Wedding Planners in Johannesburg

Memories Made in Motion is a Sandton-based wedding planning and production team. We plan, style and build Johannesburg weddings in-house — concept, 3D rendering, decor, florals, draping, furniture, AV, lighting and on-the-day coordination all come from our own 1,200m² warehouse in Wynberg, so there are no third-party mark-ups and one senior planner owns your day from first brief to final bump-out.

We know the Gauteng venue circuit intimately: Shepstone Gardens and Shepstone Palace, Avianto and the Muldersdrift estates, Oakfield Farm, Galagos, The Venue Green Leaves, Katy's Palace Bar in Sandton, and the hotel ballrooms across Sandton, Rosebank and Hyde Park. That means accurate load-in planning, realistic timelines and floorplans that work the first time.

Planning a Johannesburg wedding for this season or next? Send us your date, venue and guest count and we will come back within 24 hours with an itemised planning and production proposal.

Services in Johannesburg

• Full-service wedding planning and on-the-day coordination
• Wedding decor, styling, florals and draping
• 3D and 4D venue rendering before build
• Ceremony and reception furniture, glassware and linen hire
• AV, sound, lighting design, dance floors and staging
• Marquee, stretch tent and structure builds for garden venues
• Supplier curation — catering, cake, entertainment, photography
• Multi-day and traditional celebrations, including lobola and mehndi functions
• Guest logistics, transport and accommodation coordination

Why choose MMIM in Johannesburg

• Sandton-based team on-site for venue walk-throughs and rehearsals
• Decor, florals, AV and hire produced in-house — one invoice, no mark-ups
• 4D pre-visualisation so you approve your setup before build day
• Senior planner assigned from brief to bump-out, present on the day
• Established relationships with Gauteng's leading wedding venues
• Transparent, itemised ZAR quoting with no hidden production fees

Frequently asked questions

Q. What does a Johannesburg wedding planner cost?

Planning is quoted against scope — coordination-only packages sit well below full-service planning with in-house decor and production. Because our decor, florals, hire and AV are produced in-house, most couples find the combined figure lands under sourcing each supplier separately. Send your date and guest count for an itemised quote.

Q. Which Johannesburg wedding venues do you work at?

Shepstone Gardens, Shepstone Palace, Avianto, Oakfield Farm, Galagos, The Venue Green Leaves, Katy's Palace Bar, Summer Place and the Sandton, Rosebank and Midrand hotel ballrooms — plus private estates and garden venues across Muldersdrift and the Cradle.

Q. How far in advance should we book a Johannesburg wedding planner?

Nine to eighteen months ahead for peak-season Saturdays. Shorter timelines are often workable because our decor and production capacity is in-house — contact us to check the date.

Q. Do you handle traditional and multi-day celebrations?

Yes. We regularly produce lobola negotiations, traditional ceremonies, mehndi and sangeet functions and multi-day programmes, with decor and crew scheduled across each day.

Q. Can we see the wedding before it is built?

Yes — we render your ceremony and reception in 3D and 4D, so you sign off on layout, decor, florals and lighting before anything is installed.