A wedding that gives back: sustainability at STAY

STAY was designed around a simple conviction: a wedding venue can be beautiful and still be good for the land it stands on. Sustainability here is not a feature bolted on afterwards. It is in the architecture, the water, the power and the trees.

Drawn as a fingerprint

The estate was created by architect Cobus Hugo to mimic a fingerprint, echoing the topography of the area rather than flattening it. White curved walls follow the land, circular pools and sunken round gardens sit where the ground allows, and the buildings settle into the veld instead of imposing on it.

Powered by the sun, watered by the sky

STAY runs on one hundred percent solar power, with a generator kept only as backup. Rainwater and greywater are harvested and treated on site for irrigation, so the gardens are fed by the sky rather than the municipal supply. On-site composting and the recycling of glass, aluminium, plastic, cardboard and paper keep the estate's waste footprint low.

Two thousand trees, and counting

Two thousand indigenous trees have been planted on the STAY estate, part of four and a half thousand across both properties of the Inimitable Group. The young landscaping you see today is a venue growing into itself, season by season.

A fund that grows with every wedding

R1 000 of every venue hire is invested into a community and charity sustainability fund. It means each celebration contributes something beyond the day itself, to the land around the estate and the people who live near it.

For couples who want their wedding to reflect their values, STAY offers a rare thing: a celebration that leaves the world a little better than it found it. You can read more about our commitments on the sustainability page, or begin an enquiry to see the estate for yourself.