You are invited to a garden long lunch

Anne & Jethro

Anne Meyer & Jethro Baker are getting married

Saturday, 20 February 2027 · 13:00

Kleinkaap Boutique Hotel · Clubview, Centurion

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How we got here

Our story

The braai, 2019

A friend's housewarming in Centurion. Jethro was put in charge of the fire and let it go out twice. Anne took over, got it going in four minutes, and handed him a beer. He has not been allowed near a braai since, and he is fine with that.

The first proper date

Sunday lunch, because Jethro said "dinner is a lot of pressure". It lasted six hours. The waiter brought the bill twice. We still go to Caraffa every month, it’s our favourite restaurant.

The question, December 2025

Another Sunday lunch, this time at Kleinkaap, under the oaks. Jethro had booked the table three weeks earlier and told nobody. Anne said yes and the people at the next table clapped.

Now

A small house in Hazelwood with a big lemon tree, a cat called Pickles who thinks she's a dog, and a wedding that is really just the long lunch we like best, with everyone we love around the table.

Anne and Jethro at golden hour, forehead to forehead

"Let's do lunch with a difference."

Jethro, 2019 — and the whole idea of this wedding

Saturday 20 February 2027

The day

One long lunch that turns into an evening. No seating chart until the food, no speeches before the pudding, and the dance floor opens when the sun goes down.

Order of the day

Kleinkaap · Clubview, Centurion

Arrive

Park inside the gates, follow the music into the garden. Something cold in your hand within two minutes.

The ceremony

In the garden, under the trees. Twenty minutes. Bring sunglasses and a tissue.

Bubbles on the lawn

Photos, lawn games, and a table of things to nibble so nobody gets hungry before lunch.

Lunch

Long tables under the oaks, family-style.

Speeches & cake

Speeches, then cake, and the first dance while the light is still golden.

The dance floor opens

Inside the main hall, doors open to the garden. We have taken your song requests seriously.

Last song

Then bed, if you're staying at the hotel, or an Uber if you're not.

Sunday breakfast

At the hotel restaurant for everyone who stayed over, until check-out at 10:00. Come as you are.

Where

Kleinkaap

A Cape Dutch manor house from 1920 on two and a half hectares of oak trees and indigenous garden. The same place where Jethro proposed.

Ceremony
In the garden

The outdoor chapel, under the trees — bring nothing but yourself.

Lunch & party
Under the oaks, then inside the main hall

Long tables outside for lunch; the dance floor is inside with the doors open to the garden.

Getting there
87 Jim van der Merwe Road, Clubview
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What to wear

Garden party. Wear colour.

Summer dresses, linen suits, a jacket you'll take off by three. Smart enough for a wedding, comfortable enough for a long lunch on grass. Pick anything from the palette, or all of it. Florals encouraged.

Coral
Apricot
Sage
Dusty blue
Lilac
Plum

Ladies

Prints are welcome. Bring something for your shoulders: the garden is in shade by five and the evening is outside.

Gents

A suit, or trousers with a jacket, in any colour that isn't black. Shirt open at the collar; tie only if you want to.

Please skip white and cream

Those are Anne's for the day. Everything else is fair game.

Please skip stilettos

The ceremony and lunch are on grass. Block heels, wedges or flats will carry you from the aisle to the dance floor.

Small people

Bring the kids

Children are very welcome — this is a lunch, and lunches are better with kids running across the lawn. There's a kids' table with crayons, a kids' menu, and a babysitter.

Tell us on the RSVP who's coming so the chef counts the small plates.

With love

A note on gifts

Having you at the table is the gift. If you'd like to give something anyway, we're saving for a trip to Portugal — the long lunches there are apparently even longer.

Bank
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Account holder
J Baker
Account number
0000 0000 000
Branch code
000 000
Reference
Your surname + Portugal
For POPIA reasons we have removed the real bank details.

Where to sleep

Stay over

The wedding is at a hotel, which is the whole trick: the party is upstairs from your bed. Thirty-four rooms, wedding-guest rates, and breakfast with us on Sunday.

At the venue · 34 rooms

Kleinkaap Boutique Hotel

Book directly with the hotel and mention the Meyer & Baker wedding for the guest rate. Check-in from 15:00 on Friday or Saturday; check-out by 10:00 on Sunday.

Nearby · Centurion

Guesthouses and hotels

Centurion has plenty within a few kilometres of Clubview. Book early — it's cricket season at SuperSport Park down the road.

Driving home

Pretoria & Joburg

Ten minutes to the Pretoria city centre, under an hour to most of Johannesburg. Cars can stay overnight inside the gates if you'd rather Uber.

Good to know

Questions, answered

By Friday, 15 January 2027, please. The chef needs numbers, the kids' table needs a headcount, and the seating plan does not write itself. One reply covers your whole household.
If your invitation says "and guest", yes — the RSVP form will ask for their name and their courses. If it doesn't, sadly not: the long table only stretches so far.
Yes, please. There's a kids' table, a kids' menu for under-twelves, and a babysitter from 18:30. Tell us on the RSVP who's coming.
The ceremony and lunch are in the garden; the dancing is inside the main hall with the doors open. February in Pretoria means a late-afternoon storm is always possible — if it comes, everything moves indoors at the same time.
Garden party — wear colour. The palette is under What to wear. Short version: anything but white, and shoes that survive grass.
Yes, secure parking inside the gates. Cars can stay overnight — take an Uber home if you've been enjoying the wine.
Every course has a vegetarian option, and the RSVP has a space for allergies and dietary needs per person. The kitchen gets the full list two weeks before.
During the ceremony, please don't — we have a photographer and we'd like to see your faces. Everywhere else, go for it, and tag #LunchWithTheBakers.
It's a hotel; the lights, the fridges and the music stay on. The only thing that stops is nothing.

Are you in?

RSVP

Find your invitation, reply for everyone in your household at once, and choose your courses. Kindly reply by 15 January 2027.

Invitations are grouped by household, so one reply covers your whole party.

For POPIA reasons we have removed real guest names. To test, try Grobler (a family with two children), Oosthuizen, Patel, Steenkamp (a plus-one) or Baker to see the lookup, the kids' menu and the course selection work.

Your household

0 of 0 coming

Please answer for everyone, and choose a starter and main for each adult who's coming.

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Thank you

See you at the table