Trellis fencing sits between a solid privacy screen and open garden structure — patterned enough to let light and air through, dense enough to obscure a direct sightline. Screen With Envy makes four distinct trellis designs, each with a different character. Here's how to choose between them.
Moucharabiya
Named after the ornate wooden lattice windows of traditional Arabic architecture, Moucharabiya uses a fine, repeating geometric pattern that creates strong light-and-shadow play. It suits contemporary gardens and courtyards where you want a genuine architectural feature, not just a fence topper. Available in large, medium, and trellis sizes that share the same pattern scale, so you can mix heights across a garden and have them read as one coordinated design.
Alhambra
Alhambra takes its name and pattern language from Moorish window design — a simpler, more elegant lattice than Moucharabiya, with a slightly more open structure. It works well as a standalone feature panel or combined with a solid fence below for a "full privacy plus decorative trellis top" build, and is also available as a matching planter and gate for a fully coordinated garden.
Kerplunk
Kerplunk is the boldest of the four — a large-scale, irregular geometric cut that reads as garden wall art as much as a screen. It's the most open of the trellis designs, so it's better suited to softening a boundary or dividing a garden than to genuine privacy. Pair it with climbing plants for a layered, textured look.
Frond
Frond captures the current move toward maximalist, botanical patterns — a leaf-and-frond motif that works as a single feature panel or repeated in a set of three to create a wall-art effect. It's a strong choice for a garden that wants pattern and greenery to feel unified rather than separate.
Choosing Between Them
- Most privacy from a trellis design: Moucharabiya (finest, most repetitive pattern)
- Most versatile / easiest to coordinate across a garden: Alhambra
- Boldest single feature: Kerplunk
- Best for pairing with climbing plants: Frond
Fitting Trellis Panels
All four designs use the same post system as our full-size screens — matching posts are sold separately and available in concrete-set or freestanding baseplate fixings depending on whether the installation is permanent. See our step-by-step installation guide for details.
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