Meet Rick Barnes
Rick earned his degree in horticulture from the University of Georgia. After college, Rick began his career in the interiorscape use of tropical plants, after which he co-owned a landscape design-build maintenance firm. The company was sold to a larger landscape company in 1996, where he then continued to work for the next 20 years in landscape design, enhancement, customer relations, and quality control. Rick changed direction in 2016 and joined Downey Tree Service as a Business Development Manager for Plant Health Care. Rick has been a commercial arborist with SavATree since 2019.
Industry Certifications:
- ISA Certified Arborist
- TRAQ
- CTSP with TCIA
- Licensed Pesticide Applicator with the Georgia Department of Agriculture
- Georgia Green Association – Past Chairman and Past Landscape Division President
- Recognized for contributions to the Georgia Certified Landscape Professional Program
- Caretaker of the City of Norcross’s Georgia State Champion American Elm (Ulmus Americana)
- NatureScapes Employee of the Year 2008
- Georgia Arborist Association – Tree Climbing Championship/Saluting Branches volunteer
- Award winning landscape projects
- Published author and speaker
