Q&A: Comox parks manager on a new, ‘wider scale community approach’ to urban trees

Q&A: Comox parks manager on a new, ‘wider scale community approach’ to urban trees

The urban forest in Filberg Park. October 2025. Photo by Dave Flawse/The Discourse While humans measure life in decades, trees on K’ómoks territory live on a timescale of centuries. At the Town of Comox, parks manager Robbie Nall must bridge these contrasting — and sometimes conflicting — timelines. Plants have always intertwined with Nall’s adult life, from tree planting in summers during university to getting his hands dirty in a landscape hor…