Those who visit the brand-new park on the west side of Wauwatosa will run into a 24-foot-tall spectator holding a bouquet of old lamp posts she thinks are flowers. The gentle giant is Mama Rosa, a ...

WAUWATOSA, Wis. — Mama Rosa, a giant troll sculpture, has been unveiled at the grand opening of Firefly Grove Park in Wauwatosa, transforming an old landfill into a whimsical new space.

Mama Rosa is made of old trees from Wauwatosa neighborhoods, and she is holding a bouquet of discarded light posts that Dambo found at the city's public works building. "I love to come in, find ...

Mama Rosa, the 25-foot, 4,000-pound troll built by Danish artist Thomas Dambo, now stands tall in the new Firefly Grove Park in Wauwatosa and it's a charmer. But it also comes with a message.

Mama Rosa, as she is known, resides at Wauwatosa.'s Firefly Grove Park near 116th and Gilbert. What they're saying: "It has hair made of oak branches," said Thomas Dambo, artist from Denmark.