The glasshouse was erected in 1863 at the home of John Kibble (a Glasgow merchant) at Coulport on Loch Long. Kibble later offered it to the City of Glasgow, to be erected at Queens Park, however the location was changed by mutual agreement. It was moved to Glasgow by barge via the River Clyde. An 1873 enlargement included extension of the diameter of the original dome to 146ft (44m) and addition of a large entrance foyer with nave, transepts and a second smaller central crossing dome which can be seen in the foreground.

The glasshouse was built at Redholm, Ardrossan, which was the home of Bailie A.G. MacDonald (ex-convener of the Glasgow Parks Committee). Gifted by him to the city in 1898, they opened to the public in 1990.

Constructed of cast iron and glass on a Latin-cross plan, with a dome at the crossing and semi-circular ends.

Closed in 2011 due to storm damaged and later reopened following a £2.3m refurbishment. It again fell into disrepair and was refurbished, including re-glazing with safety glass, in late 2022/early 2023.

Listed as "currently closed" by Glasgow City Council (March 2024)

Built in 1905 by Simpson and Farmer Horticultural Builders, Glasgow, for the Office of Public Works.

Located at the south side of Queen's Park, overlooking the Battlefield Monument

Located in Glasgow Green, The People's Palace and Winter Garden was established in 1898 as a cultural centre for the poor and deprived population of the city's East End. The distinctive red sandstone building was designed by the City Engineer, Alexander B. McDonald, and decorated with sculptures representing Art, Science, Shipbuilding, Industry and Progress by William Kellock Brown.

Since the 1940s, it has been a museum of social history for the city of Glasgow. Collections and displays reflect the changing face of the city since 1750 and the different experiences of Glaswegians at home, work and leisure.

In the late 1990s, the building closed for two years for major renovation in preparation for its centenary year. It closed again in January 2019, with rare plants moved to alternative homes after the site was ruled structurally unsafe. The museum section reopened in June 2019 after a further refurbishment, but the winter garden remains closed (2024)

Springburn is synonymous with the locomotive manufacturing industry. Although there is little trace of that remaining today, the district was a world leader in steam locomotive design and manufacture from the birth of the railways until well into the 1960s. Locomotives from Springburn were shipped to every corner of the globe.

This industry generated a great deal of wealth and the local Reid family donated some of theirs towards providing Springburn park on condition that the city would build a winter garden there.

Designed and built in 1900 by Simpson and Farmer Horticultural Builders, Glasgow, for the Office of Public Works.