05/21/2026
Go visit the Dinosaur Gardens this season! 🥳
❤️🦖 A DAUGHTER’S REQUEST TO OUR COMMUNITY 🦖❤️
This post is personal.
Many of you know Gary Stephan as the man behind Dinosaur Gardens. What many may not see is the amount of love, sacrifice, sweat, and heartbreak that has gone into preparing this park for another season.
After a spring full of devastation that ravaged parts of the park and trails, this season’s preparation has been layered with both hard work and heartbreak. There were moments it would have been easier to give up. But if you know my dad, you know that isn’t who he is.
Day after day, he has poured everything he has into rebuilding, fixing, cleaning, restoring, and preparing Dinosaur Gardens so families can once again laugh, explore, and make memories together. He has spent countless hours working through exhaustion, disappointment, and setbacks because he believes this place matters to families, to children, and to this community.
This isn’t a business post.
This is a daughter asking for support.
If Dinosaur Gardens has ever been part of your childhood, your family traditions, your memories, or your heart, I’m asking you to come show up for my dad this season. Bring your kids. Share a post. Visit the park. Buy a treat. Walk the trails. Help us remind him that all of the hard work matters. ❤️
We officially open May 23rd, and I would love nothing more than to see this community surround him with encouragement, kindness, and support after such a difficult season.
Let’s show some love to a man who pours so much into this community and works tirelessly to keep a little piece of magic alive. 🦖🌿
We hope to see you at Dinosaur Gardens this season. ❤️