Gardens & Scenery

Abbey Church Guided Tours

Guided tours are $5 per person (children and students free) which includes a guidebook of either the Gardens or the Monastery. The guided church tours include a walk from the Reception Center to the Abbey Church, a distance of about a quarter of a mile.

Reservations are required for groups of 10 or more.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday:
11:30AM & 2PM

Friday: 11:30AM & 2PM
(except on Retreat Days below)

There will be no tours of the monastery during the Christmas and New Year Holidays from December 23rd to January 1st.

Information for Visitors

Visitors are welcome at Mepkin Abbey, which is privately owned and is home for Trappist monks. Living according to the Rule of St. Benedict, the monks offer hospitality to strangers. To maintain their lives of prayer, silence, privacy and solitude, the monks have a few important requests of all visitors:

Upon arrival, please check in at the Reception Center/Gift Shop.
Read and abide by all signs.
Only two roads are open to the public: the main road which runs from the entrance to the public gardens, and the road which leads to the Reception Center & Store. Please stay on these two roads.
Access to the Abbey church is by guided tour only. This access is limited because the church is in the monastic enclosure, the heart of the monastery.
No professional photography allowed.
No dogs allowed.

Mepkin Abbey Mushrooms

Oyster mushrooms have long been cultivated in Asia for their medical benefits as well as excellent taste, and are a rich source of B-Vitamins. Dried mushrooms have a concentrated and powerful flavor, so you need less of them per recipe.

It is with great pleasure that we announce the arrival of our fresh and dried shiitake and oyster mushrooms in select grocery stores in the Low Country, including Whole Foods. Our dried and powdered mushrooms are available for sale in the Abbey Store.

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No Dogs Allowed

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Mepkin Abbey Mushrooms

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