James M. DelPrince, Ph.D., AIFD, PFCI, AAF
Dr. Jim DelPrince is a horticulture specialist with MSU Extension and is the leader of the Master Floral Designer program, a new and unique area of study which is one-of-a-kind in the U.S. With MSU Extension, he has also developed a comprehensive certificate program for professional florist training.
Jim has taught floristry with Mississippi State since 1992. He was granted the coveted Award of Service to the Floral Industry in 2016 from the American Institute of Floral designers. He is the author or co-author of books on floral design, interior plantscaping, floristry history, and floristry terminology, including the most popular floral design textbook in North America. He is also the author of numerous scholarly articles and Extension publications.
Locally sourced greens
He is a Laureate Member of the American Institute of Floral Designers and was recently inducted in the Society of American Florists’ American Academy of Floriculture.
His research benefits cut flower and cut ornamental foliage growers and producers. This year Jim will be working with MSU faculty to aid Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama Christmas tree growers to build their value-added product business by selling and marketing wreaths, swags, garlands, and arrangements.
Lantern and Evergreens Holiday Centerpiece
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The Promise of Good Things
To help you turn your imaginings into beautiful reality, Jim DelPrince, MSU Extension’s floriculture expert extraordinaire, has worked with his colleagues to create this enticing and inspiring book full of ideas, designs, and examples you can use to bring the promise of good things into your home and landscape.
Show Notes
Growing foliage is gaining in popularity for its color, vase life, and unique value that it adds to any design.
Dried flowers are another source of revenue especially if you can convert your less perfect blooms into pretty dried flowers.
3. Mississippi is a great growing location with it’s central location for delivering locally farmed flowers.
4. I loved the phrase Creative Naturalism, taking a lot of your floral design material from locally sourced and collected flowers and greenery making your design look more natural.
