Since we appeared on Channel 5’s Dorset – Country & Coast we have been overwhelmed with the wonderful response we have had from visitors. Unfortunately though this has led to an overload in all areas of our family business and some of the paths in the Gardens are becoming too […]
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Thanks to some great weather this month our waterlilies and iris are well advanced and blooming more each day. The flora and fauna are starting to emerge in the ponds alongside the waterlilies dragonflies and damselflies can now be seen.
We open for the 2023 season ready for the Easter Holidays with our Easter Egg Hunt. Follow the children’s trail around the gardens, complete the trail to get a chocolate egg! SPRING SPECIAL TICKETS Adults £7.50 Children up to 16 years £3.50 Children under 5’s FREE Family Ticket (2 adults […]
We are so happy to be reopening on Monday 12th April. It’s been a long winter and we are so excited to welcome you all once again. Visit our Claude Monet style Japanese Bridge, Tropical House, Woodland Walks, Museum, Plant Centre and new for 2021 Frenchic Paint concession. Cafe Monet […]
Bennetts Water Gardens Recognized Among Best in Dorset, Based on Outstanding 2019 Traveller Reviews Weymouth, DORSET – August, 2020 – Bennetts Water Gardens today announced it has been recognized as a 2020 Travellers’ Choice award-winner for Attractions. Based on a full year of Tripadvisor reviews, prior to any changes caused by the pandemic, award winners are known for consistently receiving great traveller feedback, placing them […]
It’s sixty years since we first rented this site from Weymouth Brick & Tile Co., which were part of the Putton Brickworks in Chickerell. The disused clay-pits had flooded from ground water which created a series of lakes. The site needed clearing in preparation for planting the following year, when […]
After the wettest winter on record in the UK we have welcomed a fair amount of sunny weather this spring, this has helped to dry the ground, and allow us to catch up on works around the gardens. The stormy start to the year brought down many mature Willows around […]
Many of you have been in touch to say you saw the lovely photos of Bennetts Water Gardens in the national newspapers this week. The captioned photographs were used to illustrate weather related news items and featured one of our members of staff taking time out in the boat on […]
On Saturday we hosted a 35th Anniversary Open Day for Plant Heritage. Joint custodian of the collection James Bennett gave visitors a guided tour of the gardens and the National Collection of Water Lilies, the largest such collection of its kind in Britain. “This year marks 55 years for us since the original […]