At Quintessence Botanicals, our products are carefully chosen and crafted to uplift the true essence of each plant.
At Quintessence Botanicals, we are dedicated to the essence of the plants.
Our mission is to connect people with plants in a way that inspires transformational healing, wellness and personal growth for individuals and communities.
Our products are lovingly crafted to help you access the medicine of the plants in support of your holistic wellbeing.
Animism and alchemy are at the heart of our work.
We relate with the plants as healers and teachers, each with a unique spirit and medicine to share. Through relationship, intention, alchemy and astrological alignment, we call forth the essence of each plant in its highest form.
The practice of alchemy in plant medicine honors and utilizes the celestial energies that form the crystalline salts inside the plants. This shows us the essence of their archetypal nature.
We celebrate the interconnectedness of all things.
Reciprocity maintains balance within ourselves and in our interconnected world.
On the spiritual plane, we build relationships with the plants and give prayer and offerings before we harvest or while we make medicine.
On the material plane, we seek reciprocity relating to the ecological and economic impacts of our products, as well as through healthy community partnerships.
We value healthy community partnerships.
We partner with small-scale family farmers and organizations that support healthy ecosystems and communities. We strive to ensure that our trade agreements for imported products, such as Cacao, support the financial sovereignty of these families, leaving a positive impact on local economies and ecosystems.
In our local community in the Pacific Northwest, we have formed partnerships with various small-scale chocolatiers to provide high-quality, ethically sourced Cacao for their chocolate. We also love offering our Cacao and other products at community gatherings as a way to bring people into heart-centered connection. We feel that these local partnerships and heart-centered gatherings fortify our communities and help create a new paradigm for the future.
We take care of the plants and our Earth.
Environmental and ecological practices are a core component of reciprocity. Our priority is to source plant materials that are grown in ways that support sustainable and thriving ecologies. This means we choose organically grown or ethically wild-harvested plants. We also support agroforestry projects that prioritize diversity of species including polyculture plant crops and a healthy presence of insects and wildlife.
We honor and support the cultural roots of the plant medicines we offer.
One percent of our profits, plus other special proceeds, are donated directly to the Abundant Earth Foundation, which serves as the charitable outreach interface for Huaca Montegrande, an ancient Cacao temple and archeological site in northern Peru. The mission of the Abundant Earth Foundation is to preserve the cultural legacy of Cacao and support the continued investigation of Huaca Montegrande. This incredible archeological discovery is revolutionizing what we know about ancient civilizations and the relationship between humans and Cacao!
Photo credit: Association for Scientific Research & Investigation of the Peruvian Amazon
JB Noll
Visionary & Operations Lead
Melissa Rose
Herbalist & Design Lead
Rob Erto
Sound Master & Sales Lead
