Fields of echium in full flower in the village of Feering in Essex. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday July 17, 2019. Fairking Ltd have been growing the brightly coloured crop for over 30 years and now farm over 6,000 acres of echium and bor
A SEA of purple makes a stunning display across the north Essex countryside.
Fairking Ltd have been growing the brightly coloured crop of echium in Feering for more than 30 years.
The firm now farms more than 6,000 acres of echium and borage which are harvested for their seed in order for the oil to be extracted and used in cosmetics, food and nutraceuticals to treat high blood pressure, high cholesterol, rheumatoid arthritis and skin conditions such as eczema.
- The image by photographer Joe Giddens shows Fairking Ltd co-director Andrew Fairs (left) and farming partner Steve Crayston (right) inspect their crop of echium
The pollination of the flowers relies solely on the natural pollinators in the area including bees, hoverflies and butterflies.
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