Creative Habitats
Auburn, Alabama 36830
Sustainable landscaping built on native plants and recycled materials.
About
Creative Habitats is an Auburn landscape company at 9561 US Highway 280, founded by Corey O'Steen with a stated emphasis on sustainable practices, recycled materials, and native plants. The sustainability orientation isn't a generic marketing claim — it shapes plant selection, hardscape sourcing, and how the firm thinks about long-term landscape ecology.
Corey O'Steen runs the firm with a one-on-one consultation model that includes DIY assistance for clients who want to handle some work themselves. That collaborative approach is uncommon in landscape contracting, where most firms prefer to handle the entire project end-to-end rather than coach a homeowner through portions of it.
Services span landscape design, irrigation and drainage, patios and retaining walls, water features, fire pits and fireplaces, outdoor lighting, kudzu cleanup, and pool fill-in. The kudzu cleanup capability is regionally specific and addresses one of East Alabama's persistent invasive species problems.
Services
- Design landscapes around native plants and sustainable practices
- Install irrigation and drainage systems with recycled materials
- Build patios, retaining walls, and water features
- Install fire pits and outdoor fireplaces
- Clear kudzu and other invasive species from properties
- Fill in unused pools and restore the area to landscape
Service Area
Serving Auburn, Opelika, Smiths Station, Salem, Loachapoka, Notasulga.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who founded Creative Habitats?
Creative Habitats was founded by Corey O'Steen and operates with an emphasis on sustainable landscape practices. Corey runs the firm with a one-on-one consultation model that personally engages with each client, which is unusual in landscape contracting. That direct involvement is part of what lets the firm offer DIY assistance to homeowners who want to handle some portions of their project themselves rather than hiring out everything.
What does sustainable landscaping mean at Creative Habitats?
Creative Habitats emphasizes sustainable practices, recycled materials, and native plants. In practice, that means plant selection drawn from species native to East Alabama (which need less water and maintenance once established), hardscape materials sourced from recycled or reclaimed sources where possible, and irrigation and drainage designed to manage water conservatively. That orientation is a meaningful differentiator from purely aesthetic landscape design.
Does Creative Habitats handle kudzu cleanup?
Yes. Creative Habitats offers kudzu cleanup as a specific service. Kudzu is an invasive vine that has spread aggressively across the Southeast and is a persistent problem on East Alabama properties. Removing it requires repeated treatment and physical clearing because the root systems are deep and resilient. Listing kudzu cleanup as a service category is regionally specific and reflects the firm's familiarity with local landscape problems.
Where is Creative Habitats located?
Creative Habitats operates from 9561 US Highway 280 in Auburn, ZIP 36830. The Highway 280 location is on a primary regional corridor that runs from Birmingham toward Opelika and out to the Lake Martin area, which fits the firm's stated service footprint of Auburn, Opelika, and Smiths Station. Phone contact runs through (334) 524-5408 for design consultations and project inquiries.
Does Creative Habitats offer DIY assistance?
Yes. Creative Habitats includes DIY assistance in its consultation model. That approach lets homeowners handle portions of their landscape project themselves while drawing on the firm's expertise for design, plant selection, and the more technical work like irrigation, hardscape, or drainage. The collaborative model is uncommon in landscape contracting, where most firms prefer to handle the entire scope end-to-end.
Can Creative Habitats fill in an unused pool?
Yes. Creative Habitats offers pool fill-in as part of its service menu. Filling in an unused pool involves draining the pool, breaking up the structure or piercing the bottom for drainage, and backfilling the cavity with appropriate material to support landscape or hardscape on top. It's a specialized project that not every landscape firm takes on, but Creative Habitats has it on the menu alongside its broader sustainable landscape work.