I designed and built a cedar/copper trellis/fence that I am using for much the same purpose. I wanted to screen my neighbors yard but I also wanted to see through from my front yard to my pond and waterfall. I have planted a number of climbing roses on mine and plan to add a bunch of clematis.

The fence has vertical 2x2x6' cedar on 31/2" centers and 1/2" horizontal copper on 18" centers. The top rail is 5/4 clear cedar and the bottom rail is 2x4 PT. The posts are 4x4 PT with amber glass caps. The cedar is stained with a clear red cedar stain and the copper is sprayed with acrylic to stay bright. I build them in 6' sections and now have about 10 erected. The fence is the first thing that everyone notices even though the climbers are still too small to see. I'm really tickled with it because it is attractive enough to keep you from paying much attention to what you can still see through it. Once the climbers have matured it will be gorgeous.

Do you have any pictures you can share? I am a very visual person. thanks

I can e-mail you some but I don't know how to shrink them and post them here. I have some I took about 50 plants ago including one that shows the copper gate that leads into the pond area.

I sent you a few, sorry if they are humungoids, they took forever to send :-)