LA GRANDE — The home of Jim and Deanna Myers, 2608 N. Ash St., has received the city of La Grande fall beautification award.

Jim’s skills as a former groundskeeper at Eastern Oregon University are on display in the Myers’ beautifully tended landscape, city officials said in a news release about the award.

The front yard features an assortment of colorful flower beds, brightening the space, perfuming the air, and providing late-season habitat for pollinators like bees and butterflies. “The backyard is even better,” said Deanna. “Jim gets all the credit; my job is to ‘ooh’ and ‘aah.'”

The Beautification Awards Program is a project of the La Grande Community Landscape and Forestry Commission to recognize residential and commercial properties that add to the beauty, diversity and sustainability of La Grande’s environment.