Helen Hope

[1] When she was five, her father drowned whilst travelling with the Duke of York (later to be King James VII of Scotland).

[2] Hope lived with her husband at Leslie House in Fife and had the first of four children, who was named Charles and had the title of Lord Binning from birth.

Hope immediately wanted to plant trees despite the initial disinterest of her husband and local people.

[2] An obelisk constructed in 1856 by Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington pays tribute to the couple's extensive planting.

The Landowners’ Co-operative Society Limited of Edinburgh recorded 89% of the wood was hardwood (oak and beech) and the remainder was softwood, mainly Scots pine.