The Farm & Arboretum at Pleasantdale Château

The Farm & Arboretum at Pleasantdale Château Owned & operated by the Knowles family, the farm produces thousands of pounds of fresh, local produce each year for use in their area restaurants.

The Farm at Pleasatdale is open to the public by appointment only. To inquire about visiting the farm or arranging for a tour, please contact us at 973-731-5600.

01/12/2026

Rare images of the C.W. Nichols family, quite stylishly enjoying an ice skating outing on the frozen ponds of our estate.

These images were extracted from stereoscopic photographs preserved in our estate's archives, originally taken in December 1934.

(Charles Walter Nichols was the American industrialist responsible for the creation of our château and surrounding estate through his acquisitions of several contiguous farms in the early 1900s.)

For nearly a century, small rustic structures around our estate have offered sheltered spaces to look out upon the natur...
01/06/2026

For nearly a century, small rustic structures around our estate have offered sheltered spaces to look out upon the nature that surrounds us, which still appears very much the same as it would have all those decades ago.

12/30/2025

The tranquility of our woodlands in winter, dressed by the muted quietude of a snowy day when even the songbirds have settled in to a remarkable calm.

Address

757 Eagle Rock Avenue
West Orange, NJ
07052

Telephone

(973) 731-5600

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