{"id":188913,"date":"2026-03-03T20:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/188913\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T20:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:48:07","slug":"a-lasting-legacy-and-springtime-tradition-tcu-360","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/188913\/","title":{"rendered":"A lasting legacy and springtime tradition \u2013 TCU 360"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each spring, the TCU campus blooms with thousands of colorful tulips, continuing a tradition that dates back to 1986.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What began as a philanthropic gift from the late <a href=\"https:\/\/obits.dallasnews.com\/us\/obituaries\/dallasmorningnews\/name\/mary-beasley-obituary?id=27346553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mary Evans Beasley<\/a>\u00a0has become an emblem of spring at TCU. <\/p>\n<p>Mary Evans and her husband, Theodore, former members of the TCU Board of Trustees, are remembered as some of TCU\u2019s most generous benefactors. Their legacy on campus extends beyond the tulips. Theodore Prentis Beasley Hall is an academic building that proudly bears their name.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1336684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4596-600x437.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"261\"  \/>Tulips are starting to bloom in front of Mary Couts Burnett Library. (Photo courtesy of Texas Christian University via Facebook)<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/magarchive.tcu.edu\/articles\/2007-02-MS.asp?issueid=200702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">article<\/a> with TCU Magazine, the late Chancellor William H. Tucker said Mrs. Beasley was interested in all things beautiful. She was especially passionate about flowers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Beasleys and I had been talking, as we regularly did, and I suggested a gift for campus beautification,\u201d said Tucker. \u201cFor Mary, it became the perfect match of donor and project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Mary Evans Endowment Fund for Campus Beautification supports the TCU Landscape and Grounds department each year, funding the tulips that bloom across campus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Landscape and Grounds department brings Mary\u2019s love for flowers to life by planting a wide variety of flowers across campus, including impatiens, geraniums, petunias, periwinkle, pentas, pansies, violas,\u00a0and tulip bulbs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe plant around 20,000 tulip bulbs each year, which cost around 50 cents apiece,\u201d said Erik Trevino, the director of TCU Landscape and Grounds. \u201cSupplemental funding from the endowment enables us to make our amazing spring tulip display the very best!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1336685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4597-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"292\"  \/>Tulips spring up in front of The Harrison. (Photo courtesy of Texas Christian University via Facebook)<\/p>\n<p>To ensure specific tulip bulbs are available, the Landscape and Grounds team orders bulbs in the summer. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur supplier imports only the best bulbs from Holland,\u201d said Trevino. <\/p>\n<p>The planting begins around late November or early December.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMrs. Beasley\u2019s generosity and vision have shaped TCU\u2019s campus in a way that is both beautiful and deeply meaningful,\u201d said Julie Whitt, the associate vice chancellor for Donor Relations. \u201cSeason after season, we are reminded of her lasting impact as we walk across campus and see the care reflected in every landscape,\u201d Whitt said that Tulip season is a joyous time. \u201cIt\u2019s a gift our Horned Frog community continues to enjoy and celebrate every single year.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Each spring, the TCU campus blooms with thousands of colorful tulips, continuing a tradition that dates back to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-188913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-fort-worth","9":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","10":"tag-fort-worth-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}