a stationary first upright fence column, formed of a single piece, the first upright fence column having an inside wall sized to receive a base post and an outside wall around the inside wall;

the first upright fence column including at least one slot extending the length of the first upright fence column from the outside wall toward the inside wall, the at least one slot having opposing grooves along opposing sidewalls thereof adapted to receive distal shoulders of a latch strike plate;

a latch strike plate comprising:

a slot cover extending the length of the at least one slot and configured to be modified to include a latch opening for engaging with a latch bolt;

a pair of opposing clip walls extending through and along the length of the at least one slot and having opposing distal shoulders to engage the opposing grooves; and

a strike extension extending the length of the at least one slot, the strike extension for engaging a second upright fence column forming a portion of a gate when the gate is closed; and

a second upright fence column forming a portion of a gate panel, formed of a single piece, the second upright fence column having a hollow cross-section defining an outside wall, incorporating a second slot extending the length of the second upright fence column to receive a fence slat therein, and incorporating two opposing elongated sidewalls of sufficient width to be modified to accommodate a conventional lockset and the outside wall configured to be modified to have at least one cutout for receiving at least one lock faceplate positioned to insert a latch bolt of the conventional into a latch opening in the slot cover when the gate is closed.