Café Monet - the licensed restaurant and sunny patio have beautiful Visitor Information 2016 views over the gardens, whether you’re visiting the gardens or just Bennetts stopping by for a quick bite to eat, it’s a great place to meet. Opening times 10am to 5pm daily, closed Saturdays. 25th March to 30th September. Enjoy morning coffee, snacks, sandwiches and light lunches made using Water Gardens local produce from and the Westcountry. You can also enjoy a How to get here glass of wine, local real ale or cider with your meal. Car: We are 2 miles west of Weymouth on the B3157 at . Follow Our delicious homemade cakes, baked on-site, include our popular brown road signs for ‘Water Gardens’ from A354. Dorset Clotted Cream Tea and Traditional Dorset Apple Cake. 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 By the World Heritage service X53: Exeter to Poole. 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.

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View from the cafe

Wedding Venue & Corporate Events • Exclusive hire available on Saturdays. Sat Nav: DT3 4AF • Licensed for outdoor Civil Ceremonies. FREE Customer Parking for cars and coaches. • Lakeside setting for marquee receptions. Family Tickets available, children under 5 FREE. • Café Monet is available for indoor ceremonies & receptions. Group Discounts & Tours, contact us for bookings. © Linus Moran

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.

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Bennetts Water Gardens, Putton Lane Chickerell, Weymouth, Dorset DT3 4AF National Plant Collection® of Water Lilies Phone: 01305 785150 flowering through the summer Email: [email protected] This 8 acre garden holds a National Plant Collection® of Water Lilies The Claude Monet connection - many of the original water lilies planted with a Monet style Japanese Bridge as the centrepiece. Over 140 here by the Bennett family in 1959 came from the same nursery in France different varieties produce tens-of-thousands of flowers from late that supplied Monet’s garden in Giverny, and the varieties that Monet spring through to autumn, creating one of the most outstanding painted are among the collections held here today. The Monet style displays of water lilies in Britain. Japanese Bridge was commissioned here in 1999 to commemorate 100 years since Monet’s painting ‘Water Lily pond 1899’ and recreates the Grass pathways lead you through the series of ponds and lakes painting of a bridge over a water lily pond. surrounded by wetland plants, specimen trees, palms, wild plants and flowers. The gardens are a registered ‘Site of Nature Conservation Visitor Centre & Shopping - you can enjoy Free Customer Parking and Interest’ and home to abundant wildlife. There are scenic places to sit Free Entry to the Gift Shop, Plant Centre & Café. Pick a gift or choose and unwind and shaded woodland walks to explore. The Tropical House from the selection of quality plants and water lilies grown onsite. If you contains exotic plants including a cacti collection and a Family Nature don’t have space to take plants home during your visit, you can order Trail keeps young visitors interested. online at www.bennettswatergardens.com The museum contains over 150 years of local history including Chickerell village (mentioned in the Domesday Book) and & Fleet lagoon on Dorset’s World Heritage Jurassic Coast. plus the fascinating history of this site from Autumn Plant Sale the Brickworks & Clay Pits of 1859 through to Picnic th th Area 25 to 30 September the gardens of today. End of season clearance, pick up a bargain from the nursery.

Wedding Gazebo Easter Egg Hunt th 25th March to 8 April Children’s Easter trail around the gardens, complete the trail to get a chocolate egg.

Pond Dipping rd 30th May to 3 June 11am & 2pm Bring the kids during half-term to see what bugs are living in the water in our ponds.

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

Tropical House