In 2006 the congregation installed a native plant landscape with wild edible plants and flowers as well as plants referenced in the bible but appropriate for this zone using the Book of Common Prayer as a guide:




Assumption:
We recognize that dominion over things on the earth only makes us fellow workers with the rest of creation. This requires a wisdom and reverence for the resources of nature so that no one may suffer from our abuse of them and that generations yet to come may also experience the earth's bounty (adapted from the Book of Common Prayer, Prayer 41).
Therefore the objectives of the plan are that it:
   1. Be aesthetically pleasing, 
   2. Require minimal maintenance, 
   3. Use non-cultivar plants native to this eco-region to the greatest extent possible, 
   4. Include some food sources for humans, 
   5. Provide habitat and food for other species (wildlife), 
   6. Be financially feasible, 
   7. Thrive with only organic or integrated pest management practices.
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It is flourishing. The honey bees are daily visitors to many plants in bloom. Edibles that the congregation now has access to from the landscape include: onion, fig, elderberry, arugula, rose hips, and mint.