Award winning poet and land-artist Gerry Loose lives in Glasgow. He has published three collections of poetry, though his poetry is as often found in gardens as on the page. He has made work for Hidden Gardens, Glasgow; Botanic Gardens, Glasgow; Port Logan Botanic Gardens; Jardin des Plantes, Montpellier; and Holy Island. He is also the editor of The Holistic Handbook and The Botanical Basho and is currently the Creative Director of the Peace Garden Project, Scotland. He is a recipient of a 2006 Creative Scotland Award to study the ecology & human ecology of Sunart oakwoods.