Before You Ask
Everything couples send us first
All of it answered here rather than behind a click, because a question worth putting on a page is a question worth reading without one.
How early should we book you?
Twelve to eighteen months for a full design, and it is the venue rather than us that sets that — the four or five gardens in Accra everybody wants go a year out. Partial planning works from about six months. Day-of coordination we will take at six weeks if the bones are already sound.
Do you plan the traditional ceremony as well?
Yes, and we would rather do both. The knocking and the engagement have their own list of families, elders, gifts and speakers, and running them separately from the white wedding is where most of the weekend's stress actually comes from.
What does a wedding with you usually cost?
Our fee is on the packages page and it is a flat figure, not a percentage — we have no reason to talk you into a larger flower order. Most of the weddings we plan sit between GHS 120,000 and GHS 400,000 all in, and we will tell you before you sign whether your number and your guest list agree with each other.
We live abroad. Can you plan it without us here?
About a third of our couples do. We work on video calls in your evening, walk venues with a camera, send drawings rather than descriptions, and handle every deposit and delivery on the ground. You come home to a wedding, not to a to-do list.
Is there a wedding too small for you?
No. We have done sixty guests in a garden in Labone and it remains one of our favourite days. What we will not do is take a wedding we do not have the crew to run properly on the date you want.
What actually happens on the day?
Between four and nine of us are on site from early morning: a lead planner with you, a production manager with the vendors, and coordinators on the ceremony, the reception and the guest flow. You get a printed run sheet the week before and then you get to ignore it.
The Practical Ones
Money, dates, weather and what if
The questions couples get to in the second meeting, once the pleasant ones are out of the way.
What holds our date?
A third of the fee, and nothing else does. Until that clears, a Saturday is available to whoever asks for it next — including in the month you have been thinking about it.
Can we use our own vendors?
Yes, all of them if you like. We will work with anyone you bring, and we will tell you honestly if we have seen something at their last three weddings we would want you to know about.
What if we change the date?
Once, at no charge, up to sixty days out and subject to our having the new date free. After that it depends entirely on what your vendors will move, and we will do the asking.
What happens if it rains?
The wet-weather plan is built at month six and walked in person, not sketched. It has its own run sheet, its own vendor calls and a stated decision time on the morning — usually 10am.
Do you talk to our guests?
For the fortnight before, if you take the guest desk. A real person answers the questions about hotels, dress code and directions so that neither of you spends the last two weeks on WhatsApp.
What happens after the wedding?
We clear the venue, return the hires, settle the final vendor statements and send you everything with its receipt inside ten days. Then we tell you what went wrong.
Still Wondering
Ask us the one that is not on the list
There is no form to fill in and nobody will add you to a mailing list. Send one paragraph about your date and your guest count and you will get a real answer, usually the same day.
Let us set a scene that looks like the two of you
Tell us the date, the town and roughly how many people love you. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right studio for it.
