The Native Plant Botanical Garden at Georgia Perimeter College’s Decatur Campus is hosting its 2014 Lunch and Wildflowers Series now through the end of May.

An annual event, the series features guided garden walks, plant sales and free lectures led by botanists, gardeners and arborists.

The garden’s two major plots are the Native Plant and the Ferns of the World gardens. The mission of both is to give the public an up-close and hands-on education about plants and temperate ferns native to the United States.

According to George Sanko, the garden’s chief executive officer, the Ferns of the World garden contains more species of ferns than any other garden in America—and perhaps in the world.

“We have people who come here every day just to come see the plants and the gardens,” Sanko says.

The garden walks and lecture events take place each Friday in May at the gardens, which are located behind the tennis courts on GPC’s Decatur Campus, 3251 Panthersville Road. The guided tours run from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., and the talks from noon to 1 p.m. Visitors are encouraged to bring their lunch.

In addition, plant sales will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Friday in May and on Saturdays, May 3, 17 and 31.

For more information, including inclement weather plans and a complete schedule, visit the garden's website.