A simple weave pattern with true dimensional vertical 1x. 4 foot tall and 6 feet between posts. Stained and finished with standard cedar cap. Gil Schieber

A more complex design that is strong and elegant allows for air passage where plantings are aided by this air-flow. These fence posts are 6 feet on center where the scale of the project defines some of these sort of parameters. This fence panel design in 2004 was $31 per running foot. Gil Schieber

simple arbor-Cedar

Before...Here we are building the asian garden with a kuan yin statue. A style of fence that is typical in Japan. We always make these unique-especially the cap. Here we have layered or lapped boards to repel water.

Before...Working out the plant placement and spacing, building the entry gate last. A style of fence that is typical in Japan. We always make these unique-especially the cap. Here we have layered or lapped boards to repel water.

Before...Here we are building the asian garden with a kuan yin statue. A style of fence that is typical in Japan. We always make these unique-especially the cap. Here we have layered or lapped boards to repel water.

Finished with bluestone and a year later. Shot is poor resolution but here we have the finished raingarden front yard. Gil Schieber

Detail of Cap to Asian Style Cedar Fence. Gil Schieber, Borealis Landscape & Design, Inc.

Asian style in Cedar. To do this again, the bottom rail would be in 4x4 or 2x4 vertical set. Gil Schieber

Gil Schieber

Gil Schieber

Gil Schieber

Here our ingenuity went with enclosing a low cost bamboo panel in clear cedar which created a fine and secure fence system.

Here our ingenuity went with enclosing a low cost bamboo panel in clear cedar which created a fine and secure fence system.

A detail of the bamboo enclosure. The fence has stood the test of time- today, 15 years later this is the the image.

A simple divider from the sidewalk without imposing. This is a unique cottage style fence where the client wanted more privacy than a picket fence affords

Arbor that scales the buildings down, planted with Clematis

An Arbor made from rough-hewn fir and stained. The scale is large on account of the 3-story homes flancking the central path of Pennsylvania Sandstone and gravel. Gil Schieber

Interior of the gardenFence finished out with my favorite grass and evergreen vine

Interior of the fence on 45th St NE. The garden has grown in 1 year. Fence finished out with my favorite grass and evergreen vine

True 1x1 Staves embedded in clear cedar1x4 , Posts 4 and 5 feet apart. Here a simple division. Gil Schieber

1x6x3 -14" off the ground. This is part fence part trellis, created for the honeysuckle. Treated posts of course and 2x4 brace rails with "sunwood" panels. Gil Schieber