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The Shepstone Experience (off-site)

The planning, decor and floral service offered by the Shepstone Gardens team in Mountain View, Johannesburg, for weddings held at another venue, a hotel, a private estate or a client's home.

Verified 2026-10-19 by Ruschin & Co, from the venue's published website

A long table laid with white chairs, place settings and small flower arrangements, seen from above, in front of tall curtained windows and a chandelier.
  • A lounge area styled with a white sofa, magenta cushions, woven pouffes and red and pink flowers under a glass roof.
Photographs: Shepstone Gardens

The Shepstone Gardens team, based in Mountain View in Johannesburg, Gauteng, also works away from its own grounds. Its website describes this as The Shepstone Experience: the planning, decor and florals normally offered at the estate, taken to another wedding venue, a hotel, a private estate or a client's home.

What the service covers

  • Concept development
  • Planning
  • Decor styling
  • Floral design
  • On-the-day coordination

This is a single service that combines planning, styling and flowers, which suits a couple who would otherwise brief a planner, a decor stylist and a florist separately. It is also a reason to read the contract closely: ask what is included at your venue, who is on site on the day, and who is responsible if the venue's own rules limit what can be installed.

What does The Shepstone Experience do at an outside venue?

According to the Shepstone Gardens website, the team brings concept development, planning, decor styling, floral design and on-the-day coordination to a venue of your choice. It names another wedding venue, a hotel, a private estate or a client's home as examples. The site gives no prices for off-site work and names no past off-site weddings, so ask for a written proposal.

Which areas does The Shepstone Experience travel to?

The website presents the service as available away from the estate but does not name the areas it covers, so this listing claims none. The business is based in Mountain View, Johannesburg. Ask whether your venue's location is within its range and whether travel or accommodation is charged separately.

Shepstone Gardens

The same team's own garden estate in Mountain View.

View Shepstone Gardens

Verified facts

Location
Johannesburg
Category
wedding planners, decor and styling, florists
Services
Concept development, planning, decor styling, floral design and on-the-day coordination, brought to a wedding held at another venue, a hotel, a private estate or a client's home. The business is based at Shepstone Gardens in Mountain View, Johannesburg.
Website
https://www.shepstonegardens.co.za/Venues/External-Venue
Phone
011 728 6738
Email
info@shepstonegardens.co.za

Sources

Facts are taken from the business's own website and are its own account. The areas it travels to, pricing for off-site work and any past off-site weddings are not stated there and are not shown.

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