Press & Partners
Selected press, research and destination partners, and testimonials from the sponsors, scientists, teachers and travelers who have built Living Story Reefs with us.
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19 matches
Selected coverage
5 items
Coastal Review
Feature“Sea Sirens Design is quietly redefining what a destination reef can look like — sculpture as habitat, and habitat as public narrative.”
Coastal Review · Jun 14, 2024Archived — available on requestDive Magazine
Feature“Nine hand-cast figures, one growing reef, and a snorkel route that reads as a narrative sequence from shore.”
Dive Magazine · Nov 2, 2024Archived — available on requestCruise Industry News
Trade“Operators are pairing reef-safe sculpture with guest programming — Sea Sirens Design cited as a category leader.”
Cruise Industry News · Feb 20, 2025Archived — available on requestFlorida Keys Weekly
Print“A whimsical habitat sculpture logs six times the fish abundance of adjacent bare sand at 14 months.”
Florida Keys Weekly · Sep 8, 2023Archived — available on requestBlue Habitat Podcast
Podcast“A conversation on story-first restoration, permitting, and why memorable form drives repeat visitation.”
Blue Habitat Podcast · Apr 11, 2025Archived — available on requestPartners & collaborators
8 partners
Cruise & Tourism
Great Stirrup Cay
Habitat host — sculpture garden site
Partner since 2024
Bahamas Tourism Board
Destination alignment
Resorts
Island Reef Resort
Guest programming host
Research & Education
Keys Marine Lab
Monitoring & recruitment science
Partner since 2023
Coral Restoration Alliance
Species selection & outplanting
Florida Sea Grant
Curriculum & extension partner
Monroe County Schools
STEAM Reef Lab classrooms
Civic & Cultural
Reef Relief
Community stewardship
Testimonials
6 quotes
The siren garden gave our island a signature underwater experience guests plan return trips around. It's the rare amenity that keeps getting better every season.
Rhea Alcott
Director of Destination Experience, Great Stirrup Cay
Dec 5, 2024 · great stirrup caySea Sirens builds substrate the way a marine biologist would if they were also a sculptor. The recruitment data on the Eco-Bug speaks for itself.
Dr. Marcus Wren
Research Director, Keys Marine Lab
Aug 19, 2024 · eco bugMy students stopped asking when the field trip was and started asking when the next monitoring dive was. The reef became their syllabus.
Alicia Perez
Marine Science Teacher, Monroe County Schools
Jan 22, 2025Commissioning a sculpture that lives in the ocean instead of a warehouse changed how our family thinks about philanthropy. It's a piece we visit, not just own.
The Hollister Family
Founding Sponsors, Siren Garden Phase II, Private collectors
Oct 30, 2024 · siren gardenStory-led reefs are the future of coastal tourism. Sea Sirens Design is one of the few studios delivering the art, the science and the guest experience as one program.
Nadine St. Clair
Senior Advisor, Sustainable Tourism, Bahamas Tourism Board
Mar 14, 2025Reef-safe, guest-ready, and press-ready — the Sea Sirens team delivered on all three. Our snorkel program has never been stronger.
Captain James Whitmore
VP, Shore Operations, Private Island Cruise Group
May 6, 2025 · great stirrup cay