The first kiss...falling in love...announcing your engagement...each is a thrilling part of the prelude to your wedding day. but the other evens leading up to your nuptials—choosing a gown, selecting a site, deciding on flowers, food, and other details—are no less exciting. A Wedding for All Season captures the enchantment and joy that abound as you move through the phases of planning your wedding, offering ideas, inspiration, and advice on every aspect of the ceremony and reception, and shows how you can add special meaning to your wedding by incorporating charming seasonal touches.

Working with the seasons lets you and your guests glory in the special time of year you've chosen for your celebration, and creates wonderful memories that return with each anniversary as you note the changing of the leaves, a falling snowflake, or the first daffodil. Whether you choose to immerse yourself in the bounties of a particular season or decide to include just a few delightful flourishes, tying your wedding stylistically to the time of year also makes practical sense. Flowers are more readily available and less costly if they are in season and the availability and price of certain dishes, too, may be subject to seasonality. Colors, styles, fabrics, favors—all these and more are affected by the time of the year you choose to celebrate your marriage.

This lavish guide offers a gallery of stylish ideas for planning a memorable wedding, beginning with creative invitations and following with location options, decoration schemes, and menu choices. Woven throughout these more practical chapters are special chapters that highlight each glorious season, focusing on all the enchanting details that accompany that time of year. With equal parts organization and imagination, together with the wealth of inspiration provided here, you can create a memorable wedding in any of the four seasons.