The planting sessions took place at Scarborough Rugby Club and Beech Walk park in Eastfield as part of National Tree Week.

The Guinness World Record attempt, called Tree O’Clock, was a country-wide initiative to try to beat the previous number of trees planted in one hour, which stood at 653,143.

It is not yet known if the attempt was a success as participants have still to submit their numbers.

Tom Mutton, of Groundwork North Yorkshire, was at the Beech Walk event and said it was a huge success.

“We planted 16 trees within the hour-long time limit and a total of 27 altogether on the day.

“We had 13 volunteers of all ages, the youngest being just five. The weather was great and everyone had lots of fun.”

One of the youngsters at the event was Caitlin Foster, of George Pindar Community Sports College, who designed one of the park’s new welcome signs.

Mr Mutton added: “It’s a colourful, friendly-looking sign which really brings a lot to the park.”

Nick Ingham, first team captain at Scarborough Rugby Club, said: “This coincided with the club’s ongoing requirement under planning legislation to plant several thousand trees in the club’s estate.

“Our thanks go to Mandy Hillier who has worked tirelessly to project manage this scheme.” See also page 17.