pushed back, but we can’t stop there.
"Our community, and the people who fought so hard to save the Glasshouse, deserve to know that it has a future.
“At a time when communities across Glasgow have already lost too many much-loved community spaces, we should be doing everything we can to protect the ones we still have.
“The strength of the campaign has shown just how much people care about this place. Now we need to turn that energy into a long-term plan to save the Glasshouse, invest in it and make sure it can continue to be part of community life for generations to come.
“I hope that my colleagues across the Chamber will recognise the value in saving the Queen’s Park Glasshouse from closure, and commit to working alongside Glasgow City and residents to give it the proud future that it deserves.”
