--- title: "Outdoor Creations Landscape & Design Inc. — Landscape Contractors | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/landscape-contractors/outdoor-creations-landscape-and-design-inc-pfvwus-pf~596916442 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~596916442.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "Outdoor Creations Landscape & Design Inc." category: ["Landscape Contractors"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/e3e3943a04eb41cc_3949-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "37 Covil Ave., Wilmington, North Carolina 28403, United States" latitude: 34.2237 longitude: -77.8862 phone: "(910) 260-2151" website: http://outdoorcreationslandscaping.com/ rating: 4.9 review_count: 17 best_of_houzz_awards: 3 followers: 77 last_updated: 2026-09-24 --- # Outdoor Creations Landscape & Design Inc. Original Houzz profile: [Outdoor Creations Landscape & Design Inc.](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/landscape-contractors/outdoor-creations-landscape-and-design-inc-pfvwus-pf~596916442) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Landscape Contractors - **Location:** Wilmington, NC - **Serves:** Wilmington, Leland, Murraysville, Masonboro, Myrtle Grove, Kings Grant, Ogden, Silver Lake, Wrightsboro, Seagate, Skippers Corner, Bayshore, Belville, Wrightsville Beach, Navassa, Castle Hayne, Hightsville, Kirkland, Winnabow - **Houzz rating:** 4.9 out of 5 (17 reviews) - **Best of Houzz:** 3 awards (2016–2019), for Service. ## About ### Houzz Badges - Houzz Influencer - Recommended on Houzz - 25,000 Ideabook Saves Outdoor Creations Landscape & Design, Inc. specializes in guaranteed landscaping and lawn care solutions to enhance the value and natural beauty of your home. A beautifully landscaped yard is an investment that pays for itself in pleasure as well as increased home value. We are a locally owned and operated business serving Wilmington, NC and the surrounding areas of New Hanover, Brunswick, and Pender Counties. With over 30 years of experience and knowledge in the field, we are able to provide all facets of landscape services to ensure you only have to deal with one company for your many landscape needs. We work one on one with each homeowner to design landscape and lawn care programs that are specific to their individual needs or desires. The staff at Outdoor Creations Landscape & Design, Inc. keeps current on chemical applications and other certifications by attending all required courses throughout the year so you can be assured you’re always dealing with a knowledgeable, well-educated team of professionals. If you’re interested in working with a professional, honest, high-quality landscape company who will care for your property as they would their own, why not give Outdoor Creations Landscape & Design a call? Some of our services include Landscape designing, landscape installations, landscape construction, irrigation, hardscapes, pools and pool design, patios, decks, driveways, arbors, trellis, pergolas, drainage, grading, sod, hydro-seeding, retention and erosion control, shrub care, tree care, lawn care, lawn mowing, fertilization/fertilizing, pest control, weed control, bed maintenance, mulching, restorations, crawlspace encapsulation and remediation, and much more. Where effective landscaping highlights your home, reflecting your image and style. A company in where placing attention to the smallest of details sets us above the rest. ### Services Provided - Landscape Construction - Hardscaping - Landscape Maintenance - Garden Design - Patio Construction - Deck Building - Pergola Construction - Paver Installation - Retaining Wall Construction - Pool Landscaping - Outdoor Lighting Installation - Swimming Pool Construction - Drought Tolerant Landscaping - Gazebo Design & Construction - Landscape Lighting Installation - Deck Repair - Fence Installation - Planting - Landscape Drainage System Installation - Sod Installation - Tree Planting - Irrigation System Installation - Trellis Construction - Drip Irrigation Installation - Land Leveling & Grading - Sprinkler System Installation - Lawn Care - Mulching - Site Preparation - Arbor Design and Construction - Wood Fence Installation - Excavating - Decorative Concrete - Edible Gardens - Lawn Mowing - Tree Pruning - Irrigation Repair - Tree Removal - Land Clearing - Hedge Trimming - Lawn Aeration - Brush Clearing - Lawn Treatment & Fertilization - Lawn Seeding - Stump Removal - Weed Control - Dry Wells - Fence Repair - Stump Grinding - Well Drilling ### Areas Served - Wilmington - Leland - Murraysville - Masonboro - Myrtle Grove - Kings Grant - Ogden - Silver Lake - Wrightsboro - Seagate - Skippers Corner - Bayshore - Belville - Wrightsville Beach - Navassa - Castle Hayne - Hightsville - Kirkland - Winnabow ### Typical Job Cost \- 0 Our costs vary on projects and services requested from initial consult to design plans,maintenance services,installations,lawn care management and landscape management, drainage and remediation,crawlspace environments,etc. ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | Outdoor Creations Landscape & Design Inc. | | Address | 37 Covil Ave., Wilmington, North Carolina 28403, United States | | Phone | (910) 260-2151 | | Website | http://outdoorcreationslandscaping.com/ | | License Number | NCLC 1206 | | Followers on Houzz | 77 | ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [Outdoor Creations Landscape & Design Inc.](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/landscape-contractors/outdoor-creations-landscape-and-design-inc-pfvwus-pf~596916442) - **Website:** http://outdoorcreationslandscaping.com/ - **Phone:** (910) 260-2151 ## Credentials - **Best of Houzz:** 3 awards (2016–2019), for Service. ## Reviews **Overall rating: 4.9 out of 5 — 17 reviews** ### Reviews **★★★★★ — Katy C, July 2018** > We hired Ray initially to address a soil erosion problem. In the process, he identified several other problems which needed to be addressed. He has a great relationship with many local quality professionals and coordinated with these resources to get these issues resolved and completed. Everything done has been first rate! **★★★★★ — HU-78442288730, June 2018** > We hired Ray and his team to polish up our landscaping around our home and we couldn’t be more pleased with the result! They were quick to get the job done with less than a month between consult and completion. We also had them take over our lawn care. After 2 years of treatments by another company our lawn already looks better after just one month with Outdoor Creations than it ever has. Would highly recommend! **Comment from Outdoor Creations Landscape & Design Inc.:** > Thank you very Much Mallory, wonderful to not only have met you and the family, however look forward to being of continued service going forward! Thank you again! **★★★★★ — David Brodeur, June 2018** > If you have a project that you want done right the 1st time, This is the company you want, Hardest working people you'll meet. My yard could be featured in a magazine, I'm very pleased with my choice of hiring Outdoor Creations. **★★★★★ — Mosko Drico, June 2018** > Outdoor Creations, Ray and Andee Bray have done a wonderful job improving our curb appeal and repairing several problems we had in our yard. We spent almost two years unsuccessfully trying to get a landscaper to give us an estimate and actually come to do the work. Early in the 2017 season I called Outdoor Creations, I explained to Ray we had drainage, irrigation and lawn issues. Along with that we had a problem of overgrown bushes that my husband and I had no idea what to do with. Ray came over sat with us and we talked for a while about what it was we wanted, he explained how he evaluates things and how important soil testing would be. We then went ouside to walk around the property as he pointed out some issues and what the possible causes were and what he would do to repair them. > > When Ray received the results of the soil testing he returned to explain the results and the plan to proceed forward. My husband and I found Ray and Andee to be very knowledgeable, professional, patient and easy to work with. They don't just fix something they take the time to do it the right way so it lasts, it may not be the least expensive way but it is the right way, it is quality work. They even took time to show me the correct way to trim our roses and crape myrtles. Because of the scope of the overall project they spent a good portion of the summer working here, they became like family. > > When Ray and Andee were done we received many complements from neighbors and friends, they are working with us this year to maintain a pretty yard. **★★★★★ — flscarola, June 2018** > Ray is very knowledgeable and is a stickler for getting everything done right. Expensive but worth it. Irrigation system, grass correction, flower beds and brick edging, brought in a tree service and came when they came. Even hung my American flags in the brick of my house and took the old ones home to burn. **Comment from Outdoor Creations Landscape & Design Inc.:** > Why Linda, Thank you! Not sure about the expensive part... (chuckle), however we are competitive with others licensed and bonded and the difference is in the the time we place attention to the details to a project. > And as for the older flags, torn and battered, they are in a box with others the next we have a ceremony in which we properly care for them. We're proud to be able to do that for you. > Thank you so much! **★★★★★ — Janet Foley, Feb. 2018** > I can't speak highly enough of Outdoor Creations and Ray Bray. To put it mildly, our lawn was a disaster. Ray identified the issues, performed a soil analysis and applied the proper amendments to make our yard a healthy environment for growth. This was done last fall and now , as spring has come, I see a BIG difference in our lawn. He is systematic with the work to be done and the reasons why . He hand trimmed an oak tree that I have gotten compliments on. who hand trims trees any more? Based on his professionalism and work quality, so glad we chose him. **Comment from Outdoor Creations Landscape & Design Inc.:** > Thank you very much Janet! > It is a pleasure and privilege to work alongside you and Mike in assisting you both in attaining your goals with the yard and garden! > > Ray **★★★★★ — Betty Horne, April 2017** > Outdoor Creations is bringing my yard back from the dead and they are doing a wonderful job, fixing things I didn't even know were wrong and doing an excellent job on all of it - the yard, the woodwork, the brick paths. I am delighted. Where I fail to have ideas or knowledge about promising plant combinations, Ray does have them. This has been an effortless and hassle free experience compared to what I have experienced with two other local companies. **★★★★★ — Tracie West, Nov. 2016** > Outdoor Creations, aka Ray and Andi Bray, saved my yard! The Centipede grass looked beyond repair and a backyard natural area had really gotten out of hand. At our consultation in May ’16, Ray assured me after a soil analysis they could bring it back, and they certainly delivered. Over the next 6 months, they aerated, de-thatched, and applied the proper nutrients to our front lawn and it looks amazing. It is so thick and lush, on Halloween, the parents of my trick-or-treaters even commented on it! They switched the pine straw in the beds to chocolate mulch and trimmed all of the vegetation. In our back yard, Ray oversaw the removal of 26 long leaf pine trees, installation of sod and various trees and shrubbery, stone pavers and a 10 ft property divider, thus completing the restoration of our back yard. > > Besides Ray’s extensive horticultural knowledge, he is a true professional. He had taken plenty of before/pictures to document our progress. So when the backyard neighbor (different neighborhood, long history) became embarrassingly unpleasant, thinking the drainage ditch easement (both sides!) was part of their property and threatening us with…everything!!! Ray handled it like a true professional! He calmly explained the legalities of property ownership and county drainage ditch maintenance rules AND after said neighbor pulled up the property stakes during the night, Ray was able to get someone to re-survey it the next day and work continued on! We now have twice the yard and thanks to the 10ft divider, no longer have to deal with our neighbors. We have also contracted with Outdoor Creations for ongoing yard maintenance, including regular mowing, trimming, fertilizing. **★★★★★ — lilredhenn, May 2016** > Outdoor Creations has made my landscaping beautiful! I unfortunately had negative experiences with both a landscape architect and a lawn service when I moved into my new house in 2012. With Ray and Outdoor Creations, they do it all. So now I have one company maintaining my lawn, irrigation,as well as the trees, bushes etc. > Coming from the Northeast, gardening is very different. Outdoor Creations has given me an education on how to garden here in the South. They've identified and fixed problems with my drainage that I knew I had, I just didn't know there was a way to fix them. You may pay a bit more than the companies, than other companies. But if you want it down right the first time, I'd recommend Outdoor Creations. **Comment from Outdoor Creations Landscape & Design Inc.:** > Thank you for the wonderful review! It's been great at getting to know you and your family! **★★★★★ — beck5161, April 2016** > Outdoor Creations provides top notch service and the utmost attention to detail. I would recommend them if you want the best looking yard on the street for sure. I don't think there is anyone more knowledgeable in the science behind creating and maintaining a healthy yard and landscape. **★★★★★ — mpibob, April 2016** > Outdoor Creations provides the full array of services to maintain my grass and plants with the proper care required. They provide full details of the soil conditions and preform the proper treatment as needed. We always work from a detailed estimate outlining the cost of each item. The owner, Ray Bray, is extremely dependable and always calls when he sees something out of line. I do recommend his company to others on a regular basis. **★★★★ — meg\_raxter, Jan. 2016** > We hired Outdoor Creations to help us with our lawn and to give us ideas on landscape design. They were very helpful and honest about our ideas and pointed us in the right direction. ## Selected projects - [Atwell:2021](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/atwell2021-pj-vj~6862833) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 15 - Description: This is a return client from 2010 with regards to help to restore and renovate their landscape after 10 years of being under the management of several other local companies whom do not provide the custom work as we do and working in collaboration with Blue Chip Builders with the planning and construction of a pergola and then incorporating the landscape for it into the existing landscape. All of the existing older shrubs trees and seasonal perennials were renovated. Rework and repaired the exist… - [Cunius/Ames: Before and After](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/cunius-ames-before-and-after-pj-vj~6311633) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 21 - Description: Clients are looking to seek cleaning up the property to be able to entertain in the backyard, with low maintenance, to enjoy it on their down time. Existing designed rear landscape is typically in need of cleanup and restoration. The HVAC area is overgrown and un-kept. Pruning, weeding and tree clean up in the surrounding landscape beds. - [Kuiper: Mallard Bay](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/kuiper-mallard-bay-pj-vj~3865806) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 17 - Description: Restoration of existing foundation beds with regards to plant care/pruning and re-mulching of beds. Beds: Cut, define and prepare areas for mulching. Applied Hardwood Bark Mulch to prepped beds. Pruned shrubs/trees and fertilized beds. - [Driveway Installation](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/driveway-installation-pj-vj~3875961) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 13 - [Schoeneck: Before and After](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/schoeneck-before-and-after-pj-vj~5679023) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 31 - [Foley/Rivenbark: Before, In progress, After](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/foley-rivenbark-before-in-progress-after-pj-vj~6175793) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 43 - Description: Entertainment, enjoyment and appeal with focus of ease of maintenance, access and control or suppression of eroding soils and drainage of areas. -Refresh, divide, root prune and replant/transplant all existing planters of tropical palm, ferns & etc. -Consolidate and repurpose containers/pots in best conditions. -Make use of planters as intermittent accents to be placed into courtyard/rear yard landscape and front yard entry landscape. -Set and designate several or more for annual accent planters… - [Sedlock: Before, during, and Final](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/sedlock-before-during-and-final-pj-vj~6189243) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 42 - [Greenleaf: Before/During/After](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/greenleaf-before-during-after-pj-vj~6077065) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 23 - Description: Complete renovation of backyard property. Overseeing the design/installation of the pool. Design and layout of beds to incorporate the pool. Install Palms and ornamental grasses. Install trees/shrubs to screen fence. - [Early: Before and After](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/early-before-and-after-pj-vj~5716815) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 36 - [Driveway Widening](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/driveway-widening-pj-vj~5706129) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 5 - Description: Project: Client is handicap with a handicap Van . The other car has to be parked on the lawn and half of the driveway so that the van can be parked inside the garage with a custom built ramp, so it can be loaded and unloaded. Rather than pour additions to the driveway, we utilized this type of application maintaining both a lawn and a off edge parking or traffic type surface. And its pervious. - [Loewenthal: Curb Appeal](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/loewenthal-curb-appeal-pj-vj~5615426) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 14 - Description: Curb appeal refers to the level of attractiveness one may feel for a property when viewing it from the street. Curb appeal should start with the condition of the grass, landscaping and any other foliage near the front of the property. Start with the grass and go from there. Overgrown or dying bushes are an eyesore, so we trimmed or removed them. Another area you should update is the mulch. A fresh layer of mulch can completely transform a property’s exterior. - [Brodeur: Before and After](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/brodeur-before-and-after-pj-vj~5615281) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 46 - [Smith II: Before and After](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/smith-ii-before-and-after-pj-vj~1979330) - Location: Wilmington, NC - Photos: 42 - Description: Creating a beautiful garden is the goal, and this client wanted a lush tropical landscape garden. Lush tropical plantings, an assortment of palms and other tropical plants around the lawn area. - [Clyburn: 2017](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/clyburn-2017-pj-vj~2347672) - Location: Wilmington, NC - Photos: 10 - Description: This front yard needs curb appeal. Transform the Crape Myrtles into a defined landscaping bed. - [Horne: Before, In Progress and After](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/horne-before-in-progress-and-after-pj-vj~2097996) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 21 - Description: Client contacted us to help bring the overgrown backyard into a Southern style garden, keeping with the historical feel. Create an easy maintenance, appealing and calm garden area. Restore the rear deck, rear brickwork and fencing. - [Hughes: Before/During/End of Season](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/hughes-before-during-end-of-season-pj-vj~2951483) - Location: Leland, NC - Photos: 27 - Description: We were requested to consult on a newly built home here in the local area in which after a year, the homeowner had some issues with regard to their sodded lawn. This is one of our processes after being hired to help achieve their overall expectation of a healthy, and strong lawn for them. Total length of recovery should be eighteen months, a season and a half. This is the first 6 months. - [Conner: 2010 to 2016](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/conner-2010-to-2016-pj-vj~1803545) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 6 - Description: Client has soil issues in which to establish a healthy lawn. Property has been in their family for 80 years and objectives were to bring back into it's original garden allure from whence it was planted by the parents. Initial first response was to establish the soil conditions and proceed from that point based on its results and manage over time. Today, the lawn is healthy and our client has maintained the use of our services for nearly 8 years and we're proud to say the chatter of the street. - [Homer: Before and After](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/homer-before-and-after-pj-vj~1706764) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 50 - Description: Before: Lawn conditions were very weak and unhealthy. Weeds were everywhere. After: A soil test is the only way to identify what your lawn needs. Providing proper turf management: fertilization, weed control, aeration, and proper mowing height we turned a weak lawn into a thick, lush healthy lawn. - [West: Before and After](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/west-before-and-after-pj-vj~1878919) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 31 - Description: Renovate & restore/bring its landscape, after 12 years into a more “kept” and managed property. Back rear property: bring to a more managed condition and less invasive and over grown characteristic existence. Open up yard/enlarge. Lawn: existing turf has bare spots, declined areas. Develop a more suitable custom base best management practice so as to retain the existing type turf. Bring existing shrubs, trees and ornamentals back to a managed condition. - [Lawn Care & Restoration](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/lawn-care-and-restoration-pj-vj~2945807) - Location: Leland, NC - Photos: 7 [See all 30 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/landscape-contractors/outdoor-creations-landscape-and-design-inc-pfvwus-pf~596916442) ## Ideabooks - [outdoorcreationsnc's ideas](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/53789075/list/outdoorcreationsnc-s-ideas) — 2 ideas [See all 1 ideabook](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/users/outdoorcreationsnc) ## Community Q&A **Q: Will you please tell me where you got the tall white arbor with the ga** *(in Photo Questions)* The white arbor is beautiful. A: Constructed it myself **Q: quel est le nom de la plante se trouvant près de la fenêtre? Merci** *(in Photo Questions)* A: Fatsia Japonica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatsia\_japonica **Q: Flowers over wood structure?** *(in Photo Questions)* What is the flowering vine growing over the wooden structure? A: Shawn, you'll have to privide much more in the way of specifics of the issues in Dallas/north Texas with the diseases you experienced. If it was drought related or not? What time of year it was that the issues were prevalent? So many factors in which to consider first... **Q: Wonderful ! What the kind of pink flower on the right of pic?** *(in Photo Questions)* A: Light colored pink is Echinacea or Coneflower. Dark pink is Penta. White flower is also Echinacea **Q: What is the grass/groundcover used between the stones? Thank you.** *(in Photo Questions)* A: No, i'ts what is considered a dry lay. Stones are set down into mother natures soil for purposes of minimizing disturbing roots on the tree. **Q: kitchen island** *(in Photo Questions)* how do you determine the kitchen island size so it does not look disproportionate to the kitchen A: Hunh??? I'm a landscaper professional, but as a jack of all trades individual, my first suggestion would be as to what allowable space are you considering to occupy with a kitchen island? Room dimensions/open area of floor? Also consider access to that island: would you do so from all sides or just one side. Ability to be able to have the width of one & 1/2 person be able to move freely around it? --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-09-24.*