A bespoke garden design studio led by Michaela Day — RHS-qualified horticulturist, lifelong gardener and former London Creative Director. Real gardens for real people, in and around Surrey.
Michaela Day Garden Design is a bespoke studio rooted in Esher, Surrey — where every brief begins with a free site visit and ends with a hand-rendered planting plan you'll want to frame.
We design with an artist's eye and a horticulturist's hands. The result is a garden built to flourish through every season: ecologically considered, meticulously planted, and quietly extraordinary.
See Recent Projects →Three principles behind every Michaela Day garden — from the first sketch to the last deadhead.
Expert design and planting services. Unique, hand-rendered planting plans drawn with an artist's eye and decades of plant knowledge — every garden is an original.
Meticulous care and attention to every plant's position, soil and seasonal needs. We source and plant gardens designed to flourish all year round, not just for one fleeting summer.
Stunning pots and planters, designed, supplied, planted — then maintained, watered, fed and deadheaded whether you're at home or away. We sweat the details so your garden doesn't have to.
A small selection of recent Surrey gardens — each one designed, planted and tended by hand.
A shaded raised corner reimagined as a layered, year-round planting study.
Shade-loving textures, hand-selected for low light and slow drama.
A confident, sun-baked palette engineered for colour from spring through autumn.
Six considered services — choose one, or hand us the whole garden. Every project begins with a free site visit, advice and quotation.
Expert consultation for thorny problems, fresh starts and second opinions. A focused hour with an RHS-qualified designer often saves seasons.
Book a ConsultationSite-specific assessment of soil, light, drainage and aspect — the unromantic foundation of every garden that actually works.
Request an AnalysisFull bespoke design service — hand-rendered plans, plant choreography, and an end-to-end build with trusted contractors.
Start a DesignDetailed, ecological, seasonally considered. 1,250+ varieties drawn on — each plan a working document and a piece of paper art.
Commission a PlanDesign, supply, plant and maintain — watered, fed and deadheaded whether you're home or away. The signal that you garden well.
Plan Your PotsCreative solutions for tricky terrains, awkward shade, dry shade, wet shade, slopes, hot corners — the spaces that have defeated everyone else.
Set Us a PuzzleMichaela Day is a RHS-qualified horticulturist, garden designer and lifelong gardener. Before garden design, she spent her career as an award-winning Creative Director in London — making television commercials.
The art didn't change. Only the medium did. Where she once drew storyboards for moving images on screen, she now designs and edits planting plans for the ever-changing colour and form of outdoor spaces. Every garden is, in her words, an ongoing work of art through every season.
Based at Lower Green Road, Esher — covering the gardens of Surrey's most considered corners. Free site visit, advice and quotation across every area we work in.
Arrange a Site Visit →Tell us a little about your garden and we'll be in touch to arrange your free site visit. No obligation — just an honest conversation with an RHS-qualified designer.