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Flourishing for Fall

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Landscaping on the University of Texas at Austin campus in the foreground with the University of Texas Tower in the background
Photos by Bailey Evertson

We’ve spent the summer getting the Forty Acres looking its best for the start of the new academic year. With fresh flowers blooming and spaces refreshed, campus is ready to welcome our Longhorn family back for an exciting year ahead.

The work you see across campus today began in the spring as we prepared for thousands of visitors coming to the Forty Acres for commencement. As Executive Director of Grounds and Landscape Jeff McManus, a renowned leader in his field who joined the University earlier this year, said: “We want this to be one of the most special, most beautiful campuses in America.” And, especially thanks to the upgrades made this summer, it is.

Watch as Jeff McManus shows us the changes his team made this past spring: