Designs were recently completed for a Veteran's Memorial Park, which will include many activities such as fishing, boating, canoeing, picnicking, and hiking. A southern garden would not be complete without wisteria creeping along a trellis, magnolias blooming summer long, or rhododendron and azaleas. You may hear sounds of live Gospel or Jazz music emanating from the pavilion. Visitors and citizens of diverse religious backgrounds all enjoy the lovely Monastery of the Holy Spirit . The church, gift shop, greenhouse, and lake are open for the public to tour.
Retreats are available.
The Abbey Store sells monk-made bread, religious articles, and classically crafted Bonsai plants. The Big Haynes Creek Nature Center encompasses 150 acre of unique terrain. Roughly 50 acres are pristine wetland bordered with a floodplain forest with the remaining 100 acres of rolling to very steep land. Currently under developement, the Nature Center is located inside the Georgia International Horse Park.