Bennetts

Water Gardens

By the World Heritage Jurassic Coast

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Café MonetThe licensed restaurant and sunny patio have beautiful views over the gardens, whether you’re visiting the gardens or just stopping by for a quick bite to eat, it’s a great place to meet.Enjoy morning coffee, snacks, sandwiches and light lunches made using local produce from Dorset and the Westcountry. You can also enjoy a glass of wine, local real ale or cider with your meal.Our delicious homemade cakes, baked on site, include our popular Dorset Clotted Cream Tea and Traditional Dorset Apple Cake.

Wedding VenueThese stunning romantic gardens are available for exclusive hire. You may choose to hold just your ceremony or just your reception here, but it is the perfect venue to spend your entire wedding day in one location, with the unique setting offering spectacular photo opportunities.

Sat Nav DT3 4AF

Visitor Information 2019

Opening times10am to 4pm daily, closed Saturdays. 31st March to 27th September.

• FREE Customer Parking for cars and coaches.• Family Tickets available, children under 5 FREE. • Season Tickets available.• Group Discounts & Tours, contact us for bookings.

Partial wheelchair access in gardens, but after wet weather gardens may close to wheelchair users. To avoid disappointment please contact us in advance for further advice.

Sorry, no dogs, except registered assistance dogs which must wear Identifying Jackets and their Environmental Health and Identification Cards be shown.

Putton Lane, Chickerell, Weymouth, Dorset DT3 4AF

Phone: 01305 785150 Email: info@bennettswatergardens.com

For latest info visit www.bennettswatergardens.com

Bennetts

Water Gardens

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As featured on BBC Gardeners’ World

National Plant Collection® of Water Liliesflowering through the summer

How to get hereCar: We are 2 miles west of Weymouth on the B3157 at Chickerell. Follow brown road signs for ‘Water Gardens’ from A354.Bus: Nearest stop is the Army Camp at Chickerell, the gardens are a short walk down the road. Bus service 8: Weymouth to Chickerell, or Jurassic Coast Bus service X53: Axminster to Weymouth.Train: The nearest station is Weymouth. Trains operate from London Waterloo via Winchester, Southampton & Bournemouth and also Bristol Temple Meads via Bath Spa, Westbury, Castle Cary & Yeovil Pen Mill.

This 8 acre garden holds a National Plant Collection® of Water Lilies with a Monet style Japanese Bridge as the centrepiece. Over 140 different varieties produce tens-of-thousands of flowers from late spring through to autumn, creating one of the most outstanding displays of water lilies in Britain.Grass pathways lead you through the series of ponds and lakes surrounded by wetland plants, specimen trees, palms, wild plants and flowers. The gardens are a registered ‘Site of Nature Conservation Interest’ and home to abundant wildlife. There are scenic places to sit and unwind and shaded woodland walks to explore. The Tropical House contains exotic plants including a cacti collection.

The museum contains over 150 years of local history including Chickerell village (mentioned in the Domesday Book) and Chesil Beach & Fleet lagoon on Dorset’s World Heritage Jurassic Coast. plus the fascinating history of this site from the Brickworks & Clay Pits of 1859 through to the gardens of today.

The Claude Monet connection - many of the original water lilies planted here by the Bennett family in 1959 came from the same nursery in France that supplied Monet’s garden in Giverny, and the varieties that Monet painted are among the collections held here today. The Monet style Japanese Bridge was commissioned here in 1999 to commemorate 100 years since Monet’s painting ‘Water Lily pond 1899’ and recreates the painting of a bridge over a water lily pond.

Visitor Centre & Shopping - you can enjoy Free Customer Parking and Free Entry to the Gift Shop, Plant Centre & Café. Pick a gift or choose from the selection of quality plants and water lilies grown on site.

Tropical House

Tropical House Museum of Local History Gift Shop & Plant Centre Licensed Cafe

PicnicArea

Licensed Wedding Venue

Imperial Gazebo

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EastEr Egg Hunt 7th to 23rd April

A children’s trail around the

gardens, complete the trail to get a chocolate egg!

What’s On

Pond diPPing 27th to 31st May 11am Bring the kids during half-term to see what bugs are living in the water in our ponds.

naturE trail (All season)

A children’s nature trail around

the gardens, complete the trail and receive a prize!

Car Park