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Filoli is readying for a new addition to its hiking trails with the opening of the Spring Creek trail loop on June 8. As visitors hike the trail, they can follow the story of William Bourn, who constructed Filoli in 1917, and his historic water channel that can be seen on the trail.
The hike will lead guests uphill through redwoods, ferns, scenic creek beds and history. The loop starts at the midway point of the 1-mile nature trail right next to the Lamchin Interactive Center, which also opens in June. The new trail will take you through three of the estate’s six ecosystems. Hikers can expect ever-changing flora and fauna, from mushrooms and newts in winter to wildflowers and songbirds in spring, according to a Filoli Instagram post.
“I hope people walk away knowing that the Ramaytush Ohlone are still here and are still doing important work on the Peninsula,” said Brock. “They are still caring for this natural place and the people who live here.”
Filoli’s Estate Trail opened in 2017.
The Woodside estate has also partnered with the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone to create the Lamchin Interactive Center. The trail and new exhibit fosters the estate’s goal to expand access to the public and acknowledge the past, present and future of the 645 acres of land that Filoli is on, said Brock.
The building was previously named the Sally MacBride Nature Center, which opened in 1988, but will be remodeled to showcase the story of the native Lamchin history of Filoli.
“The theme for the exhibit is water,” said Will Brock, Filoli’s interpretation manager. “Water has been part of the land and important to the history of the land of Filoli.”
The exhibit will be immersive with audio speakers playing noises of the local creek and visitors will be able to follow an illustration of the creek on the ground as they navigate through the building, said Brock.
Visitors will have the opportunity to learn about the connection between plants and animals of the land and watershed as they explore the history of the Lamchin people in the new exhibit.
According to Brock, Filoli is working on expanding the storytelling of the estate and the land “beyond the narrow time period” that it has previously focused on. Its partnership with the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone began when the estate adopted a land acknowledgement in 2022 with the help and collaboration of the association.
Two years later the partnership continues as the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone is involved with bringing the story of the Lamchin people to Filoli visitors in the creation of the The Lamchin Interpretive Center.
“I hope that people come and learn about the way the people have lived, how they have connected with the land in the past and walk away with a shared responsibility for caring for the world,” said Brock.
“We are pleased to be in partnership with Filoli to tell the story of the Lamchin tribe that occupied the land upon which Filoli now rests, and to share the broader history of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples and the current work of the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone,” says Jonathan Cordero, chair of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples in a press release.
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