Five giant trolls now live in Dix Park

Zoom in: Dambo said the five trolls — the park has two large trolls, the mother and father, and three smaller ones, the children — tell the story of a family of trolls meant to protect nature.

• They are all made of recycled material, including the mother troll's 620-foot-long tail made of old bourbon barrels.

What they're saying: "I tried to let the landscape and the location inspire me," Dambo said of the trolls. All of his sculptures are unique. "With the tail, it felt like it could be a cool boardwalk experience [with visitors] coming through the forest and walking on the tail."

Where to find the trolls: The father troll is located in The Grove at Dix Park, while the mother and one child are in the Pine Loop Trail.

• The two other troll statues are in the woods near the Dix Park dog park.

Major donors to the effort to bring Dambo's trolls to Raleigh included: Carlton Midyete, Marjorie Hodges and Tom and Pat Gipson, who were also major backers of the recently opened Gipson Play Plaza.

• "Pat and I think that Dix Park is the most important project undertaken by the city," Tom Gipson told Axios. "Our goal is to make it the best urban park in the world, and I think we're well on the way there."

What's next: Dambo's team is now off to High Point and Charlotte, where they will build one troll each.