
About Us
History
The land has been farmed by the same family for over 100 years and is currently managed by mother-son team, Christy and Hew Willett. Farming solely combinable crops, we also offer contracting services including drilling, spraying and combining.
Cropping
Parklands Farm is an arable farm, typical of Essex and the east of England. Whilst the farm grows many different combinable crops, the soil at Parklands is particularly suited to growing premium milling wheats which will be turned into flour for bread making. In a typical year much of the wheat grown at Parklands is delivered to Marriages millers in Chelmsford- a journey of less than 5 miles.


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Borage is another important crop for us at Parklands. Grown for its oil to be used in pharmaceuticals, borage has many health benefits. Borage seed oil is used to treat skin disorders like eczema, seborrheic dermatitis, and neurodermatitis. Another fantastic thing about borage is that pollinators absolutely adore it. We have a beekeeper based at the farm who runs dozens of hives and produces hundreds of kilos of honey each year from our borage crops.​​


Environmental
The farm is highly environmentally conscious. We are committed to improving the ecosystem through soil regeneration, increasing biodiversity and reducing our carbon footprint. Areas that are not economical in terms of food production are used to help farm biodiversity.
This includes planting some areas with plants that will produce seed- such as millet, sunflowers, triticale- to be a food source for wild birds during the winter months.
Other areas may be sown with plant species that will provide pollen and nectar- such as clover, sainfoin, vetch- for pollinating insects in the spring, summer and autumn months.


The farm is highly environmentally conscious. We are committed to improving the ecosystem through soil regeneration, increasing biodiversity and reducing our carbon footprint. Areas that are not economical in terms of food production are used to help farm biodiversity.
This includes planting some areas with plants that will produce seed- such as millet, sunflowers, triticale- to be a food source for wild birds during the winter months.
Other areas may be sown with plant species that will provide pollen and nectar- such as clover, sainfoin, vetch- for pollinating insects in the spring, summer and autumn months.