Regent, Royal and Carlton Terrace Gardens lasted until 2011, when it was felled due to disease. The following tree species were recorded in the gardens at the end of the 20th century: ash ("Fraxinus excelsior"), beech, black poplar ("Populus nigra"), cherry ("Prunus avium"), common lime ("Tilia × europaea"), English elm ("Ulmus minor" 'Atinia'), hawthorn ("Crataegus monogyna"), holly, horse chestnut ("Aesculus hippocastanum"), laburnum ("Laburnum anagyroides"), Norway maple ("Acer platanoides"), oak ("Quercus robur"), rowan ("Sorbus aucuparia"), silver birch ("Betula pendula"), small leafed lime ("Tilia cordata"), sweet chestnut ("Castanea sativa"), sycamore ("Acer pseudoplatanus"), tulip tree ("Liriodendron tulipifera"), whitebeam ("Sorbus aria"), white poplar ("Populus alba"), and wych elm ("Ulmus glabra").
Mountain Ash Comprehensive School of the vocational courses are taught at Coleg y Cymoedd's Aberdare campus and at Merthyr Tydfil College. Mountain Ash Comprehensive School Mountain Ash Comprehensive School (), known as MACS, is a comprehensive school near Cwmpennar near the town of Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The school was formerly known as Mountain Ash Grammar School () and is located near the former Dyffryn Colliery. The Welsh Assembly Government placed all secondary schools in Wales into one of five bands according to a number of factors, such as performance across the three core subjects, attendance levels and the number of pupils