A place of meditation, rest, and reflection

Host your Private or Special Event at Cornerstone Gardens

Cornerstone Gardens is now open for your private, special event needs! Please consider us when planning your next intimate wedding, garden tea, showers, corporate or charity events and more. Your booking donation will sponsor the continued work of our mission to provide a retreat space for Pastors. Please contact us to get more information.

Cornerstone Gardens presents a high-tea style & social-distancing-safe event for the family. Please join us for a stroll through the gardens to meet the famous Disney Princesses. Take pictures while enjoying lemonade and pastries as you delight in the sights and sounds of this magical garden. Tickets are $50 per child (with one adult complimentary pass). Each additional Parent or Guardian is $50. All proceeds underwrite the Pastor’s Retreat Ministry of Carriage House Restore & Repose, Inc, a non-profit 501 (c) 3 charity.

What is Cornerstone Gardens and Arboretum?

Cornerstone Gardens and Arboretum was created as a place of meditation, rest and reflection for Carriage House Repose & Restore, Inc., a Christian support ministry for ministers, missionaries and evangelists. The Carriage House is situated on the property close to the gardens, and the pastors and others come to stay there as a short-term respite. The caretakers and stewards of the Carriage House ministry have opened the gardens to the general public so as to share the natural beauty and wonder of over 5,000 plants and trees comprised of over 150 different species.

Why “Cornerstone” Gardens?

The Garden derives its name from Jesus Christ, referenced by The God of Israel in Isaiah 28:16. Dr. Charles Ryrie says: “Jesus Christ is a foundation stone in His atonement, a tested stone in His temptations, and a costly (precious) cornerstone in His relationship to His people.”

The Gardens offer interesting and appealing natural beauty at all seasons. Come visit and take time to learn more about the plant collections while enjoying one of the area’s finest private gardens.

Where can you find us?

Cornerstone Gardens is within walking distance of downtown Mobile, Alabama at 1066 Government Street, situated among the old homes and landscapes of the nationally recognized Oakleigh Garden Historic District. We are open by appointment, please call 251-298-7670.