The Virginia Native Plant Society returned with its popular native plant sale.
Work continues on the layout of more trails and the design of a trail map brochure.
The Thomas Jefferson Chapter of the Archeological Society of Virginia conducted an excavation of one of the garbage dumps that existed in the first half of this century when the Ivy Creek Natural Area was still farmland. Artifacts that were found include broken bottles, dishes and hardware. Research on the artifacts to verify their origin and dates continues and the chapter anticipates publishing a complete report in Fall, 1998. Some of the items may have come from the old Monticello Hotel in Charlottesville soon after it opened in 1926.