Bamboo Tepee Trellis

• 1). Wear gardening gloves and remove stones and plant debris from the area you selected for your trellis. Mark a 4-foot-wide circle with a stick over the cleared area in the soil. Also mark six evenly spaced points over the edge of the circle.
  
  
• 2). Measure six bamboo canes into 8-foot lengths, and cut over the desired spot with a handsaw. Cut above nodes to prevent water from collecting in the hollow portion of a cane.
  
  
• 3). Position the end of a cane over a marked spot along the edge of the circle and push it 8 inches deep in the soil, at a slight angle. The forming trellis will begin to resemble a tepee because all the tops will lean toward the center. Ask a friend to hold the tops while you insert the remaining five canes in the ground.
  
  
• 4). Grasp the tops of the canes together and wind garden rope 4 to 5 inches below the top to secure them together.
  
  
• 5). Weave a length of wire firmly around each pole, 2 feet below the previous bind. Loop the wire firmly around each pole before extending it to the adjacent one, and continue weaving it until you reach the last pole. Trim excess wire length off with .
  
  
• 6). Weave lengths of wire over the trellis at every 2 feet until the base to support tendrils of growing vines during their ascent. Trim excess wire lengths off.
  
  

Bamboo Lattice-Work Trellis

• 1). Sketch the lattice-work trellis on paper to determine the number of vertical and horizontal canes you need, their lengths and the spacing between them.
  
  
• 2). Cut bamboo canes to size with a handsaw. Lay the vertical poles on the ground first, using a ruler to space them in accordance with detailed sketch, and carefully position the horizontal poles over these.
  
  
• 3). Mark intersecting spots--points where vertical and horizontal canes overlap one another--with a marker to reduce time during assembly.
  
  
• 4). Secure intersecting vertical and horizontal canes with leashing cord over the demarcated spots. Wind it around each joint several times and pull it taut before trimming excess off. Suspend the trellis in front of a fence or gate and secure it in place with wire through its corners and center.