Champagne Hill Botanicals

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 Cedar Yellow Point Artisan Tour starts tomorrow - the shop is bursting and in the final state of chaos before it all...
11/19/2025

The Cedar Yellow Point Artisan Tour starts tomorrow - the shop is bursting and in the final state of chaos before it all comes together. We’ll be open throughout the tour, November 20-23, 27-30, and December 13 & 14, from 10-5.

See you tomorrow for my first Christmas market of the season  from 10-2. I’ve been busy making all sorts of herbal conco...
11/08/2025

See you tomorrow for my first Christmas market of the season from 10-2.

I’ve been busy making all sorts of herbal concoctions from vibrant teas to soothing skin care, all made with wild, garden grown, and organic ingredients 🌿.

See you tomorrow!


I know that not everyone loves the winter season. Shorter days and bleaker weather can be difficult but I find there is ...
11/03/2025

I know that not everyone loves the winter season. Shorter days and bleaker weather can be difficult but I find there is magic in the fog that wraps its tendrils around the landscape and things that may go otherwise unnoticed stand out:

The shape of bare branches - the patterns they make are like runes in the sky.

The moss is an uncanny chartreuse and certain lichens actually seem to glow (I have navigated trails in the dark by using the lichen-thick trees to find my way).

And at this time of year, in November, there are berries, red and white and shining like jewels - arbutus berries, rose hips, snowberries.

It’s beautiful time of year, but it requires a little more resilience, stillness, and noticing.

I was mesmerized by the swirls of earthy colours and soft textures as I was stirring up a new batch of Forest Fusion Her...
10/31/2025

I was mesmerized by the swirls of earthy colours and soft textures as I was stirring up a new batch of Forest Fusion Herbal Coffee today. It reminds me of swirling paint to make marble paper.

This batch is slightly different though equally delicious. I had to add a bit of sea buckthorn leaf as I was just short of stinging nettle leaf, but it suits the blend well and I’m quite pleased with it!

Of course, this batch will be ready for the upcoming Christmas markets. I will be at on November 9 and at November 20-23, 27-30 and December 13 & 14.

If you come to my shop during the Artisan tour, I will have some freshly brewed for you to taste ☕️!

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It’s that time of year. The in-between. Another in-between. There are all sorts of transitions in the cycle of what we k...
10/29/2025

It’s that time of year. The in-between. Another in-between. There are all sorts of transitions in the cycle of what we know as a year - that time that feels uncertain, like a breath that is being held, a waiting. It is numinous and liminal. A space between spaces.

I am getting ready for the Christmas season yet also feeling the edge. It holds magic and mystery. A little trepidation and a little excitement. All Hallow’s Eve x Christmas. What a strange phenomenon that we allow traditional times of celebration or reverence to overlap.

Before I ramble on much longer - I’ve not posted in ages. My kids are older and that equals increased complication 🫠. Life is busy. I’ve been at the every other Sunday (mostly) all season and am now prepping for the final Christmas market on November 9, and the that runs November 20-23, 27-30 and December 13-14!

See you soon!

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A beautiful four day canoe trip to Clayoquot Arm and Kennedy Lake. It was very peaceful, there were plenty of neat spots...
08/13/2025

A beautiful four day canoe trip to Clayoquot Arm and Kennedy Lake. It was very peaceful, there were plenty of neat spots to explore, the water was lovely, the loon song was a treat, but it did get hot in the middle of the day and made it hard to stay out on the water.

it’s also hard to come back to reality after having so many extended moments of peace and quiet. We hardly heard or saw another person the whole time.


There were some really cool plants as well, but I couldn’t fit all of those photos into this selection!

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Oh my gosh, I came across this most beautiful subalpine flower today. I am stunned and awed and blown away by its magnif...
07/20/2025

Oh my gosh, I came across this most beautiful subalpine flower today. I am stunned and awed and blown away by its magnificence! I have a variety of pasqueflower in my garden, but I have never seen a white pasqueflower ( ) in the wild and it is absolutely magical! Right next to this one plant that was in full bloom was another that was already going to seed and in both forms it is lovely!

Spent a few days up Shepherd Ridge from a bushwhack starting at 240 m to 1945 m in the alpine. There were so many fantas...
07/17/2025

Spent a few days up Shepherd Ridge from a bushwhack starting at 240 m to 1945 m in the alpine. There were so many fantastic plants along the way that I had to stop and and take some photos and admire them. There were many that I missed because I was huffing and puffing and dragging myself up vertical forest or scrambling along a snow-covered rock ledge, or slipping down some heather and needed all my hands and feet!

these photos are in order from lower elevation to highest elevation and back down again!

1. Candystick, Allotropa virgata (more than I have ever seen in my life, it was hard not to step on it for a few hundred metres)
2. Green-flowered wintergreen, Pyrola chlorantha
3. Rydberg’s springbeauty, Claytonia multiscapa
4. Coast range lomatium, Lomatium martindalei
5. Harsh paintbrush, Castilleja hispida
6. Lodgepole pine, Pinus contora (this one was growing at about 1800 m which felt extra special to me because I’ve never seen one at this elevation before! There were quite a few clusters of them gathered low on the steep slopes)
7. Rocky Mountain pussytoes, Antennaria media
8. Creeping sibbaldia, Sibbaldia procumbens
9. Sickletop lousewort, Pedicularis racemosa
10. Pacific stonecrop, Sedum divergent
11. Blueleaf cinquefoil, Potentilla glaucophylla
12. Cascade wallflower, Erysimum arenicola
13. Lanceleaf arnica, Arnica lanceolata
14. Pimpernel willowherb, Epilobium anagallidifolium
15. Silky phacelia, Phacelia sericea
16. Rock moss, Racomitrium spp.?
17. Russethair saxifrage, Micranthes ferruginea
18. White-flowered rhododendron, Rhododendron albiflorum
19. Green-false hellebore, Veratrum viride
20. Pipsissewa, Chimaphila umbellata

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2083 Furn Road
Nanaimo, BC
V9X1J4

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