History
In 1934, Clarence Pontz founded a landscape service in Lancaster. Not long
after in 1948, his brother, Chester, also started offering landscape services in
York. The young companies grew, establishing reputations as quality
installers of custom landscaping. As Chester’s “Pontz Landscape Service”
matured, his creative eye helped to solidify him as the leader in high-end
residential landscape design. Meanwhile, across the river in Lancaster,
Clarence’s mind for running an efficient business made his “C.E. Pontz Sons”
ideally suited for the fast-paced world of commercial landscape and water feature
installation. In the mid-1950’s, Pontz Landscape Service moved its center of operations
over the bridge and into Lancaster. As two separate firms operating with such
similar names, there was bound to be some confusion amongst the residents
of Lancaster County. However, this did not stop the determined Pontz
brothers from growing their individual businesses, each having his own niche
that he catered to.
Eventually, as the years went by and owners and employees had come and
gone, both businesses recognized a need for change. Since 2005, C.E. Pontz
Sons and Pontz Landscape Service have been diligently working on the
details of their new relationship and are now ready to declare: Together, we
will be stronger!