Cae Mabon adjoins the Padarn Country Park, 100 acres of natural oak woodland. It?s an excellent example of the indigenous forests of Wales, with most of the tree species native to these parts: oak, ash, birch, hazel, alder, willow, rowan, holly, blackthorn, hawthorn, beech, yew and pine.

On the Cae Mabon land you?ll also find apple, plum, pear, walnut, mulberry, lime, aspen, elder, chestnut, wild cherry, sycamore and hornbeam, as well as some fine eucalyptus trees, planted to remind Eric of his origins Down Under. (The one in the top corner of the land by the track as you come down is an especially magnificent specimen).

You may also see wild rose and honeysuckle as well as the ubiquitous ivy, bramble, bracken and fern. Up in the valley there are apparently some rare mosses, and lichen is to be found in many shades of pale.

In the spring wild garlic grows along the riverbank and later primroses, bluebells, violets, foxgloves, harebells and many other wildflowers are to be found in abundance.