Women's Faculty Club

Strawberry Creek re-emerges! In this shady spot under a heavy canopy of redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens), the creek flows back to the Earth’s surface. A few bay laurels break through the heavy duff as small seedlings, and the spot has the feel of a northern California coastal forest. American Crows and Steller’s Jays can be seen or heard in the branches above, and Brown Creepers and Red-breasted Nuthatches might be working on the tree trunks in search of insects. After its long passage below ground, Strawberry Creek starts to pick up natural organic content at this stage, especially in the areas where the banks are well-developed with vegetation, and where the floor of the creek is earthen rather than an artificial hardbed. Architecturally, the brown-shingled Women’s Faculty Club appears particularly well integrated here.