My daughter and I enjoyed ourselves today working with clay. What a beautiful place and Heather is…read moreso friendly and helpful. This is a great place for kids or teen birthday parties and of course girls night out.

Heather is great! My three children did a week camp and absolutely loved it!read more

I visited the gardens it was 9/21/23 so I wasn't expecting much. I was actually surprised to see a…read morefew flowers. They apologized, because apparently the Garden's were under construction. The house is only open on Fri Sat Sun. I'm sure the gardens are lovely in the spring and summer. The house is only open on the weekends. I plan on checking it out one day.....

Loved it! We had a great tour. She was very knowledgeable. It is so cool to step back in…read moretime....Gorgeous gardens too.

My fiance and I decided to look at this location because I know someone who got married here and…read moreher wedding looked beautiful. Spoke to Margot who was very kind and pleasant. We let her know back in January 13 of 2015 that we would have a guest list of 65 and that she would work with us since the minimum was 75. She showed us two different rooms, my fiance and I let her know we wanted to use one room for the reception and the other room for the wedding ceremony. We told her our wedding date would be April 22, 2016, she told us that the dinner price would go up because of the year and month we decided on but not by much, she told us that that wouldn't be a problem since people usually don't get married on a Friday so we would be able to have both rooms, however, she told us if a bigger wedding party were to want to hold their wedding at their establishment on the same day as our wedding, we would be forced to use the smaller room for the reception and the wedding ceremony. We told her we would need to talk about this, finally my fiance and I emailed her and decided to finally put a deposit down. I emailed Margot on March 16 of 2015 and let her know that we would like to put a deposit down for April 22, 2016, Margot proceeded to tell me that that day was booked and that we would have to pick a different day even though she told us that we would've been forced to use the smaller room if someone with a bigger wedding party booked the same day as us. She also let me know that the minimum is 75 period even though she said that she would work with us because we had a wedding party of 65. I let her know that that was absurd and we decided to go with another wedding venue, she proceeded to tell me that all contracts do these types of changes and to read a contract carefully, that the minimum has change and she told us this from the beginning even though she said she doesn't want to turn business away and that she would work with us with the minimum amount of people we had. At that point I stopped emailing Margot and my fiance and I actually put a deposit down with a better establishment that won't screw us over and that because we put a deposit down that the whole place is ours period. The Matrix should know better than to do business like this, you just don't say one thing and do another thing, it's very shady. This is how you don't do business.

We just had our company Christmas Party for 50....AWESOME! FABULOUS! Everything was just perfect!…read moreThe setting was so nice, food and service fabulous! Wide array of appts, filet was prepared to perfection. Diane and the Matrix team are very attentive and always eager to please! From a small party like ours, to a huge event, I am sure they will do a great job at a very reasonable price. Thanks Diane, Keith, Laura, Ivan and team! Merry Christmas!

Beautiful setting with fantastic views. Calm, friendly pumpkin patch. This was far and away the…read moremost enjoyable pumpkin-patch visit our family has ever had. A welcome antidote to how hectic and crowded some other places can be. An absolute gem.

This is an absolutely wonderful farm! We love coming here every October to get our pumpkins! The…read morepumpkin patch is real and authentic, and it's tons of fun! They have a huge selection of pumpkins and their prices are better than some other farms. The hayride is free and it takes you around the farm. One of our favorite things is seeing the farm animals. They have 2 pigs, several sheep, a cow, several chickens, and a llama. The sheep are really cute. We've never tried the corn maze, but it looks fun! The staff at this farm are so friendly and welcoming! They are wonderful and that's one of the reasons why we come back every year! This farm is great because there's no unnecessary fees, and no large crowds. It feels very down to earth, friendly, and local. This is a great farm and I highly recommend visiting the farm when they're open in October! 5 stars

I pass by the Ox Hollow Farm Stand, located on RT202, in Bantam, CT four times a week. I'll stop…read morefor produce in season, my wife loves their tomatoes. But it seems like they specialize in farm raised meats, they have a good amount in the several freezers found inside this little farm stand. Prices are typically 3X what you would pay for similar types of meat in the supermarket, but that's standard when you're buying quality, Farm fresh meats. A solid 4 Star rating for this wonderful Connecticut Farm stand.

We are happy every time we pass this way along Rt. 202 and stop at Ox Hollow. They consistently…read moreoffer a welcome variety of fresh, locally grown produce (always good tomatoes), and they sell it at what seems to us as fair pricing. (We rate them much higher for quality and lower in pricing than the nearby Tara Farms setup.) This time of year they've got a lot of pumpkins for sale, but then so does everyone else, of course. The folks working here have always been pleasant too deal with. They stay open later in the season than we'd expect, but that's only a good thing!

ORIGIN: The Maywood Estate, built in the 1990s, is the…read moreprivate residence of Peter May, a private equity investor, and wife Leni. LOCATION: Maywood Estate is positioned atop a hill with a view of the surrounding Litchfield Hills. EXPERIENCE: I visited the Maywood Estate as part of a fundraising event organized by Trade Secrets. In its 24th year, Trade Secrets is an annual weekend-long spring event in which Saturday is devoted to tours of inspiring gardens, followed by a Sunday of gathering resources to enhance participants' home gardens. The fundraiser supports Project Sage, a nonprofit dedicated to helping women who have experienced domestic violence. Environmentally sound practices are applied on the forty acre estate and my seeing a variety of birds and insects during my short visit may be attributed to this effort. There is something of interest positioned at every turn... a pool, sunken perennial garden, a modern neoclassical home, greenhouse, sunroom, and barn. TIP: Maywood Estate products include wine and produce. See their website site for locations, which include the Bridgewater Village Store. Maywood Estate is a private residence but opens periodically to others during fundraisers, including the Garden Conservancy. Look out for opportunities to visit yourself.

Wow - as I sit here in a parking lot 1 mile from the fair with a herd of other cars waiting for the…read morepolice to let us into the road to the fair on this opening Friday night I am amazed that i even have time to write this unbelievable review in this cell dead zone! At 6:00pm tonight we were turned away due to main st being closed for the fire-truck parade. So my wife and i pivoted and went for apps and drinks 7 min down the road in New Milford. Amazing Italian spot! So over an hour later we return to go to the fair - same cops - in disbelief we still cant go through to the fair. Cops friendly, from Southbury but just doing what they have been told. Its now 7:45 pm - still in the parking lot herd- no movement, no clue wtf! The organizers of the fair have got to be kidding! Drove over an hour to get to this fair for what I remember to have been a an amazing roast beef sandwich - now for desert! Actually my wife is just about doooone! Fuck this fair - we are going home! Bullshit! - ohhh - letting us in. 8pm

The Bridgewater Country Fair gives you the quintessential country fair experience - complete with…read moregiant parade, tractor pull competition, pie-eating contest, livestock show, flower exhibit, art exhibit, baking contest, home crafts, live music, and more. You can eat everything from fried dough (as big as your face) to BBQ chicken to chili dogs to corn on the cob - and then worry about keeping it all down as you ride the various daredevil rides (or play it safe on the Ferris wheel or merry-go-round). There's a big midway filled with games for all skill levels and promising prizes of epic proportions. It's been going on for 60+ years and continues to be a huge draw in the area. Don't let the $8 entry dissuade you if you're into this sort of thing - remember it benefits the Bridgewater volunteer fire department (you know, guys and women risking their lives for us just because). No beer, however, might legitimately dissuade you - because the only thing more entertaining than a redneck festival is a drunk redneck festival (you or them). This is a slice of Americana - and worth the experience! Well done, Bridgewater!

I have been to this establishment several times. They have a very good selection of plants,…read moreincluding evergreen trees and fruit trees. The rose plant selection is nice. In a separate greenhouse you will find the vegetable plants. The variety is good especially the tomatoes and peppers. A staff member showed me a less expensive option to some flowers I was looking for. They have top soil and organic material here. Most prices were fair but some were a little high. Plants are healthy and well maintained.

This place is SO good to have in Woodbury. Excellent stock - genuinely nice, working owners -…read morereasonable $ - and even more important than the feel-good, we've had success with everything we ever got here, from veg flats to wonderful ornamentals, fruit trees, etc.