TATTON Park is preparing to liven up its schedules next year with a contemporary art event.

Called the ‘Tatton Park Biennial 2008’, it will be launched during Cheshire’s Year of Gardens on the theme of botanical collections and is being supported by a range of organisations including the Arts Council England.

The event features more than 30 new commissions from a range of artists, performers and writers inspired by the park’s collections, collectors and landscape.

Visitors can look forward to a substantial programme of tours, performances and talks throughout the year as the Biennial continues to take shape.

A specially curated film programme and an active education and access programme will be extended to major cities, taking in a range of new visitors through specially devised and targeted schemes.

A full-colour publication with commissioned essays, a novella by Giles Waterfield and an artist’s multiple will be produced for the opening of the Biennial.

For more information about artists and updates about commissions and events, visit www.tatton parkbiennial.org.