Welcome to The Coral Gardens. The Coral Gardens was founded by John Loper and Philip Root in June 2006.  The founders have a dream of seeing that all coral in the trade is farmed. We work with farms and retailers to provide the hobbyist with the highest quality coral without damaging the environment. At some point in time we believe that the governments of the world will shut down coral importation in to the United States; when that happens we want the hobby to live on.