Germantown’s Wildwood Farm partnering with UT Martin
Wildwood Farm is a 350-acre farm owned by Olympic Gold Medalist Melanie Smith Taylor. The land will be transferred to UT Martin upon her death. (Steven Mantilla/UTM university relations)
Dignitaries at the announcement of the partnership with UT Martin included (from left) Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton; University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd; Germantown Mayor Mike Palazzolo; Rep. Mark White; Melanie Smith Taylor; Sen, Brian Kelsey; Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, and Keith Carver, chancellor of University of Tennessee at Martin. (Steven Mantilla/UTM university relations)
Melanie Smith Taylor and Keith Carver, chancellor of University of Tennessee at Martin, were present for the announcement Thursday, June 24. (Steven Mantilla/UTM university relations)
Wildwood Farm is a 350-acre farm owned by Olympic Gold Medalist Melanie Smith Taylor. The land will be transferred to UT Martin upon her death. (Steven Mantilla/UTM university relations)
Wildwood Farm is a working farm owned by Melanie Smith Taylor. (Steven Mantilla/UTM university relations)
Wildwood Farm owner Melanie Smith Taylor is one of only two riders to ever win the Triple Crown of Show Jumping—the American Invitational, the International Jumping Derby, and the American Gold Cup—and the only person to win all three on the same horse. After winning the World Cup Final in 1982, she was named the US Olympic Committee Sportswoman of the Year and inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Two years later, she capped off her show-jumping career with a team gold medal in the Los Angeles Olympic Games. (Steven Mantilla/UTM university relations)
Wildwood Farm is a 350-acre farm owned by Olympic Gold Medalist Melanie Smith Taylor. The land will be transferred to UT Martin upon her death. (Steven Mantilla/UTM university relations)
Wildwood Farm is a working farm owned by Melanie Smith Taylor. (Steven Mantilla/UTM university relations)
Wildwood Farm is a 350-acre farm owned by Olympic Gold Medalist Melanie Smith Taylor. The land will be transferred to UT Martin upon her death. (Steven Mantilla/UTM university relations)
Wildwood Farm is a working farm owned by Melanie Smith Taylor. (Steven Mantilla/UTM university relations)
Wildwood Farm is a 350-acre farm owned by Olympic Gold Medalist Melanie Smith Taylor. The land will be transferred to UT Martin upon her death. (Steven Mantilla/UTM university relations)
Wildwood Farm, one of the largest undeveloped tracts in Germantown, will remain undeveloped. The landowner, Olympic Gold Medalist Melanie Smith Taylor, unveiled a partnership with the University of Tennessee Thursday evening.
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Abigail Warren is a lifelong resident of Shelby County and a graduate of the University of Memphis. She has worked for several local publications and covers the suburbs for The Daily Memphian.
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