Burdick & Associates designs natural landscapes in harmony with Maine’s coastal residences

We create harmonizing and enduring settings for our clients’ homes and summer houses. From entry drives to stone terraces and walls, from pools and spas to cutting gardens, we translate our clients’ visions into landscapes.

We are thoughtful listeners and believe design is something we do with our clients, not something we do for them. We want to know what is important to you.

Our aesthetics are rooted in the natural beauty of Maine. We believe the best landscapes do not try to make the natural world something it isn’t. We like to keep Maine’s beauty close at hand. Our plant palette emphasizes native species, from hay-scented fern and blueberry sod to birch trees and balsams.

We unite built and natural environments into settings of lasting beauty—places where daily life has elegance, convenience, and joy.


APLD Landscape Designer of the Year – 2022

Bobbie Burdick transformed our lakeside home's landscape, converting a monotonous green swath of Bayberry and Sweet Fern into a colorful, textured, and constantly changing space that fits our lifestyle. She collaborated with artisans to incorporate stonework, iron railings, granite steps, and lighting into her design. She also turned our leaching field into a beautiful perennial flower meadow with Lupines and Sweet William, and added privacy with strategic plantings. We admire Bobbie's commitment to using native and deer-resistant plants, ensuring the landscape's longevity and health. Eight years after our first meeting, we are thankful for her work every spring. We chose her for her expertise in horticulture and design, collaborative approach, and pleasant personality. The MDI Grows division, led by Suzanne Hackett, maintains our landscape with a knowledgeable and dedicated crew.
Cathy Waters
Mount Desert, ME

“In wit, as Nature, what affects our hearts
Is not th’ exactness of peculiar parts;
‘Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty call,
But the joint force and full result of all.”

—Alexander Pope, from An Essay on Criticism