Barns & Fields
How to Read a Barn Before You Book It
Every barn photographs well in July. The questions worth asking are the ones the tour does not cover.
4 August 2026
Planning
The Weather Plan Nobody Wants to Make
An outdoor wedding needs an indoor version that you would actually be happy with, decided months in advance and not on the morning.
28 July 2026
Planning
What a Country Wedding Actually Costs
A field is cheaper than a hotel until you price everything a hotel already has. Here is where the money actually goes.
21 July 2026
Guests & Gifts
Gifts, and the Awkward Business of Asking
Most couples getting married in a field already own a toaster. Saying so politely is the whole problem.
14 July 2026
Styling
Flowers That Survive a Marquee
A marquee in August is a greenhouse. Half of what looks beautiful at nine in the morning is finished by the speeches.
7 July 2026
Guests & Gifts
Feeding Everyone Outdoors
Outdoor catering fails for logistical reasons, almost never culinary ones. The food is rarely the problem.
30 June 2026
Barns & Fields
The Parking Problem
Rural venues have a field for cars, and the field is fine until it rains or until a hundred people all try to leave at once.
23 June 2026
Styling
Lighting After Dark
A field at eleven at night is genuinely, completely dark. Most couples underestimate this by a wide margin.
16 June 2026
Guests & Gifts
Seating Plans and the Family Politics
The plan takes an evening. The negotiation around it takes three weeks and causes more arguments than the budget.
9 June 2026
Planning
The Morning After
The bit nobody plans, and the bit that decides whether the whole thing ends well or ends with your father-in-law carrying trestles in the rain.
2 June 2026