About Us
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
Arbor Design and Construction, Brush Clearing, Deck Building, Deck Repair, Decorative Concrete, Drip Irrigation Installation, Drought Tolerant Landscaping, Dry Wells, Edible Gardens, Excavating, Fence Installation, Fence Repair, Garden Design, Gazebo Design & Construction, Hardscaping, Hedge Trimming, Irrigation Repair, Irrigation System Installation, Land Clearing, Land Leveling & Grading, Landscape Construction, Landscape Drainage System Installation, Landscape Lighting Installation, Landscape Maintenance, Lawn Aeration, Lawn Care, Lawn Mowing, Lawn Seeding, Lawn Treatment & Fertilization, Mulching, Outdoor Lighting Installation, Patio Construction, Paver Installation, Pergola Construction, Planting, Pool Landscaping, Retaining Wall Construction, Site Preparation, Sod Installation, Sprinkler System Installation, Stump Grinding, Stump Removal, Swimming Pool Construction, Tree Planting, Tree Pruning, Tree Removal, Trellis Construction, Weed Control, Well Drilling, Wood Fence Installation
Areas Served
Bayshore, Belville, Castle Hayne, Hightsville, Kings Grant, Kirkland, Leland, Masonboro, Murraysville, Myrtle Grove, Navassa, Ogden, Seagate, Silver Lake, Skippers Corner, Wilmington, Winnabow, Wrightsboro, Wrightsville Beach
Credentials
3 Houzz Awards
3 Houzz Badges
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17 Reviews for Outdoor Creations Landscape & Design Inc.
Katy C
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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!
July 2, 2018
HU-78442288730
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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!
June 29, 2018
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
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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.
June 29, 2018
Mosko Drico
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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.
June 27, 2018
flscarola
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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.
June 9, 2018
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!
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
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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.
February 24, 2018
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
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
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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.
April 10, 2017
Tracie West
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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.
November 29, 2016Last modified:November 29, 2016
lilredhenn
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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.
May 11, 2016
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
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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.
April 26, 2016
mpibob
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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.
April 26, 2016
meg_raxter
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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.
January 28, 2016
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10 Comments
Commented: quel est le nom de la plante se trouvant près de la fenêtre? MerciFatsia Japonica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatsia_japonica
April 19, 2016
Commented: Flowers over wood structure?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 t...
January 1, 2016
Commented: Wonderful ! What the kind of pink flower on the right of pic?Light colored pink is Echinacea or Coneflower. Dark pink is Penta. White flower is also Echinacea
May 4, 2015
Commented: What is the grass/groundcover used between the stones? Thank you.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.
March 25, 2015
Commented: kitchen islandHunh??? 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 dimensi...
March 17, 2015
Commented: type of grass"Maiden Grass" as the ornamental grass, and Emerald Zoysia as the lawn
March 17, 2015
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37 Covil Ave.
Wilmington, NC 28403
Wilmington, NC 28403
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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.
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.
License Number NCLC 1206
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