How a large dinosaur is supported and anchored.
The head and tail of a dinosaur hang a long way from its feet. So a large one needs a solid base: it is bolted down or set into a footing, never spiked into a lawn, and we agree the anchoring for your site before it ships. Mossed and wire-frame dinosaurs built to order have steel tubing inside the frame once they pass six feet.
Turf dinosaurs are a different construction: a multilayer fiberglass shell covered in artificial turf. Large pieces of either kind travel by freight, and the delivery is quoted with the piece.
The sixteen-foot T-Rex is in the catalog here, and the HedgeFun trail covers the downtown installation it belongs to.
Turf and moss need different care.
Turf and artificial pieces need an occasional rinse and nothing else: no watering, no trimming, no seasonal work. A mossed dinosaur needs misting through dry spells and a moss refresh every year or so. A bare frame needs nothing until you plant it.
Turf fades slowly in the sun, faster in all-day sun than in part shade. The steel frame lasts far longer, so a faded piece is re-covered, not replaced.
Full care instructions by material are on our care pages. If a piece looks tired, this eight-year-old swan shows what a restoration involves.