Dedicated to Coral Reefs

Ocean Gardener is an NGO based in Bali Indonesia dedicated to coral reef education and coral reef restoration. Since 2016 we’ve planted over 50,000 coral fragments and counting back to the reef.

HELP US RESTORE CORAL REEFS

Certificate

Adopt a coral, and receive a digital Ocean Gardener certificate with your name and co-ordinates of the coral. The new coral fragment will be cared for in one of our coral nurseries.

Restoration

Once your coral is big enough it will be used for a coral restoration project.

Coral Restoration Course

Join one of our upcoming, four week coral restoration course. This course provides advanced training for coral scientists, dive professionals, conservation managers, and more.

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using Underwater Slates, we will teach you Under Water to properly Identify corals.

1. Coral ID Intro and Advanced coral diver course.

Learn the basics of coral biology, and how to identify 12 hard and 6 soft coral.

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2. Coraling

Learn about coral gardening: 'Coraling', planting, nursery installation, micro fragmentation, reef maintenance, parasite and disease control.

Quite a lot of skills are necessary for underwater coral reef restoration work.

3. Reef Restoration

Learn the different reef restoration techniques: resistance/resilience, un-direct planting, substrate stabilization.

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4. Rapid Reef Assessment and Monitoring

Learn different techniques to make sure your reef restoration project is successful on the long term.

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WHO WE ARE

OCEAN GARDENER

Adopt

Support the work of Ocean Gardener. Your money goes towards restoring coral reef habitats, and maintaining coral reef nurseries.

Restore

Learn about coral restorations and assist experts in ongoing restorations projects around Indonesia.

Learn

Take one of our coral education courses. Become an Ocean Gardener coral diver, learn how to identify marine species from hard corals to soft corals, clams, anemones, and clownfish.

Partners

Ocean Gardener works with dive shops and resorts around Indonesia to offer our educational courses and workshops. We work with these partners to build coral nurseries and restore reefs in their areas.

Click here to learn more about our partners across Indonesia. 

Rip Curl School of Surf

Awesome project!! So stoked to be able to be part of and support Ocean Gardener; please come visit our center at Rip Curl School of Surf - Sanur
Jonni Morisson
Head of Rip Curl School of Surf
Calypso Dive - Amed

We love having Ocean Gardener working with us in Amed to help rebuild the reef, come join us and be a part of the Ocean Gardener community!
Valentina Cressi
Owner of Calypso Diving

Together we can plant corals for a resilient future.

Supporters

Ocean Gardener is grateful for our many supporters around the world whose contributions allows us to continue growing our positive impact, restoring more and more corals each day.

Click here to learn more about our supporters across the world.

Coral Morphalogic

What I like most about Ocean Gardener is their ability to train both locals and international tourists/students interested in the practice.
Colin Foord
Coral Morphalogic
SeaTrees

We are so stoked to be working with the Ocean Gardener team and the local community members in Bali – to restore & maintain their local coral reefs.
Michael Stewart
Co-founder, SeaTrees

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS

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