St Albans Sea Cadets demonstrated they were not fish out of water when they were part of the record breaking attempt to plant 20,000 trees in 1 hour at the Heartfield Wood site.

Working with cadets from Welwyn Garden City, cadets aged 10 – 17 provided just 1 of the teams for the record breaking attempt at the Sandridge site.

Cadets smashed the previous record of 18,000 trees planted in 1 hour planting over 20,300 trees and piping another record attempt in Kent by 14 trees.

PO Steve Heard, St Albans First Lieutenant commented:

“This was a fantastic effort with cadets planting an average of 2.5 trees a minute for a solid hours hard work. They all deserve to be congratulated and they are record breakers” 

PO Ted Hill, St Albans Training Officer added:

“We didn’t do much training for this one but all of the cadets worked well demonstrating exceptional teamwork. They have also left a lasting landmark which will be visible for generations.”