Linda & Kenny McMurry deliver a knock out with their home on 11th Street in The Dalles. The stunner has put a few heads on a swivel as this botanical beauty recently landed a solid punch of color and captured the coveted Beautification Award for September.

The Beautification & Tree Committee proudly honors Sharron Allen and Cameron Larson with the August Beautification Award for their outstanding garden at 412 West 2nd Place.

The Dalles Beautification and Tree Committee is pleased to announce the winner of the June 2024 Beautification Award. The honor goes to the home at 200 West Scenic Drive, recognized for its stunning transformation and exemplary garden design.

The two-story home flanked by gorgeous birch trees sports some of the largest Rhododendrons in The Dalles. Hydrangea and roses and astute detail to ground cover make this home a shaded cool oasis, especially during warm summer days when you can often find Bev and Al on the front porch talking with friends and neighbors.

Caryl Brewbaker gets wild - TD Beautification Committee takes notice. “With fewer and fewer weeds each year, the wildflowers and worthy birdseed grasses now have the freedom to return each year with little to no competition,” she said. “Hoorah!”

The couple and their family have worked diligently during the past 14 years to bring this incredible and ornate yard to fruition.

The yard is best described as an eclectic cottage garden inspired by permaculture. With a mix of anything from okra to pawpaw and towering pines, you can see the passion for gardening everywhere you look. Come take a tour of the Tastove and Williams yard.

A well-manicured yard, to say the least, left judges on the City of The Dalles Beautification Committee coming back to 1010 H Street as the Ortega family showed off some massive community pride with this ornamental beauty.