Linda Rose of Black River Gatehouse is one of Toronto’s more prominent practitioners. From standing behind her table on the North side of the St Lawrence Market, she has moved on to a more personal private practice and Teaching classes on Cranial Sacral Bodywork, Herbal Medicine and Post Traumatic Stress. Consultations are available! Black River Gatehouse is both the name of her company and a physical location, a property on Black River Road just a few hours from Toronto. The property straddles a meandering old River, surrounded by a Wild Lands Provincial Park in the area known as "The Land Between". Healing here is powerful, for when we come back to the land we remember who we really are. We find ourselves again through the silence, the silence of the Wild and the silence of the deep within ourselves where the answers are.
•••Wild crafting is the harvesting of plants for Medicine or Food from their natural growing state. Linda says Wild Crafting is as much about Stewardship of the land as about the Plants that are gathered. Ethical Wild Crafting begins with respect for the Plants and the elements in the ecosystem•••
Dealing almost exclusively in the Medicinal Herbs from the Ontario bioregion, Linda fills a valuable role in a market dedicated to local products. The Herbs Linda provides are respectfully wild crafted or carefully grown without pesticides and artificial fertilizers. As herbal awareness winds its way into the health and wellbeing mainstream, Linda’s customers value her Teas and Herbal Blends as something distinct.
