South Africa is not only blessed with a rich botanical heritage that is and should remain
part of the pride of the nation. Our country has many citizens who are knowledgeable
and passionate about understanding,enjoying and protecting the uniquely South African plant world.
These people do many different things about knowing and growing plants, teaching newcomers
(and each other) and sustaining our natural environment.
The members of Operation Wildflower form part of this fraternity,
but they have a very specific mission and role:

Operation Wildflower (OWF) is an association of plant lovers
who save plants to be destroyed when development transforms a piece of natural vegetation
into a township, road, dam, mine, etc.
They collect and replant them on their own properties, rather than seeing them bulldozed and lost.
They liaise widely to become aware of situations where plants must be removed and work in
collaboration with the environmental protection authorities
to perform their transplanting operations in an orderly fashion.
OWF members never sell the plants thus obtained.