Month: August 2014

I support the preservation of Baybrook and its use for nature education. Just as Filberg is highly cherished by residents, and used to attract visitors to a festival, Baybrook would compliment our shoreline preserved areas with a legacy to a great Canadian naturalist, and attract both residents of the Comox Valley and visitors. It is…

To Whom it May Concern, Please allow Baybrook to be restored as a nature house. The setting makes it an ideal teaching tool, with rich variety of flora and fauna in Mack Laing park, a front door to the ocean, and numerous fruit and nut trees on the Baybrook property. I have been on a…

Re: Nature Pre-school Mack Laing Baybrook House in Comox August 25, 2014 Dear Mayor Ives and Councillors, I am writing in support of the citizens’ proposal to establish a Nature Pre-school at Baybrook House in their community of Comox. A Nature pre-school educational program acknowledges the importance of developing the “whole” child and the need…

Dear Mayor and Council: We are writing to express our support for the Mack Laing Heritage Society and their efforts to restore the Baybrook house.  We also want to express our support for the Mack Laing Nature Tree School that they propose to operate for pre-schoolers on the same property. The concept of marrying ecological…

The Comox Valley is fortunate to have received the gift of Baybrook; the Mack Laing House in Comox.   I am writing to express my full support for the proposed Nature Preschool to be established at Baybrook.  Outdoor Education, and particularly Nature Preschools and Kindergartens are increasingly sought after across Canada.  Here is an opportunity for…