Bennetts Water Gardens

Chickerell, England, United Kingdom

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Bennetts Water Gardens is an 8‑acre visitor garden in Chickerell, near Weymouth in Dorset, set on the site of old clay pits that filled with water and became a series of ponds and lakes.

It is best known for its National Plant Collection of water lilies, with many varieties flowering from late spring to early autumn and creating a colourful, Monet‑style water‑garden scene. A striking blue Japanese bridge, inspired by Monet’s famous painting, is a highlight, and the site includes a tropical house, woodland walks, a small museum about local history, and a café.

The gardens are also a nature‑conservation site, home to a range of wildlife and wetland plants, and are run today by the Bennett family, who originally created the garden.