‘We should treat our trash like a treasure’: Dambo troll complete at Wauwatosa’s new Firefly Grove Park

WAUWATOSA Wisconsin WDJT The new Firefly Grove Park is officially open on Wauwatosa s west side and visitors will be greeted by a whimsical creature Something funny with these flowers Particular have special requirements and powers There s no roots beneath these flowers Rain don t rain upon these flowers Something funny with these flowers Comes from nothing in an hour There s no honey bees these flowers Have no honey in these flowers Something funny with these flowers Stands all summer won t go sour When the sun s asleep these flowers glow I wonder how these flowers grow That poem marks the spot of a soon-to-be familiar face in Wauwatosa Her name is Mama Rosa a -foot-tall troll overlooking the new playground She is the first sculpture by artist Thomas Dambo in the state of Wisconsin I say that my trolls are like the protectors of the plants and the animals and they speak for them Dambo commented at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday Hailing from Denmark Dambo has built trolls around the world all with recycled materials We should treat our trash like a treasure Dambo explained Mama Rosa is made of old trees from Wauwatosa neighborhoods and she is holding a bouquet of discarded light posts that Dambo determined at the city s society works building I love to come in find something that has no value and then give it certain value Dambo disclosed The lights even work thanks to solar panels at the park The sculpture and the park were both funded by hotel tourism taxes and grants He s now revealed it twice this is his favorite troll of he s done Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride revealed about Dambo We re holding him to that These trolls have dedicated fans and Mayor McBride expects Mama Rosa to be a tourist attraction By having Wauwatosa become an art destination which we are and will continue to be we re going to fill those rooms and restaurants and everybody will benefit from it McBride explained Dambo hopes the sculpture teaches onlookers an pivotal lesson It is to show the world that our trash is not dirty disgusting dangerous and worthless he explained It is central and can bring out millions of people that can come enjoy and look at our trash