Earlier this year, Dix Park unveiled its new, 18.5-acre Gipson Play Plaza. Located off Lake Wheeler Road, the play plaza ...

Nearly 500 volunteers helped build the trolls using recycled material from barns, fences, bourbon barrels and shingles.

Danish artist Thomas Dambo's five troll statues have now been fully completed in Raleigh's Dix Park. Happy hunting to the ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Massive trolls are now calling Dorothea Dix Park their home. They’re a part of a new art installation ...

Thomas Dambo has built more than 170 trolls from recycled materials across five continents, including in countries like ...

The demolition of buildings at Dorothea Dix Park will ramp up as state employees leave the 308-acre campus this month for new headquarters. The city of Raleigh has already razed 25 buildings, but they ...

Allan Hernandez of Garner takes a photo of a sunflower while walking with John Donald of Cary at Dorothea Dix Park’s sunflower field in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, July 5, 2024. Ethan Hyman ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- It's almost time again for the beautiful sunflowers of Dix Park to bloom! The 280,000 sunflower seeds planted earlier this year are expected to start blooming the week of July ...

Sunflowers at Dix Park have bloomed early, with peak viewing starting Sunday, July 13. City officials say storms and lightning may have accelerated bloom, aiding soil nitrogen. The flowers are free to ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Happy Independence Day! The big celebration in Raleigh took place at Dix Park and was broadcast live on ABC11. Gates at Dorothea Dix Park opened at 5 p.m. The show on ABC11 ...

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Summer means lots of things in the Triangle — mostly hot weather and humidity — but a crowd favorite, and one that gives a silver lining to those sultry conditions, is the field of sunflowers at ...