Zywiec's Landscape and Garden Center — Local services in Cottage Grove

We (myself, my wife, and sister) came here for the haunted house and hayride. Bike or us had ever really been to a true haunted house, aside from the ones at Valleyscare, and had also never been on a haunted hayride, so it was a fresh experience for us.

The wait in line was actually not bad - we stood for about 1/2 hour, and all the whole there were "characters" from the haunted house milling about the crowd and providing spooks and entertainment. Unfortunately, there were a few people in line around us that were being complete imbeciles and trying to ruin the experience, but the staff did a great job of handling them.

The hay ride was first; we all piled up in the trailer behind a tractor driven by our rather friendly and joyful driver. As we made our way around the property through "salvage yards", "haunted swamps", and other creepy scenes that were created quite expertly, various creatures would jump out or climb aboard to spook those who were spookable. The sets and acting was just as impressive/amusing as anything! At one point, there was an old combine that they had rigged with lighting effects and debris, which drove behind us at extremely close proximity, probably the best part of the ride.

After the ride, we entered the haunted house portion. The line was again quite short, and we quickly made out way into the maze of well-constructed sets and creatures just waiting to terrify. The sets were incredibly well done, and most of the creatures were very enthusiastic and set in their character. I was impressed by their work and appreciated the work that went into the design.

Overall, this was a good experience. I would recommend you go just to see the work that they put into the sets and...

Went here to get my Christmas tree. Staff was okay could definitely use some customer service classes or something. Thought my tree was good, But overpriced in my opinion. Had it up for less than a week now and is losing TONS of needles, like everywhere. I will be lucky if it even has any needles left on it come Christmas! All the gift store stuff was nice, but again expensive. The guys doing the trees weren't very knowledgeable or helpful, and they just kind of wanted you in and out, not very personable. I guess I will try out their flowers come spring, but I can only imagine they will not be cheap either, but hopefully they will last longer...

Zyweic's Landscape and Garden Center is an incredible business to work with. We were hosting an event for a local school and they helped us out with some beautiful flowers. From the beginning of the interaction they were kind, informational, and helpful. We truly appreciate the quick response and support that this business provided us. The flowers were incredible and blew everyone away by how pretty they were. Justin was super easy to work with as well. He helped me load all of the flowers into my car so they were safe for my drive. I would personally recommend this business because they truly care for their customers. We will...