Distinctive Designs International
Since 1976, Distinctive Designs International has been creating designer-quality permanent botanicals that bring beauty, style, and effortless greenery to residential and commercial spaces. Based in Alabama, we are a woman-owned, award-winning manufacturer specializing in handcrafted artificial floral arrangements, plants, trees, greenery, and coordinated accessories.
Our philosophy is simple: artificial botanicals should look as beautiful and intentional as the spaces they inhabit. We combine designer inspiration, quality materials, realistic textures, and thoughtful craftsmanship to create pieces that offer the beauty of nature without the watering, maintenance, and replacement required by live plants and flowers.
Designed for Beautiful Spaces
Our work can be found in hotels, resorts, healthcare facilities, retirement communities, offices, retail environments, government facilities, military bases, and homes. We work with interior designers, hospitality professionals, retailers, commercial clients, and homeowners to create everything from individual arrangements to large-scale botanical installations.
From a statement tree in a grand foyer to a carefully styled floral arrangement on a dining table, we believe the right botanical can completely transform a space. Our team pays close attention to scale, proportion, color, texture, and container selection so that every piece feels like an intentional part of the overall design.
Award-Winning Design & Innovation
Distinctive Designs International (DDI) has built a reputation for unique, innovative, and trend-setting product design. We are a six-time ARTS Award winner as Manufacturer of the Year in the Permanent Botanicals category, an achievement that led to our induction into the ARTS Hall of Fame in 2002. We are proud to be one of the few manufacturers in any home furnishings product category to earn this distinction.
The ARTS Awards are the international home furnishings industry's premier program recognizing excellence in retailing, manufacturing, product design, and marketing of decorative home accessories. The program recognizes manufacturers across categories including Accent Furniture, Area Rugs, Decorative Accessories, Home Textiles, Portable Lighting and Lighting Fixtures, Outdoor Living, Tabletop Accents, Wall Décor, and Permanent Botanicals. Through the ARTS Awards, U.S. manufacturers are recognized by their peers for excellence in the development of decorative home accessories.
More Than Artificial Flowers
We are also a direct importer of many of the components used in our products. Our relationships with suppliers around the world allow us to source distinctive materials and develop production components and compatible accessories specifically for our designs. This gives us greater control over quality, style, and the finished product.
In addition to our artificial flowers and greenery, we offer decorative containers, planters, large tree planters, baskets, stands, wall planters, sconces, and other accessories that complete the look.
Our Commitment
For nearly five decades, our goal has remained the same: to create beautiful, enduring designs that make spaces feel more welcoming, polished, and alive. Whether you are furnishing a luxury home, designing a hotel lobby, refreshing a retail environment, or planning a large commercial project, Distinctive Designs International brings experience, creativity, and designer-quality permanent botanicals to every project.
Distinctive Designs International — beautiful botanicals, thoughtfully designed, made to last.