Fine craftsmanship and detailing is apparent in our multi-tiered arbors, decks, and fences, built with the finest materials available.

STRUCTURES

  • Arbors
  • Fences
  • Decks
  • Trellises
  • Lattice Screens
  • Retaining Walls

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Arbors provide shelter from the hot sun, and add vertical interest to a garden. Our redwood arbors are constructed with 6 x 6 posts, which are notched to receive 2 x 8 crossbeams. The next layer is evenly spaced 2 x 6’s, which are notched to slide down over the 2 x 8’s. The top tier consists of either 2 x 2’s or 2 x 4’s, spaced according to the amount of shade desired.

We also build a variety of fence types. Our favorite six-footer is a three-rail solid redwood fence with a 2 x 6 cap. We also love the three-foot or five-foot high hog wire fences framed with redwood with a 2 x 6 cap.

Horizontal redwood surfaces do not hold up well to the elements and heavy foot traffic. Therefore we use alternative synthetic decking materials that have a wood-like looking grain that will offer a long, maintenance free life. The railings, benches and accent planters are still built with redwood and stained to match the decking.

 

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Perspectives

Every garden has multiple perspectives, and we at Details Landscape Art try to consider as many as possible in designing and building a garden. And we try to encourage clients to go out and participate in their gardens as well as look at them from inside the house....

West Napa Featured Garden

This West Napa featured garden included several elements, including an unusual stamped concrete walkway, a low voltage lighting system, a redwood fence and front and rear gardens. The project began with a request by the homeowner for a walkway down the side of the...

West Petaluma Country Property Landscaping

Country property landscaping offers unique challenges as well as opportunities for a different landscaping flavor. Details Landscape Art was called to landscape a large side area of a home on the rural outskirts of West Petaluma. The property backed up, on one side,...

Novato Design-Build Landscape Contractor

Details Landscape Art, a Novato design-build landscape contractor, was called in the spring of 2020 to build a new redwood retaining wall for a hillside residence in Novato, CA. The existing retaining wall had been built some twenty-five years ago, and was badly...

Hardscape Installation – North Bennett Valley

The hardscape installation of this north Bennett Valley garden was part of a three-month project done in two phases. As described in the previous blog about root removal, the first phase was the demolition of existing concrete, fencing, grass, plants and irrigation....

Landscaping Tips

Following are some juicy landscaping tips and tidbits. Over the course of almost thirty years of landscaping in the greater Sonoma County area, Details Landscape Art has learned a few tricks in its day. Fertilize lawns in winter. We’ve always heard ‘Oh, don’t bother...

West Santa Rosa Featured Garden

This West Santa Rosa garden, about a mile or two west of downtown Santa Rosa, was located in a small country style subdivision of about a dozen or so homes. The homeowners, who had a completely blank slate in the backyard, and a plain wall-to-wall grass front yard...

Bennett Valley-Annadel Featured Garden

In 2018, after building a beautiful small garden for a nice young couple, we were referred to her parents' multi-level property which backed up to Annadel State Park, with views of the oaks and rolling hills. In the fall of 2018 we removed the remnants of an old...

Constructing a Redwood Pool Fence

Constructing a redwood pool fence can be very similar to constructing our three rail capped fence, with a few exceptions. The State of California Health and Safety Code, specifically Article 2.5 The Swimming Pool Safety Act, calls for several possible drowning...

Constructing Redwood Gates

Redwood gates are an integral part of many fences. For whatever purpose the redwood fence serves, usually to keep people or animals out or in, redwood gates provide a means of passing through the fence to access the other side. Details Landscape Art has been...