For over four decades, staff at St. Bernard Memorial Gardens have met the needs of Louisiana's St. Bernard parish. Though heavily damaged during Hurricane Katrina, the property has recently reopened with newly constructed few rural home and facilities to meet the needs of southern Louisiana residents.

Originally founded in the mid 1960s, St. Bernard Memorial Garden used to, and continues to be, one of the most beautiful cemetery properties in the area. The spacious and green property also offers a variety of amenities and services for community residents, including visitation rooms, private arrangement offices, a community room, and a beautiful chapel in the funeral home. Originally built in the late 1990s, the funeral home on the property is graced with a beautiful stained glass window that was saved from the devastating damage of Hurricane Katrina and now offers a sense of beauty, strength, and longevity to the building.

St. Bernard Memorial Gardens is located in the midst of Chalmette, a quaint and quiet community that offers tranquility, privacy, and security for visitors. The lush green lawns, trees and shrubs scattered throughout the property are well groomed and maintained.

Property services include but are limited to family tombs, private estates, mausoleums, and traditional ground burial options. A granite memorial on the property honors the sacrifices and service of the military with their St. Bernard Memorial Gardens Veterans Memorial. The Garden of the Resurrection Mausoleum offers a variety a beautiful resting place for those who choose cremation, while other mausoleums throughout the property, graced with names such as Garden of the Resurrection, Garden of Serenity and Garden of Peace also offer a variety of beautiful locations.

St. Bernard Memorial Gardens is located just east of downtown New Orleans in Chalmette, nestled between Lake Borgne and Lake Pontchartrain. Visitors can reach the property by taking Interstate 10 east or west with a turnoff south on Interstate 510, (also known as Paris road or State Route 47), as well as taking Route 39 from New Orleans toward Chalmette, with a turnoff onto West Virtue Street.