Rhyl Coleg Llandrillo students plant 1,000 trees along the cut and Prestatyn Gutter

The students, from Coleg Llandrillo’s Rhyl campus, spent two days planting over 1,000 trees in support of their burgeoning green agenda to improve the Rhyl Cut and Prestatyn Gutter.

The green thumbed students were supported in their efforts by representatives from Ysgol Tir Morfa, Friends of the Earth and the North Wales Wildlife Trust.

Vanessa Griffiths, John Muir Award coordinator and practical skills supervisor at Coleg Llandrillo Rhyl, said: “What a fantastic sight to see so many young people working for a better environment.

“So many students enjoyed the first day so much, they signed on for the second day. Some even turned up during their break times. They all worked really hard and are a credit to the college.”

The vocational students represented a wide range of departments within the college, including Public Services, Get Skilled Up, Health & Social Care and Customer Service. On the first day, the students were involved in hedge-laying including hawthorn, before planting hundreds of cherry, holly and oak trees on the second and final day.

It will also count towards the students gaining their John Muir Award, which is an environmental award scheme encouraging people to connect with, enjoy, and care for wild places.

Grŵp Llandrillo Menai is committed to supporting the green agenda supports a three year campaign coordinated by Denbighshire County Council - in conjunction with Keep Wales Tidy - to help the towns become carbon neutral.

The council has planted 100,000 trees across the county in the last ten years. On a global level, the initiative will support the United Nations’ Trillion Tree environmental programme initiative.

Cllr Tony Thomas, the Council’s lead member for Housing and Communities, said: “I’d like to thank all the volunteers who helped at the planting sessions. These trees will help create green havens for residents and improve open spaces in the county as well as offsetting carbon emissions.”