Parks are just built different these days. Gone are the days of a plain jungle gym with a couple slides and swings and adjacent soccer and baseball field. Nowadays parks serve to educate, entertain and enrich though all sorts of avenues and one of those avenues is art.
At Wauwatosa's new park Firefly Grove, located at 116th and Gilbert, they have built a wonderful place for everyone of all ages to learn and have fun at the same time. There's delightfully whimsical benches made by local artists, there's a bicycle pump track for thrill seekers plus lot's of interactive structures that help you gain a better understanding of nature and the beauty it produces.
The crown jewel of this new park though is Mama Rosa, a 25ft tall troll made of recycled and discarded material from the surrounding area. Danish artist, Thomas Dambo created her. Thomas has made a career building giant trolls all over the world. He strives to bring awareness to the importance of recycling and the value that discarded objects can have.
Thomas' life is full of wonder and whimsy and he wants to share it with others while spreading an important message of conservation and togetherness.
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