Have you seen the hundreds of tulips that cover Texas Christian University’s campus every spring?
This is only possible because of one girl’s wish to beautify the campus.
Mary Beasley, a former member of the TCU Board of Trustees, was passionate about the beautification of TCU’s campus.
Instead of donating funds to the general upkeep of the university, Beasley created the Mary Evans Beasley Endowment Fund for Campus Beautification.
The $800,000 fund goes to the beautification of the campus’ landscaping – watering the flower beds, purchasing seeds, and rotating the beds.
Around $50,000 of the fund each year goes specifically to the tulips.
According to Erik Trevino, the Director of Landscaping and Grounds at TCU, flowers only last one season so his team has to change out the flower beds multiple times a year.