Wender·Vista
Knott's Berry Farm
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
in Buena Park, southeast of Los Angeles

Knott's Berry Farm

— — the berry stand that turned into a ghost town.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The oldest themed amusement park in America began in 1920 as a roadside berry stand on Grand Avenue in Buena Park. Walter Knott raised boysenberries; Cordelia Knott served fried chicken dinners on her wedding china. The line for dinner got so long Walter built a ghost town to keep people entertained. A hundred-plus years later the ghost town is still there, the chicken dinner is still served, and the boysenberry pie is still the reason a lot of locals come back. from the studio

from the studio
Knott's Berry Farm
— bring it home

Knott's Berry Farm, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Knott's Berry Farm

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Knott's Berry Farm sits in Buena Park in northern Orange County, California, about forty kilometres southeast of downtown Los Angeles and ten kilometres northwest of Disneyland. The park traces its origin to a roadside boysenberry stand opened by Walter Knott in 1920, with Cordelia Knott serving fried chicken dinners beginning in 1934. The first permanent ghost-town attractions went up in 1940, which is the date the park itself counts as its founding and which makes it the oldest themed amusement park in the United States. The site covers about fifty-seven acres today and is operated by Six Flags Entertainment.

— the visit

The park is open year-round with seasonal hours; check the calendar before driving. Ghost Town remains the heart of the property, with the 1940 buildings still standing alongside the GhostRider wooden coaster, which opened in 1998 and runs about a mile and a quarter, the longest wooden coaster on the West Coast. Camp Snoopy is the children's land and the home of the Peanuts characters in the park's licensing. Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant, just outside the park gates, still serves the original fried chicken and the boysenberry pie that built the place; no admission ticket is required to eat there.

— the year

Knott's runs three big seasonal overlays that the park is known for. The Boysenberry Festival runs in spring, usually March into April, with around eighty boysenberry-themed foods across the park. Knott's Scary Farm, which began in 1973, runs in September and October and is the longest-running and largest theme-park Halloween event in the United States. Knott's Merry Farm runs from late November through the end of December, with the Ghost Town buildings dressed for the season and live performances of a Christmas show that has been on the books for more than thirty years.

— where
United States · Buena Park, Orange County, California
— within
Knott's Berry Farm
— elevation
24 m · 79 ft
— position
33.8442° N · 118.0019° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
10 km SE
Disneyland
theme park
25 km SW
Long Beach
harbour city
40 km NW
Los Angeles
metropolis
25 km S
Huntington Beach
Pacific surf town
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Knott's Berry Farm
Disneyland
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Huntington Beach
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Knott's Berry Farm — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Knott's Berry Farm is in Buena Park, in northern Orange County, California, about forty kilometres southeast of downtown Los Angeles and ten kilometres northwest of Disneyland.

It began in 1920 as a roadside boysenberry stand opened by Walter Knott. Cordelia Knott began serving chicken dinners in 1934, and the first Ghost Town buildings went up in 1940, the date the park counts as its founding.

Yes, by most reckonings. The 1940 Ghost Town opening makes Knott's the oldest themed amusement park in the United States, predating Disneyland's 1955 opening by fifteen years.

GhostRider is the park's signature wooden coaster, opened in 1998 and refurbished in 2016. At roughly a mile and a quarter of track it is the longest wooden roller coaster on the West Coast of the United States.

No. Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant sits outside the park gates in the California Marketplace and is open to the public without a park ticket. The fried chicken and boysenberry pie are the dishes that started the whole property.

Knott's Scary Farm runs select nights in September and October. It began in 1973 and is the oldest and largest theme-park Halloween event in the United States, with separate ticketing from daytime park admission.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. For a Southern California family with a Knott's tradition, the Ghost Town and the chicken dinner are shared shorthand. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio is the most common shape of this gift.

The warm boysenberry and dusty ghost-town tones of this piece sit well in California Casual, Western-modern, and warm Maximalist rooms. It also reads cleanly in a playroom or a family kitchen with a more eclectic shelf around it.

Yes. Western-modern styling has had a steady run lately, and a tile that names a specific California ghost town lands harder than a generic cowboy print. It pairs with leather, raw wood, and warm neutral textiles.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large fills the wall without crowding. For a longer wall a four-tile Mural sits well, and over a wide console a nine-tile Mural reads as a Ghost Town main-street panorama.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for bathrooms, kitchens, and any vertical install with steam or splash. Both are scratch-resistant. The Glossy finish is for framed wall pieces in dry rooms.

A soft microfibre cloth with water is all the tile needs. For kitchen and bath installs, a mild non-abrasive cleaner is fine. No solvents, no scouring pads — the colour lives in the surface and the finish protects it.

Yes. Every piece in the WenderVista atlas is original to the studio, curated by Reid Wender, and made in-house in Knoxville, Tennessee. Nothing is licensed in or resold from a third party.

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