The Orangery Suite in Wimborne, Dorset, hosts business meetings, corporate and charity events, weddings and private parties for up to 85 guests. It stands in an 18th-century walled garden about a mile from Wimborne, and groups can hire the whole venue or a single space.
Seminars and company events
The venue lists team-building days, business meetings, training sessions, trade shows, galas, business dinners and exhibitions among its uses. Organizers can hire the Orangery Suite room, the marquee or the entire venue with its garden. Having two indoor spaces lets a day split between a working session in one room and a banquet in the other. For meetings the team provides flip charts, 65-inch interactive monitors and hot and cold refreshments. Garden games such as croquet, petanque, crazy golf, giant chess, badminton and table tennis suit a team day outside the meeting room.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are hired on an exclusive basis, with the grounds and venue rooms reserved for the couple. The walled garden offers five ceremony areas, and the Orangery serves for winter ceremonies. Couples choose their own caterers, stylists and entertainment. A bridal suite is available, and dogs are welcome. Evening functions can use the Orangery room or the marquee, and the venue also hosts funeral receptions, christenings, baby naming ceremonies and vow renewals.
Rooms and capacities
The marquee measures 10 by 10 meters and seats up to 85 at round tables with a top table. Its window walls roll back in warm weather, festoon lights run through it, and electrical outlets serve DJs and bands. A service hatch gives a caterer extra working space. The marquee sits at the center of the site, in line of sight of the bar and a short walk from the restrooms.
The Orangery Suite room is a function room with high ceilings and a conservatory bar looking over the terrace. It suits up to 80 guests at a party. For corporate layouts the site gives a maximum of 60 seated: 15 tables of four, seven tables of eight for 48, one long banquet table for 34, or a U-shaped boardroom for 48. A summer house in the garden holds welcome drinks, and the large lawns have room for inflatables.
Catering
The Orangery has its own private licensed bar. Food comes from recommended external caterers, and the venue lists formal two to four course dinners, buffets, grazing tables, cream teas, hog roasts, barbecues and picnics. Organizers can also bring in their own entertainment, and the team suggests options for daytime and evening events.
History and setting
The Orangery Suite and Gardens occupy an 18th-century walled garden in quiet countryside, run by a family team. An iron gate opens onto a path to a wisteria-covered pergola, and the garden holds the lawns, terrace and ceremony spots used by wedding and corporate groups alike.
Getting there
The venue is on Merley House Lane, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 3AA, about a mile from Wimborne. The official site describes it as easy to reach from Bournemouth, Poole and the rest of Dorset and Hampshire. The team asks visitors to book a tour in daylight to see the garden at its best.
