“As soon as we were engaged, we decided that we wanted our wedding to be an opportunity for our friends and family from the States to plan an adventure they’d never forget, so Cape Town and the Winelands made for the perfect location,” groom Michael says.
. “Anyone who has planned a wedding knows it’s a lot of work, but we loved it and had ample time due to having to postpone multiple times over two years due to pandemic,” Matthew says. “We even made some new, and now very close, friends over the two years that we had to postpone and couldn’t have imagined our wedding without them. In the end, it was well worth the wait.”
“We always wanted our wedding to be about our friends and family,” Michael says. “The past two years have been difficult for so many, and this was the first trip a lot of our guests were taking since the start of COVID. Because of this, we wanted everyone to be included in everything, so we decided not to have a wedding party because everyone that attended was just as near and dear to our hearts as the next.
The next day, the ceremony was set in the House of Shadows, an airy greenhouse that overlooks the vineyards on the property and has a view of the mountains. The space is used to grow flowers, cactuses, and other indigenous plants, which gave the ceremony a natural, green aesthetic. “We actually didn’t bring in any additional decor outside of a handmade wreath that hung above where we stood for the ceremony,” Matthew says.
Matthew and Michael both wanted to forgo a religious ceremony, and instead they focused the service on their love and community. Their officiant, Jana Van Den Munckhof, also managed to deliver moments of levity. Family was incorporated throughout, and Michael’s sister, Christine Joubert, gave a speech. “During our vows, Michael—no surprise!—kept it together, while I—also to no surprise—let the tears flow,” Matthew says. “Soon after there wasn’t a dry eye in the greenhouse.
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