Coming off as one of the most magical and successful aspects of Occupy Toronto, Occupy Gardens took root in our city starting at St. James Park back in the fall of 2011.

Against all odds - ok, there were many many odds both human and nature in origin - Occupy Gardens survived while Occupy Toronto proper did not during the winter months.

By the love of volunteers - who carried seeds to term in their hearts - Occupy Gardens emerged fresh in the spring of 2012.

There were seed-bomb making workshops and guerrilla gardening in undisclosed locations (though maybe you biked past of the those locations, got off your thin, iron horse to smell the roses).

How can the left fight back in the age of austerity? This is a clear and constant question being posed by and to people on the left. When the worldwide economic crisis hit in 2008, it was clear there would not be an immediate shift toward radical alternatives to capitalism. Still, five years into the crisis there has been little growth or development in the position of the anti-capitalist left.