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Champagne Hill Botanicals Wildcrafted herbal remedies, botanical body care, herbal teas & edibles & more. Open by appointment

My name is Jain Alcock-White and I am the founder and owner of Champagne Hill Botanicals, my plant passion project. I live on Vancouver Island where I have been fortunate to live and ramble through the forests near my home. Everything I do is instilled with a deep love and respect for nature. I harvest only what is abundant and in season, and I employ ethical harvesting practices. My two children are an integral part of my practice; we seek to nurture our relationship with nature and to bring that same relationship to you. Here at Champagne Hill Botanicals, I offer nature-based education, herbal remedies and skin care products for optimal health and a grounded spirit. What you might see in the shop depends on the season but the shelves will always be stocked with products directly inspired by and crafted from nature. I offer seasonal foraging and feasting events and workshops; these range from plant walks to foraging and preparation workshops where you can learn how to make your own herbal pestos, herbal oxymels, or wild teas. The list is always changing and the workshop topics are fairly diverse – again, it depends on the season as I craft my offerings around the plants that are growing around me. My background and trainings are as diverse as my offerings; I have considerable education and experience in botany, ecology, holistic nutrition, and herbalism. I have a Diploma in Recreation, Fish and Wildlife Technologies, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Management, I am a Certified Holistic Nutrition Practitioner (CHNP), and I am a student of Kami McBride (Handmade Healing Herbal Oils at Living Awareness) and Sajah Popham (Vitalist Herbalism at the School of Evolutionary Herbalism). While my trainings in herbal medicine are on-going, I wish to bring the joy that plants have brought into my life, into yours. I offer 1:1 consultations which you can find on the services tab or go to https://www.champagnehillbotanicals.ca/work-with-me

1:1 clients will work with me over the course of twelve weeks, during which time we will customize a holistic nutrition plan for whole health. Reconnecting with nature is the cornerstone of my practice; you can expect to receive nutritional recommendations with a focus on eating foods that are in season in your bio-region, as well as guidance on how to achieve mental, emotional, and spiritual peace through connecting with nature. You have tried diets and exercise programs as an attempt to achieve "health" but you have either not reached your goals or you have felt unsatisfied at any point along the journey.

- You have come to realize that health is more than just food and you want to learn how to eat in accordance with the seasons, integrating a nature-based flow into your life.

- You are interested in discovering how cultivating a relationship with nature can help you achieve a healthier outlook beyond traditional diets.

- You are interested in attaining a sense of health that is holistic and that brings health to all parts of your self - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual.

- You want to feel healthy, vibrant and grounded.

12 Week Package Includes:
* 15 minute initial call to set up calendar
* 5 - 30-60 minute zoom sessions
* Protocols outlining nutritional and lifestyle
recommendations
* 2 - 60 ml personalized tincture formulas
* Unlimited DM support throughout 12 weeks
* 30% off your next formula refill


HINT HINT: there will be another larger service-based offering coming soon! Learn more and become part of the exclusive private community here https://www.facebook.com/groups/2806295486138453, where we focus everything on Nurturing our Natures, Holistically. Please make sure you answer the two group questions and click the "agree" to the group rules button so that I can add you!

The Christmas market season is almost here!I’ll be out and about with Ch*****ne Hill Botanicals over the coming weeks, b...
10/24/2026

The Christmas market season is almost here!

I’ll be out and about with Ch*****ne Hill Botanicals over the coming weeks, bringing my plant-based herbal remedies, skin care, teas, and botanical gifts to a few local events.

🎄 November 8 - Cedar Christmas Market, 10am to 2pm.

A festive day of local food, artisans, and holiday shopping at the Woodbank School field in Cedar.

🎨 November 19–29 - 38th Annual Cedar & Yellow Point Artisans Christmas Tour, 10am to 5pm.

Explore local studios, meet talented makers, and discover unique handmade gifts. There’s also a bonus shopping weekend on December 12 and 13, with participating artisans opening their doors for another opportunity to explore and shop local. Go to cyartisans.com to view the brochure and tour map.

🌿 November 19–29 - Holden Lake Farm & Garden Holiday Market, 11am to 4pm.

The festive greenhouse market runs Thursday through Sunday for two weekends. I’ll be there with Ch*****ne Hill Botanicals on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays: November 20–22 and November 27–29. 2257 Yellow Point Road, Nanaimo

🎄 December 20 - Island Roots Christmas Market at Beban Park

I may be there too, so stay tuned for confirmation!

It’s a lovely time of year to connect with our local community, support small businesses, and find thoughtful gifts made with care. If you’re out exploring any of these events, come say hello. I’d love to see you!

Cedar Farmers Market Cedar Yellow Point Artisan Tour Holden Lake Farm and Garden 2257 Yellow Point Road, Nanaimo BC Island Roots

10/13/2026

November is the month of Christmas markets so get ready for the artisan tour!

Labrador tea deserves a place here, in honour, appreciation, and gratitude.Like sweet gale, I grew up around Labrador te...
10/12/2026

Labrador tea deserves a place here, in honour, appreciation, and gratitude.

Like sweet gale, I grew up around Labrador tea without knowing it as a plant in its own right. It was simply one of my plant friends fringing the bogs I played in. Looking back, I may have been even less aware of it than I realised, as its range is more limited where I live. Sweet gale grows in wetlands, marshes, and bogs, but also along rivers. Labrador tea prefers boggy, acidic places: the quiet quagmires, the murky, spongy ground shared with skunk cabbage, hardhack, and cinquefoil.

I find it fascinating that plants with such deeply resinous scents grow in habitats that feel murky and heavy, with a downward, sucking depth, yet have such an uplifting aromatic profile. You can often smell the swamp before you reach it.

Labrador tea has a complex scent of citrus, menthol, eucalyptus, spruce, pine, deep woods, and spice. Its aromatic oils have traditionally been used to support respiratory and digestive health, and it has a long history of medicinal and spiritual use, deeply tied to place, story, and ancestors. It feels like a plant that transcends time.

When I walk among Labrador tea, I feel at once uplifted and rooted. Held, and home. My feet spring softly among the sphagnum moss, as if I’m stepping through the clouds of the past.

Labrador tea resembles a miniature azalea, with narrow, leathery leaves and hairy undersides. The new growth has white hairs beneath the leaves, which turn amber as they mature, and its flowers are white. It often grows alongside bog/swamp laurel, a poisonous look-alike with opposite leaves, smooth, pale undersides, and pink flowers. Take care when identifying plants, particularly when they aren’t in bloom. Know your plants not just by how to identify them, but deeply. Know them as your kin.

This is the time of year when I harvest sweet gale, a plant that is so meaningful to me.I really only met sweet gale six...
09/15/2026

This is the time of year when I harvest sweet gale, a plant that is so meaningful to me.

I really only met sweet gale six years ago knowing what plant it was, its name, and so on. But I actually grew up playing amongst sweet gale in my backyard bog. I knew the bog cranberry, the sphagnum moss, the cattails, but I hadn’t yet learned about sweet gale, Labrador tea, sundew, and the other amazing plants that make up a wetland.

Six years ago, when I was adventuring with my kids, we saw a lake and thought we would try to reach it. When we finally pushed through the last of the forest and came upon the margins of the lake, we discovered that it was surrounded, protected even, by a dense thicket of sweet gale and Labrador tea. The sun was shining and warm, and the resinous scent of both plants was thick in the air.

We were in the dream time, infused in it. It was heavy, sleep-inducing, transformative, and liminal.

I often combine Labrador tea and sweet gale (slide 9). Even though this post is about sweet gale, I harvest both at about this time of year - it’s important to me to sit with them first. To breathe in their scent, to give thanks, to remember who they are and who I am, and how we are so connected.

Sweet gale has a long history of use for culinary, medicinal, and spiritual purposes. I find it difficult to separate one from the other - even if I am sipping on it as a tea, it’s not just something I made in my kitchen - it becomes a ceremony with health benefits.

Sweet gale is dioecious - there are separate male and female plants and both produce catkins. The male catkins are elongated and dark, the female catkins are smaller and green, eventually developing the little nutlets (slide 2).

It offers its wisdom, patiently, and brings us closer to the space between this world and that. It induces sleep, brings us closer to our dreams, and even is a visionary.

I won’t go into more detail on its medicinal attributes or contraindications here. But it is a plant that I always feel a humming alignment with. Its story is interwoven with mine. It is in my blood, and I hope I am doing it justice by singing its song through me.

A portal for a plant that is a portal.

I went on another amazing trip to the Haihte Range - I’ve been wanting to explore this area for years, and it did not di...
08/28/2026

I went on another amazing trip to the Haihte Range - I’ve been wanting to explore this area for years, and it did not disappoint!

We battled a rough spur road, camped on a decidedly un-flat road, scrambled through forest and scree, crossed the Upper Rugged Glacier, and climbed Rugged Mountain via the Walsh-Facer-Hutchinson route. Amazing scrambling, spectacular views, and a summit mostly free of bugs!

The next day we attempted Merlon, but route-finding, steep icy snow, a moat, and increasingly questionable weather eventually convinced us to turn around. Just as we were retreating, the rain arrived. I also managed to drop my glacier glasses into the moat - but after some rather ridiculous glacioneering, they were successfully retrieved!

Sunday brought a beautiful inversion and a very wet hike through the forest back to the vehicle.

A fantastic few days in a truly magical mountain landscape. Very Lord of the Rings-esque. 🏔️

Oh, and one thing I really love about mountains and climbing, is I spend the whole time with my hands on the rocks, the Earth, the trees, the branches, the heather… Sleeping on the Earth, eating on the Earth, breathing the air, and being in complete connection.

I have really worked hard to spend as much time as possible immersed in nature this summer. It has meant that my yard is...
08/28/2026

I have really worked hard to spend as much time as possible immersed in nature this summer. It has meant that my yard is in disarray, I have missed harvesting some plants and will probably have less products this winter during the Christmas markets, but so far, it has all been worth it.

These photos capture a three day canoe trip from mid August. There was sun, there was wind and rain and hours of thunder, smoky skies, and beautiful sunsets, and huge western toads hopping through the moss. Oh, and there were mice, so many mice!

I’m randomly inventing one of those silly games we like to play - your super hero name:☕️First Name: Last tea you drankL...
07/15/2026

I’m randomly inventing one of those silly games we like to play - your super hero name:

☕️

First Name: Last tea you drank

Last Name: Primary energetic quality of that tea (cool, warm, dry, moist...)

Super Power: Any magical properties associated with the plant(s) in the tea.

☕️

I’ll put my answer in the comments!

🫖

Plus, I’ve thrown in some photos of the different tea blends available in the shop.

*Ignore the shop links that are attached to these photos. They are out of date and I keep removing them, but they seem to remain attached. Best place to go is the website: www.champagnehillbotanicals.ca

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The thing about mountaineering - traversing the land, sleeping outdoors, carrying your home (your kitchen, safety gear, ...
07/10/2026

The thing about mountaineering - traversing the land, sleeping outdoors, carrying your home (your kitchen, safety gear, first aid, everything you need) on your back for days - is that you develop a relationship with the land. A closeness, a kinship, a deep and humbling sense of belonging.

Those who climb (and bushwhack) with you become more than friends. They are your safety, your entertainment, your motivation, your inspiration, and your co-creators.

You don’t simply visit a place - you live within it, however briefly. To love the land is to move through it.

The upper reaches of Noble Creek were expensive stretches of scree and boulder fields and while at first glance, everyth...
07/08/2026

The upper reaches of Noble Creek were expensive stretches of scree and boulder fields and while at first glance, everything seemed gray, there were unmistakable splashes of color across the landscape.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen such huge mounds of Lewis’s monkeyflower or cascade beardtongue. What a fantastic experience to see these plants growing in abundance in such a hard environment.

Plants in order:
1. Lewis’ monkeyflower (Erythranthe lewisii)
2. Erythranthe lewisii And Cascade beardtongue (Penstemon serrulatus)
3. Penstemon serrulatus
4. Scouler’s St. John’s Wort (Hypericum scouleri) and Lewis’ monkeyflower
5. Not the best photo of red columbine (Aquilegia formosa) but the contrast with the backdrop is amazing!
7. Hydaspe fritillary (Argynnis hydaspe) on goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus)
8. Paintbrush… I’m not sure what species this is. We passed so many in so many different habitats and while I took a lot of photos, I didn’t spend a lot of time looking up close.
9. American alpine speedwell (Veronica wormskjoldii) and Sitka mistmaiden (Romanzoffia sitchensis)
10. Edible thistle (Cirsium edule)

Six days immersed in wild places. Bushwhacking, glaciers, rivers, alpine ridges, and more beauty than words can capture....
07/07/2026

Six days immersed in wild places. Bushwhacking, glaciers, rivers, alpine ridges, and more beauty than words can capture.

It was beautiful, challenging, rewarding, and fun. It’s always hard returning to a world of schedules and obligations when you know places like this still exist.

A Brocken spectre, a glory, and a curious grouse felt like fitting reminders of the magic that’s waiting out there.

I have almost 350 photos!

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2083 Furn Road
Nanaimo, BC
V9X1J4

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+12507144246

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