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Fernbrae Meadows
 Fernbrae Meadows is a public greenspace in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, located on high ground to the south of Rutherglen, specifically directly south of the Fernhill neighbourhood. It is a local nature reserve.[1][2]   History The park was created between 2015 and 2019,[3][4] following the closure of Blairbeth Golf Course, which had operated there since 1956.[5][6] It was named Fernbrae Meadows following consultation with the local community.[7] The park lies adjacent to Cathkin Braes Country Park.[8] In 1854, journalist Hugh MacDonald published Rambles Round Glasgow in which he describes a visit to the area thus:
Archaeologists and antiquarians have drawn attention to the existence of prehistoric burial mounds and cairns in the surrounding area.[10][11][2] BiodiversityThe recent development of Fernbrae Meadows has created a number of habitats, including wildflower meadow, woodland, wetlands and marshy grassland. The grasslands contain holcus lanatus, rough meadow-grass, meadow foxtail, bush vetch, common hogweed, sweet vernal-grass, meadow vetchling, broad-leaved dock, field forget me not, common sorrel and bracken. Wet areas contain meadowsweet, soft-rush, marsh Thistle, sharp-flowered Rush, common yellow sedge, oval sedge, marsh-bedstraw and marsh marigold.[2] References
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