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Landscape architecture students at the University of Idaho will use the Mediterranean-style villa and beautiful tumbling gardens of Casa Wallace as inspiration this summer.
The outdoor classroom for University of Idaho landscape architecture students is not nestled in the hills of Idaho's Silver Valley; rather, the sprawling residence is perched in a beautiful valley in Cremolino, a town in the Piemonte region of northern Italy.
Halfway around the globe, Casa Wallace has a special Idaho connection. Emily Wallace and Jeff Herman, married owners of the villa, both have ties to the University of Idaho. Herman, a native of Marsing, Idaho, received a degree in landscape architecture from the university in 2000. Wallace was a dance professor in the College of Education for six years, serving as director of dance for her last year at the university.
The couple moved to Italy in August 2001, and began welcoming Idaho students for special summer studies in 2003. "Professors Steven...
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