Goal
Coral Health & Restoration
What is coral gardening?
Coral gardening is the process of planting corals through asexual propagation. Corals can reproduce both sexually (through mass spawning events) and asexually (by fragmenting a coral).
We use ocean based nurseries to grow our coral fragments. which have already been broken off the parent colonies by boat anchors, storms and human interaction and then attach them to metal frames. We then place these frames in a location ideal for growth and regularly monitor and maintain them. All coral fragments used on our coral frames would have certainly died if left on the sand.
Why do we coral garden?
Reefs are suffering
Education & Awareness
Plans to expand
Corals do not grow quickly, which is why any damage to a coral has a long term effect. We hope to use the established colonies on our frames to fragment and eventually out-plant onto our house reef.
We use our coral frames as an educational tool with volunteers and students. We teach them the methods we use to grow corals and why this is so important.
The Maldives suffered a severe bleaching event in early 2024. With climate change only on course to become more severe, we need to act now if we are going to save our reefs.