Edinburgh Park’s bi-annual poetry ‘zine, Polaris, is seeing the launch of its third issue – this time centred on Louise Plant’s sculpture Amarylla Guerrilla (pictured.)

The issue, titled Planting Amaryllis, marks a point where poetry and sculpture meet in a powerful exploration of guerrilla-gardening, resilience and the myth of the amaryllis flower. There will be live readings from commissioned poets, bringing words to life in response to the sculpture.

Admission is free, and visitors will be presented with a gift on entry – limited-edition wildflower seed packets featuring lines from the poets’ works, and a copy of the latest Polaris.

As featured on artmag.co.uk, Edinburgh Park lies on the city’s western outskirts between Gogar and Hermiston, and is a large mixed-use community of homes, leisure space and workplaces. Begun in the 1990’s under a masterplan by US architect Richard Meier, in recent years the development has taken on a distinctive European, neighbourhood feel, and is emerging as a cultural quarter with art and culture at the centre of its plans.

Part of Edinburgh Park’s vision is a series of sculptural works by artists such as Ann Christopher, Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, William Tucker, Louise Plant and many others, which is helping re-position Edinburgh Park as an exciting cultural area, not only as an art-destination as part of the capital, but for the everyday benefit of its growing number of residents and workers.