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WBDS Service · Accoya Wood Privacy Panels
Craftsmanship & Outdoor Living
Accoya Wood Privacy Panels
A modular outdoor room system in pale Accoya wood — elevated on matte black aluminum posts, designed to grow from a single privacy screen into a complete living refuge with water, fire, and native habitat. Handcrafted by Dave Thal at The Wood Shop, Malvern PA.
Watch the Transformation
From a Single Panel to a Complete Living Refuge
A cinematic walk through every stage of the WBDS Accoya Privacy Panel system — from the first post in the ground to a complete sensory outdoor habitat
Why Accoya Wood?
Accoya is a modified timber — acetylated to make it dimensionally stable, rot-resistant, and inhospitable to insects, without the use of toxic chemicals. That pale, near-white blonde tone is the natural color of the wood — it requires no stain, no paint. Left untreated, it weathers to a soft silver-gray that complements any garden palette. It carries FSC certification and is widely regarded as one of the most environmentally responsible hardwood alternatives available.
For privacy panels that live in the landscape year-round — through Pennsylvania winters, summer heat, and everything in between — it is simply the right material. The same wood used in the WBDS window planter boxes. The same craft. Rinse and repeat.
Build Your Outdoor Room
From Simple Screen to Living Refuge
Each tier builds on the last — adding panels, water, fire, and native habitat as you move up. Start with a single privacy screen and grow the room over time, or commission the full Living Refuge from day one. Every configuration is custom-designed for your specific landscape.
Material Properties
Rot & Insect Resistant
Acetylation makes Accoya dimensionally stable and inhospitable to fungi and insects — no toxic chemicals required.
FSC-Certified & Sustainable
Accoya is modified Radiata Pine — FSC-certified, non-toxic, and more environmentally responsible than tropical hardwoods.
Weathers to Silver-Gray
Left untreated, Accoya develops a beautiful natural silver-gray patina that complements any garden palette.
Decades of Field Life
More durable than teak, more sustainable than cedar — built for pieces that live in the landscape year-round.
The Craft Behind the Design
Same Wood. Same Hands.
The WBDS Privacy Panel system uses the same Accoya wood and the same master woodworker as the window planter boxes — Dave Thal at The Wood Shop in Malvern, PA. The horizontal panel seams, the clean joinery, the wide slat spacing — all the same craft, scaled to the landscape.
The planter boxes that come with the Enhanced and Premium tiers are the same design as the WBDS window box. Rinse and repeat — the same piece, in a new context, doing new ecological work in the landscape.
"Every material choice is an ecological choice. Accoya is the right wood for the right reason — it lasts, it's honest, and it doesn't ask anything of the landscape it lives in."
The WBDS window planter — same Accoya wood, same craft, same hands as the Privacy Panel system
Morning to Midnight
The Room Changes All Day Long
In bright summer sun the pale Accoya wood glows warm and the native meadow comes alive with pollinators. At golden hour the copper waterfall panels catch the light. After dark, integrated LED accent lighting transforms the room into something entirely different.
Bright summer afternoon — native meadow in full bloom, pollinators active
After dark — integrated LED accent lighting, fire and water reflecting off copper panels
Beyond the Patio
Shared Driveways. Solved.
In neighborhoods with shared driveways and tight lot lines, the WBDS panel system creates a graceful boundary along the property edge — so you're not staring into your neighbor's kitchen window every time you pull in, and they're not watching you either.
Two or three panels along the driveway edge, elevated on the same matte black posts, with native plantings at the base — it reads as an architectural feature, not a fence. Each panel is custom-sized for your specific lot.
Lot-specific design available. If you're considering a property in a planned community, WBDS can design a complete privacy panel package around your specific lot lines, setbacks, and sightlines before you close.
Shared driveway application — panels create graceful separation without a wall
Wildlife From the Field
The Habitat in Action
These are not stock photos. Every image below was captured at an active WBDS habitat — probe-lens nest box cameras, garden cams, and field photography documenting the wildlife that native plantings attract and sustain.
Eastern Bluebird — Nest Box Probe Cam
Wayne, PA · Spring 2026
Eastern Bluebird — Nesting Box Activity
Wayne, PA · March 2026
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird on Salvia
WBDS Native Garden · Summer
Monarch Butterfly on Zinnia
WBDS Pollinator Garden · Late Summer
All photos captured at active WBDS habitat installations — Wayne, PA
The Signature
Every Panel, Hand-Branded
Each WBDS Accoya privacy panel is signed with a custom wood-burning iron — the Wild Bird DesignScapes mark pressed directly into the Accoya slat. A bird on a branch. The name. The craft.
This is not a product ordered from a catalog. It is a commissioned piece, designed for your specific landscape, built by hand, and signed. That mark is the difference.
The WBDS signature — burned into every panel by hand
The Ecological Layer
Native Plants That Do the Work
Every plant in the WBDS Privacy Panel system is chosen for its ecological role — not just its appearance. The palette is designed to attract hummingbirds, American Goldfinch, pollinators, and the insects that birds depend on for food.
Agastache (Hyssop)
Hummingbirds, bees, butterflies
Pennsylvania Sedge
Native groundcover, structural texture
Coreopsis
American Goldfinch seed source, long bloom
Salvia (annual varieties)
Hummingbird nectar magnet
Little Bluestem
Native grass — copper fall color, seed heads for birds
Grama & Oats Grasses
Naturalized meadow texture, insect habitat
Cardinal Flower
#1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird plant in the East
Mountain Mint
Powerfully fragrant, top pollinator plant
Pink Muhly Grass
Soft pink clouds in fall — meadow framing
Ready to Build Your Outdoor Room?
Commission Your Privacy Panel System
Each system is designed to fit your specific landscape — from a single screen to a complete living refuge. Reach out to start a conversation about what's possible for your outdoor space.